Kentucky governor race too close to call

Signs supporting Andy Beshear.
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With 98 percent of precincts reporting, the governor's race in Kentucky is too close to call.

Andy Beshear, the state's Democratic attorney general, has 49.5 percent of the vote, giving him an edge over incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, who has 48.5 percent. Beshear leads by about 14,000 votes.

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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.