The other state wide races were won by Republican candidates. Is the Republican base unable to devote their vote to a Black candidate? Has to be asked.
No. It’s much more simple than that. His father was a popular two term governor and he’s young and good looking. He’s a far left wing liberal but all elections are still local and he is still receiving a good amount of good will from his father who wasn’t governor all that long ago. If the GOP didn’t want to elect a black candidate, Cameron would have never been AG. For whatever reason, the people of Kentucky like Beshear. Simple as that.