2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2023, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Kentucky. Incumbent Democratic governor Andy Beshear won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican state Attorney General Daniel Cameron. This was the only statewide victory in 2023 for Democrats in Kentucky, and one of only two nationwide. This race was one of two Democratic-held governorships up for election in 2023 in a state Donald Trump won in 2020. The other was held in Louisiana, where the incumbent Democratic governor was ineligible to seek re-election, and which Jeff Landry flipped for the Republicans. This was the first gubernatorial election in the state's history in which both major party candidates had held the position of attorney general; Beshear held the position from 2016 to 2019, after which he was succeeded by Cameron. Beshear's victory has been attributed to his broad popularity among Democrats and independents, as well as approximately half...
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