Daniel Cameron (American politician)

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Daniel Jay Cameron (born November 22, 1985) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 51st attorney general of Kentucky from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Republican Party, Cameron was the first African American and the first Republican since 1943 to be elected to the office. He was also the Republican nominee in the 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election, losing to Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear. Cameron ran for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mitch McConnell in 2026, but lost the Republican nomination to Andy Barr. Born in Plano, Texas, Cameron moved to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, as a child. He attended the University of Louisville for his undergraduate and legal education. Cameron worked as a law clerk for U.S. district judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove for two years and was then legal counsel to Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell from 2015 to 2017, who has been described as his mentor. In September 2020, he was among the final 20 additions to President Donald Trump...

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