Here are some more ugly details of former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin’s commutation of rapist Dayton Jones. Trigger Warning for anyone who is a rape survivor. First up, some background. Dayton Jones plead guilty to sodomizing with a sex toy a passed out 15 year old boy at a party. Jones posted online a video that was…
Category: AndyBeshear
We Have Another Progressive Entering Race Against Moscow Mitch In KY This Year.
Freshman State Represenative Charles Booker from Louisville has officially declared that he will run in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate this year against Moscow Mitch. Booker is no shrinking centrist. He’s a hard charging progressive. Booker said state Democrats have failed to topple McConnell — who was first elected when Booker was born in…
Kentucky's New Democratic Governor Promises to Enfranchise 100,000
http://www.cbsnews.com/… http://www.courier-journal.com/… Andy Beshear promised to restore the voting rights of more than 100,000 former felons in his Inaugural speech Tuesday. The newly elected governor won by 5,100 votes last month. “My faith teaches me to treat others with dignity and respect. My faith also teaches forgiveness,” Beshear, a Democrat, said during his speech from…
Elections Have Consequences Good News: Governor Elect Andy Beshear of KY to Issue Executive Orders.
I admit that I am a skunk at any garden party, but I thought I would write about what Kentucky Governor Elect Andy Beshear’s plans are for when he takes office next week. Beshear has a short list of executive orders that he will issue to undo some of the damage inflicted upon Kentuckians by…
Parallels Between Beshear's Victory In KY And Democratic Presidential Race.
Some Biden supporters who didn’t like my latest diary about Joe Biden got me thinking. One commenter in particular thought it would be better if I focused on Andy Beshear’s electoral victory in the Kentucky governor’s race instead of running down Joe Biden. I’m not entirely sure what Beshear’s race had to do with Joe…
Congrats, Gov.-Elect Andy Beshear! Kentucky dumps Matt Bevin, despite Trump's selfish pleas
Donald Trump faced a harsh reality Tuesday night, when Kentucky voters showed that they weren’t swayed, just the day before, by his impassioned speech to come out and vote for one of his minions, Matt Bevin, simply because it would personally help him out. “You gotta vote because if you lose, it sends a really bad message. It…
Here's How Republicans Will Spin Kentucky Election Results.
As for now, Andy Beshear is declared the “apparent winner” of the Kentucky governor’s race. If it holds, which I think it will, THANK GOD! But given how the rest of the voting went for the rest of the Kentucky statewide offices, Republicans will spin their loss of the governorship as “Bevin was an asshole,…
Democrat Beshear Leads for KY Governor; MS Race IS Close
static1.squarespace.com/… Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has a sizeable lead in the Kentucky Governor’s race against unpopular Republican incumbent Governor Matt Bevin. According to a poll released by PollSmart MR, Beshear leads Bevin 50% to 32% among registered voters and 54% to 33% among likely voters. When leaners are added in, Beshear leads 55% to…
KY-Gov: Matt Bevin's (R) Former GOP Primary Opponent, William Woods (R), Endorses Andy Beshear (D)
Some big news today out of Kentucky: "I’m here today to endorse Andy Beshear as our next governor. This election isn’t about politics for me, it’s about doing the right thing." – William Woods, 2019 Republican primary opponent of Matt Bevin & lifelong Kentuckian from Boone County pic.twitter.com/VlxnR44eDh — Andy Beshear (@AndyBeshearKY) October 21, 2019…
Shouldn't Candidates Who Are Confident of Victory Not Act Deranged? See KY Governor's Race.
OK. My mood took a nose dive when I saw this last public poll in Kentucky on the upcoming governor’s race: Mason-Dixon poll: Matt Bevin and Andy Beshear tied in race for Kentucky's governor A new survey conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy shows Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear deadlocked in Kentucky's gubernatorial race, with the…
KY-Gov: New Mason-Dixon Poll Has Gov. Matt Bevin (R) & AG Andy Beshear (D) Tied At 46-46
Here’s the latest news out of Kentucky: A new survey conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy shows Republican Gov. Matt Bevin and Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear deadlocked in Kentucky's gubernatorial race, with the election just three weeks away. Mason-Dixon interviewed 625 registered and likely voters from Oct. 10-13 for the poll, which found Bevin and Beshear tied at…
Trump throws Hail Mary pass in desperate attempt to save pathetic KY governor from defeat
Just how bad do you have to be to lose re-election as the right-wing conservative incumbent in one of the reddest states in the union? I ask because that’s exactly what is happening right now in Kentucky. The election is less than a month away, and Matt Bevin is ranked the most unpopular governor in the US, with…
Trump throws Hail Mary pass in attempt to save pathetic Kentucky governor from defeat
Just how bad do you have to be to lose re-election as the right-wing conservative incumbent in such a red state? I ask because that’s exactly what is happening right now in Kentucky. The election is less than a month away, and Matt Bevin is ranked the most unpopular governor in the U.S., with an approval rating barely…
KY-Gov: Gov. Tony Evers (D. WI) Helps Andy Beshear (D) Get Rid Of Another Unpopular GOP Governor
Received this e-mail from Governor Tony Evers (D. WI) in support of Attorney General Andy Beshear’s (D. KY) gubernatorial campaign: Folks — When I got into the race for governor, nobody thought a lifelong educator could win in one of the most competitive governor’s races in the country.’ With your help, we beat the odds…
KY-Gov: James Carville Helps A.G. Andy Beshear (D) Take Down Failed Governor Matt Bevin (R)
Received this e-mail today from the Ragin’ Cajun, James Carville, in support of Attorney General Andy Beshear’s (D. KY) gubernatorial campaign: Hey there — If you know me, you know I love Kentucky bourbon. You should also know I don’t like Kentucky’s governor — not one bit! Matt Bevin is just another failed Republican governor trying…
News About Kentucky Governor's Race: Republican Smears Against the Democrat, and I Got Canvassed.
First up, a hopeful sign from the Democrats in Kentucky governor’s race: I got canvassed by someone for the Beshear campaign. What is so great about that? Glad you asked. It means that the state Democrats are taking this race seriously, along with the other state wide offices up in November. To put this into…
YAY! Kentucky Ranks 45th On State Economy Rankings! Put that in your caps Moscow Mitch and Bevin!
A study done by Wallethub found that Kentucky ranks near the bottom of state economies coming in at 45th. This same website has the rankings of all the other states if you wish to take a gander at them. As to their methodology: Methodology In order to determine the best state economies, WalletHub compared the…
KY-Gov: Mother Jones, “He’s Scott Walker’s politics with Paul LePage’s mouth.”
Mother Jones has a pretty brutal piece about Governor Matt Bevin (R. KY) why being a complete asshole might cost him re-election despite being the Governor of a deep red state: For Bevin, winning a second term should be a breeze. He’s running in a state Trump won by 30 percent. Trump still gets high…
Eric Holder's NDRC Refuses To Let The GOP Gerrymander Kentucky & Virginia
Received this e-mail from former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s group, the National Democratic Redistricting Committee: We're less than two years away from redistricting. And what happens in this year's elections will determine who's at the table. Who will be signing the maps in Kentucky? Will it be far-right Republican and least popular governor in the country Matt Bevin? Or…
KY-Gov: New Poll Has Attorney General Andy Beshear (D) Beating Gov. Matt Bevin (R) 48-39
Here’s the latest news out of Kentucky courtesy of Clarity Campaign Labs poll conducted on behalf of the Democratic Attorneys General Association: A new survey conducted by Clarity Campaign Labs on behalf of DAGA shows that Democrats are in a strong position with voters in Kentucky. The survey was conducted from August 12th to August…
