Kentucky governor race: Democrat Andy Beshear beats Republican incumbent Matt Bevin

(Image credit: Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP, Pool, File)

published 6 November 2019

Democrat Andy Beshear has won the governor's race in Kentucky, defeating incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, several news organizations are projecting.

With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Beshear, the state's attorney general, leads Bevin by about 8,000 votes.

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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.