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Andrew Graham Beshear (/ b ə ˈ ʃ ɪər / bə-SHEER; [1] born November 29, 1977) is an American attorney and politician serving since 2019 as the 63rd governor of Kentucky.A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of Kentucky from 2016 to 2019. [2]
Incumbent Democratic governor Andy Beshear won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican state Attorney General Daniel Cameron. If Cameron had won, he would have become Kentucky's first African-American governor. This race was one of two Democratic-held governorships up for election in 2023 in a state Donald Trump won in 2020.
Martha Layne Collins, who held the office from 1983 to 1987, was the first woman to serve as governor and was only the third woman to serve as governor of any U.S. state who was not the wife or widow of a previous governor. [7] The 63rd and current Kentucky governor is Democrat Andy Beshear, who took office on December 10, 2019.
In Gov. Andy Beshear, for whom he and his firm have raised heaps of campaign funds, Morgan sees a winner. “When the governors meet the President today… I pray the campaign listens carefully to ...
When Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear in November decisively won his second election in a deep red state, the punditry predicted a certain ascent to the national stage. After all, it takes a certain ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is taking on a new lead role in Democratic efforts to win more governorships in the 2026 midterm election when a majority of states will be electing ...
The Democratic nominee, Andy Beshear, defeated Republican Incumbent governor Matt Bevin. It was the closest gubernatorial election by votes since 1899. It was the closest race of the 2019 gubernatorial election cycle. Beshear won by 0.37 percentage points, receiving 49.20% of the vote to Bevin's 48.83%. [2]
Gov. Andy Beshear, now in his second term after first taking office in 2019, was preceded by his father, Steve Beshear, who served two terms in 2007-2015. The father-son governor combination is a ...