Bruce Schreiner
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Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who defeated Donald Trump-backed rivals twice in Republican-leaning Kentucky, announced the formation of a federal political action committee on Monday to support candidates across the country as he seeks to broaden his influence beyond the Bluegrass State.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — There's an election for governor next month in Kentucky, and voters are trying to decide between Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican Daniel Cameron, the state attorney general. The college town of Bowling Green in Warren County is a crucial swing area. Concerns about abortion, education and COVID-19 restrictions are what voters are thinking about as the Nov. 7 election nears. Republican Mark Cook stuck with the GOP candidate in 2019, but this time is leaning toward supporting Beshear, saying he's satisfied with what the governor has achieved in his first term. But another Republican voter, Gary Jolly, says Beshear went too far in locking things down during the pandemic.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is pushing back against Republican efforts to cast him as an advocate of gender reassignment surgery for minors. The Democratic governor says in a new ad that his detractors have misrepresented his position. Beshear says he has always opposed such surgeries for minors. He points to his Christian faith and support for parental rights to explain why he vetoed a measure that banned gender-affirming care for children in the state. Beshear is being challenged by Republican Daniel Cameron in November. The campaign offers an early test of the political potency of Republican messaging on transgender issues.
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Republican gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron proposed awarding recruitment and retention bonuses to bolster police forces, part of a sweeping public safety plan unveiled Tuesday that calls for tougher penalties against drug traffickers found responsible for causing deaths in Kentucky.
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Republican infighting has erupted in Kentucky over gubernatorial nominee Daniel Cameron's plans to attend a rally sponsored by an ex-rival who is now looking to challenge an incumbent GOP congressman next year.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An attorney says Kentucky Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron solicited donations for his gubernatorial campaign from executives of a drug treatment organization that is being investigated by his office. The request for contributions occurred during a call Cameron made early this year to a representative of Edgewater Recovery Centers.
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Kentucky's governor made two new appointments to the state board of education on Tuesday, taking action days after drawing election-year criticism for a lapse in adding members to the board.
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Republicans have stepped up criticism of Kentucky’s Democratic governor for a lapse in appointments to the state school board. It revives a contentious issue but with a different twist. When he took office, Gov. Andy Beshear overhauled the Kentucky Board of Education, drawing criticism from Republicans. Now Beshear is drawing GOP ire for inaction in dealing with board membership. The dust-up surfaced when the Courier Journal reported that two state school board seats have sat idle for more than a year, GOP leaders say at least one of those board positions — by law — should go to a Republican.
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Off-year elections on Tuesday in Kentucky and Pennsylvania could send early signals about the mood of voters ahead of next year's races for the White House and Congress.
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Drug overdose deaths in Kentucky fell by 5% in 2022, offering a sign of hope that treatment efforts are relieving an addiction epidemic that remains a public health crisis, Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday.