I live in KY. I can tell you that this election solidified my belief that, in the long run, this whole country is screwed. The reason: Anyone who is elected an chooses to solve the problems by making the tough choices will become very unpopular to those whose ox is being gored (in this case the teachers) and be swiftly voted out of office.
However, the results were actually good. the R’s swept everything else, he came ridiculously close to winning, and the state house is all R. Our new governor is surrounded by R’s at every turn.
And this proves the effectiveness of Trump. Bevin beat being behind by 15 points to losing by a gnat’s hair.
Bevin could have won if enough decent KY’ins got off their bum to vote.