Republican Matt Bevin elected governor of Kentucky

Matt Bevin.
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Republican Matt Bevin, a Tea Party favorite, beat Democrat Jack Conway on Tuesday to win the governor's race in Kentucky.

Bevin has opposed expanding Medicaid in the state under the Affordable Care Act, and told NBC News Monday he would replace the Medicaid expansion with another program by using a federal waiver. "Nobody's losing anything," he said.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.