Kentucky has a very, very bad habit of electing Democrats as Governors.
Matt Bevin (the last Pubbie) was good on most issues but the Legislature had a way of looking like they were trying to pull “fast ones”* (particularly on the Teachers’ pensions issue[s]) and Bevin got plopped with most of the rotten eggs being thrown, even though he was not responsible for the procedural mischief. Plus he’s just not the type to appeal to the soccer mom’s, and his 2nd term opponent (and current gov.) Andy Beshear, is. Then when Beshear was up for re-election, Daniel Cameron’s campaign, from what I saw of it, stunk it up.
Further back, Republican Ernie Fltcher was a decent administrator in his 1st term, but got caught up in underlings’ hiring practices corruption. Down went Ernie.