Matt Bevin, Republican, Wins Governor’s Race in Kentucky

nytimes.com ^ | 11/3/15 | SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ALAN BLINDER

[cotton1706]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Matt Bevin, a Republican political novice, wealthy Louisville businessman and Tea Party favorite, was elected Kentucky’s next governor on Tuesday, a victory that could herald a new era in a state where Democrats have held the governor’s mansion for all but four of the last 44 years. The Associated Press declared Mr. Bevin the winner shortly after 8 p.m.

In beating his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Jack Conway, Mr. Bevin surprised many in his own party, who believed that the climate in Kentucky was ripe for a Republican but feared that Mr. Bevin, a charismatic conservative with a go-it-alone style, was too far out of the mainstream and too inexperienced to win.

Mr. Bevin, 48, has spent recent weeks traveling Kentucky in a 2001 Chevrolet Suburban with more than 200,000 miles on it; on Tuesday, Election Day, he turned up at two Chick-fil-A restaurants here in Louisville, shaking hands in a last-minute bid for votes.

[Gasshog]

PUBLIC QUESTION
Vote for 1
(WITH 50 OF 50 PRECINCTS COUNTED)
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,592 24.93 3,592 0
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,814 75.07 10,814

Clark Co. Indiana wasnt in the mood for 109,000,000 higher property tax to finance publik screwls either.

[Lopeover]

Pre-Trmp coat tails!

[Agamemnon]

US senators and congresscritters cannot be recalled. This has been litigated in both federal court (Idaho, 1967) and state court (New Jersey, 2013). However, Mitch can resign if he wants.

Yes, what I said was a little tongue-in-cheek, but if traditional marriage sets no precedent for a county clerk in KY as well as State Law itself that backs her up, who cares what "precedent" rulings were handed down for Idaho (which maybe applies) or New Jersey (which doesn't apply in KY at all)?

Think outside the box. Make Mitch accountable to the State in a way the 17th Amendment hasn't forced him to do ever. Have the KY legislature and governor pass a law that forces Mitcheeee-boy to provide a weekly progress report in person on how his actions that week have upheld the Congressional Power of the Purse in opposing Obama. Failure to comply will result in $15000/day fine against his personal assets -- like a Federal Consent Decree might do.

Play hardball. It will get so uncomfortable after a while he just might resign.

FReegards!

[FreeReign]

The final poll, released last night had Comway ahead by 5 points.

Thanks for the info. And Bevin wins by close to 9.

That would be a 14 point swing for any poll huggers out there.

[Mr. K]

Bevin won by 9% ? that’s a pretty good sign of things to come

[Nifster]

Because he ran solid conservative principles

[ncalburt]

Yeah

My wife donated to Bevin while in Lexington for a reunion.
She was happy for her long suffering relatives living in Lexington !

[ncalburt]

Yet, the Dem state controlled media never apologizes for being so wrong nor the polling firms get fired or investigated for intentionally trying to swing an election !

These poll are just pure propaganda and it's gotten way worse over the years ,
The Dem media is completely unhinged .

[fastrock]

Actually, KY is a Right-To-Work County State. Each county can decide if it wishes to be RTW. Heavy Dem Counties bordering Tennessee and the strong conservative counties in the Tri-State area around Indiana are RTW. Prob more that I’m not aware of.

[cuban leaf]

The polls had him down by 5%, but he won by a landslide.

So much for polls, again...

[entropy12]

Looks like America is waking up!

[cuban leaf]

It was pretty much a republican sweep. And don’t kid yourself. remember Kim Davis? She was a Democrat that, after her ordeal, changed to Republican. I thing a LOT of democrats did.

I moved to Kentucky from Seattle four years ago. I noticed that a LOT of conservatives here are democrats. I think the events of the last few years opened the eyes of many.

[entropy12]

If Cruz stops pushing the cheap labor express, he could win!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHlGlNwsQb0

[sarasmom]

Funny thing about all those much hyped polls...I am never asked to participate in them!

I will occasionally FReep them, if seriously bored, but generally I just vote, every time the opportunity presents, and I always remind everyone I know, on every election (and primary) just how important it is to actually VOTE!
Even when the options are less than ideal.

Unofficial election results for an “at large” City Commissioner election-the only thing on the ballot at my precinct:
Registered Voters: 84,660
Ballots Cast: 10,619
Voter Turnout: 12.54%

And yes, I did pick the “least bad option” of the three less than ideal candidates on the ballot.

All were left wing/Democrat. (Supposed to be non-partisan-snicker)
One was a nutjob who runs for everything, and has never won any election, even against us evil corrupt Republicans!
The other was a 22 year old college student running on a “Hispanic solidarity movement”. His mommy has some position in the “Hispanic Chamber of Commerce”.
And the winner (the one I voted for) has an impressive personal resume and a well known history as a local citizen.

4,309 other people voted the same way I did.
Out of 84,660 available voters-the man won by 59.88% of all votes cast.

Voter turnout = 12.54%.

[cuban leaf]

I am really not a fan of Trump, but I will say this: If he wins the nomination, I believe he will win the presidency. His support is strong outside the R party. It’s fascinating that the press doesn’t really seem to want to talk about it.

[cuban leaf]

didn’t the rats continually point to kentucky’s obamacare as a great success?

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Yeah, it collapsed.

[cuban leaf]

http://kyprogress.blogspot.com/2015/05/kentuckys-obamacare-cooperative-is.html

[Nucluside]

Not really. One of KY’s largest providers just went belly up.
McConnell and Hal Rogers dumped a lot of Obamacare gubmit money in here, though.

[Norm Lenhart]

Launch an investigation and see why Mitch always backs the dems. Bet he finds some things that causes Mitch to resign to spend more time with family about 5 seconds after it’s announced.

An enterprising person in KY would get on TV and ask their new governor to do a fraud/RICO look at it.

[trebb]

But but conservatives are cause dysfunction and are too extreme or something to win. Oh and Obama or somethIng.

Yep - "conventional wisdom" is a bunch of horse manure and comes from the same place...

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