Posted on 11/05/2023 10:24:38 PM PST by 11th_VA
EXCLUSIVE: Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders waded into the ongoing race for Kentucky governor this week in an effort to boost the GOP candidate looking to unseat the Democrat incumbent.
Sanders spoke with Fox News Digital following a rally alongside Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who will face Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear in a closely watched race on Tuesday with the chance to flip a second state red after Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry won his race for governor last month.
"This is one of the biggest races in the country, and Daniel Cameron is a phenomenal candidate. We need to replace Andy Beshear with a strong conservative. And that's exactly what we're going to do," Sanders said when asked why it was important for her to travel from Arkansas to show support for Cameron.
"As a governor myself, I know how important it is to have a strong coalition of conservative governors helping us fight back against the craziness coming out of Washington. And we need Daniel to join in those ranks and be part of that team pushing back against an out-of-control federal government," she said.
Sanders emphasized that governors were the "last line of defense" to protect citizens from an overreaching federal government, and that it was "absolutely crucial" for a conservative Republican to be Kentucky's next leader.
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Some of these people should have started endorsing Cameron this summer after the primary instead of in the 11th hour.
I voted early Saturday morning for Cameron but voters here are dumber than crap.
I suspect Bolshevik Beshear wins.
I want to see Cameron win!!
Cameron isn’t going to win.
Thanks for chiming in, Sarah. Now get to the business of prosecuting two Clintons for serial murder.
Good luck in Kentucky, hope GOTV efforts there have not been been fumbling like in Michigan.
Govvernors do not have prosecutorial powers fool
Cameron’s ahead in a recent poll. He should pull it off. Bolshevik Beshear couldn’t get above the 49% he got in 2019.
Cameron has come from 17 points behind in September to take a small lead. Clearly momentum is for Cameron at this point.
Too little, too late. Election is Tuesday the 7th. Teachers, first responders, unions, and Louisville and Lexington Metros behind Beshear.
“Govvernors do not have prosecutorial powers fool”
Fool, governors can, and do, direct/encourage the AGs to prosecute.
That doesn’t mean it happens
“That doesn’t mean it happens”
Well duh. Obviously.
Kentucky is weird in that it will elect just pure idiot Democrats as governors and every other elected office Republicans. Since 1970 there has been two Republican governors, Fletcher who was pathetic and Bevins who got into a mud slinging match with teachers. They were mad at him for trying to save their pensions so they elected the son of the governor who stole their pensions—brilliant!
If she were the AG you’d have a legit gripe
The attorney generals office in Kentucky has evolved into an attack dog against the sitting governor if of opposite party.
I think the best we can hope is the Republican wins the AG spot and once in office immediately proceeds to enagage an absolutele legal blitzkrieg against Beshear.
Uh, AHEM
I wouldn’t be crowing about it. That was far from a landslide victory that had polling showing Beshear upwards of 15% ahead recently. The numbers also show a lower voter turnout from 4 years ago, too. It’s more reminiscent of the LA Governor’s race from 2019 where the incumbent Dem won by an unimpressive margin and the GOP swept every other downballot office (save Lt Gov, who runs with the Gov in KY).
I expect Cameron will be one of the leading contenders for McConnell’s Senate seat, so that’s not the last we’ll see of him.
I’m not crowing, just thinking that the KY could have fielded a better candidate than Cameron.
No, he was seen as the odds-on choice to run in 2023 as soon as he secured the AG nomination in 2019. He was THE rising star of all the statewide officeholders.
Beshear was seen as a fluke upset winner in 2019 over Gov. Matt Bevin (indeed, it was the Libertarian nominee that took more than enough votes Bevin needed to pull off a reelection victory). He was seen as a likely defeat in ‘23 as a result. Cameron got a commanding 16% win in 2019 over an execrable, but powerful ex-Atty General (Greg “Stumpy” Stumbo) who had been responsible for destroying Gov. Ernie Fletcher back in 2007.
In hindsight, you can say Cameron should’ve waited until an open seat in 2027, but there was no reason to indicate Beshear wasn’t beatable yesterday. I didn’t realize just how badly Cameron was outspent, and that can be hard to overcome. But the victory for Beshear and his Lieutenant was very shallow, because he’ll still have an all-Republican statewide slate and a heavily GOP legislature that can nullify almost anything he does. At this point, I expect Beshear is going to be looking for a way out of the Governorship to run for the Senate, because he has nowhere else to go. He also can’t deliver KY to the Demonrats for President, either.
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