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Steven Lynn Beshear (/ b ə ˈ ʃ ɪər / bə-SHEER; born September 21, 1944) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 61st governor of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974 to 1980, was the state's 44th attorney general from 1980 to 1983 and was the 49th lieutenant governor ...
Beshear was born in Louisville, Kentucky, [4] [5] the son of Jane Beshear (née Mary Jane Klingner) and Steve Beshear. [6] He was raised in Lexington and graduated from Henry Clay High School. [4] [7] His father, a lawyer and politician, was the governor of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015. [8]
Andy Beshear’s 2019 election as governor, four years after his father Steve left office, marked Kentucky’s first father-son governorship. The two had earlier become the first father and son to ...
Who is Steve Beshear? Steve Beshear, now 79, was Kentucky’s 61st governor from 2007-2015. Prior to that, he represented Lexington in the state’s House of Representatives from 1974-1980, was ...
The 2011 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2011, to elect the governor of Kentucky and the lieutenant governor of Kentucky.Incumbent Democrat Steve Beshear won re-election, defeating Republican challenger David L. Williams, then the president of the state senate, and Gatewood Galbraith, an independent candidate.
The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of government of Kentucky, [1] and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; [3] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kentucky General Assembly; [4] the power to convene the legislature; [5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason ...
Beshear is serving his second term as Kentucky’s governor. The 46-year-old is the son of former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and was first elected in 2019, when he waged a successful campaign ...
A primary election to determine the Republican and Democratic nominees for governor was held on May 22, 2007, in which Fletcher and Beshear won their respective primaries. [1] Steve Beshear's son Andy was elected Kentucky's State Attorney General in 2015 [2] and Kentucky's Governor in 2019 and 2023.