Both Mitch McConnell and Trump will be called upon by nervous Republicans to explain away Bevin’s defeat
Bevin, left, must hand over the governor’s mansion to Beshear. Photo: Getty Images/Shutterstock Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear’s victory over incumbent Republican governor Matt Bevin in Kentucky today by no means indicates the Bluegrass State is turning actually blue. But it does show that a Republican with a foul temperament and unpopular policies is not going to be able to ride pure partisanship to victory.
There was a general sense going into today’s offyear election in Kentucky that Bevin would probably pull out a close race thanks to the state’s strongly Republican complexion; harsh attacks on Beshear based on demonizing his national party; and a late intervention by Donald Trump, who won there by nearly 30 points in 2016.
Like Trump nationally, Bevin in Kentucky has suffered from chronically underwater job approval ratings, aggravated by negative public reactions to his handling of education spending and public employee pensions, and his efforts to cut Medicaid coverage. Beshear benefitted from fights against Bevin in court on education budgeting.
Beshear, who was competitive financially with the incumbent, was able to parry Team Bevin’s fatuous attacks on him as a “socialist” without repudiating the national Democratic Party. As Wasserman indicated, the Democrats cut into the usual Republican margins in both rural areas and the wealthier suburbs, and really kicked out the jams in Jefferson and Fayette Counties, where he pulled around two-thirds of the vote.
The outcome is a setback not just for Bevin and for Trump, but also for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who like the governor has perpetually poor job approval ratings in Kentucky. McConnell is up for reelection next year. Both he and the president will be called upon by nervous Republicans to explain away Bevin’s defeat.
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