Posted on 05/17/2023 6:12:18 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Daniel Cameron won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor, becoming the first major-party Black nominee for governor in the state’s history and setting up a November showdown with Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear.
Cameron, the state's attorney general who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, claimed a convincing victory Tuesday in a 12-candidate field that included state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, who finished second, and former U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft, who finished third. Beshear easily dispatched two under-the-radar Democratic challengers in his own primary.
Cameron, the state’s first Black attorney general, said in a victory speech that his campaign aims to "embody the promise of America, that if you work hard and if you stand on principle, anything is possible.”
“To anyone who looks like me, know that you can achieve anything,” Cameron told supporters. "Know that in this country and in Kentucky, all that matters are your values.”
The race now shifts to the general election, which will be one of November's most closely watched contests and could provide clues heading into the 2024 presidential race. Beshear, a popular Democratic governor, will face a tough reelection bid in a Republican-dominated state after a first term marked by a series of tragedies — the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters and a mass shooting that killed one of his closest friends.
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Let's not be asleep at the switch...
He’s a great young man. I hope Kentucky is smart enough to elect him governor
Of course I hope you’re right …. the problem is suburban Karens love themselves some Andy.
I’d give a month’s earnings to see him become governor.
I despised King Andy as AG and even more so as governor.
I call him baby face Beshear because he looks like a kid and does a good job of selling himself as sensitive and caring while pursuing a radical left agenda. He’s all for surgical and chemical mutilation of kids. Vetoed the law reining that in but our legislature overrode the veto. We would have been up the creek the last 4 years without a Republican supra majority in both houses.
Yes - the reason he has a chance is because this state was governed somewhat conservatively because of the legislature overriding his vetoes. But he has pursued a far-left agenda - as far left as any Democrat in any other state. The education commissioner he appointed is a left-wing radical telling teachers they should get out of the profession if they don’t promote the radical trans agenda.
Why no pic of Cameron?
My MIL voted for him, she’s a long time Republican.
You know you’re right - what we get at that article is a picture of Beshear with his head cut off from the picture...
They don’t want pics of black Republicans. Doesn’t fit the narrative.
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