NEW: Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron wins the Republican primary for Kentucky governor, becoming the first major-party Black gubernatorial nominee in the state’s history and setting up a November showdown with Gov. Andy Beshear.
The race now shifts to the general election in November, when Beshear will face a tough reelection bid in the Republican-dominated state. His first term has been marked by a series of tragedies — the Covid pandemic, natural disasters and a mass shooting that killed one of his closest friends — and the contest will test the strength of a popular Democratic governor who has forged an identity as consoler in chief.
Cameron succeeded Beshear in the attorney general’s office, and the Republican turned the tables on Beshear, mounting numerous legal challenges against state and national Democratic policies that endeared him to conservatives. Cameron led the successful challenge that essentially halted the governor’s Covid-era restrictions, which Cameron said amounted to executive overreach. Beshear says that his actions saved lives and that he leaned heavily on guidance from Trump’s coronavirus task force.
He is also expected to draw on his family’s strong political brand — his father, Steve Beshear, is a former two-term Kentucky governor — and lean into his role of leading through adversity after a multitude of crises during his first term. Last month, Beshear publicly and emotionally grieved the loss of a close friend who died when a Louisville bank employee opened fire with an assault-style rifle, killing five coworkers. He has frequently invoked his Christian faith as a cornerstone of his efforts to lead the state through tough times.
But it was the combative rivalry between Cameron and Craft that dominated the primary campaign. Cameron, who previously worked for Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, endured an advertising blitz by Craft’s campaign — backed by her family’s fortune — and an outside group supporting her campaign. The pro-Craft group portrayed Cameron as an “establishment teddy bear” in claiming he wasn’t tough enough as attorney general.
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