They had the stories written and ready to go and got the predicate for the reporting.
The down ballot shows that is not true and it was purely about Bevin. This was a very pro-GOP electorate - the SOS race being won given who the candidates were (not that the GOP candidate was bad, but the Dem Candidate was a very well known popular public figure whereas the GOP candidate was a complete unknown) and the blow-out margins of the other races for the GOP. There were places Bevin lost that the other GOP candidates won by 20%.
They are continuing to talk about this. Apparently, Bevin is a Veteran with a very hard ass no compromise attitude.
It is his hard ass attitude that had rubbed many Kentucky people the wrong way. She is stating he took on the state unions from day one.
Including and especially the teachers union and this brought in huge union bucks advertising against him even before the election season started.
The unions have been on a character assassination campaign against Bevin since he was elected.