Andy Beshear’s Upset In Kentucky: Public Educators Send Matt Bevin To The Back Of The Class.

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Public school teachers and university towns helped power Democrat challenger Andy Beshear to a narrow victory over Republican Governor Matt Bevin in the Kentucky gubernatorial contest.

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The fact that the rally was in Lexington, home of the University of Kentucky, and that Beshear carried Fayette County by a 2:1 margin, offers a valuable insight into one of the most important forces in the election. Throughout his tenure, Governor Bevin had consistently ridiculed, blamed, and defunded school teachers and higher education institutions. Tuesday, the educators got their revenge.

Tuesday, we learned how that strategy worked out for him. Andy Beshear, whose father, Steve Beshear, had been governor before Bevin, won Jefferson County by 98,772 votes and Fayette County by 36,482 . Beshear won seven of the eight counties where a public university was located, and his margin of loss in the one county Bevin won was smaller than the spread in 2015.

 

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“As the Kentucky election is analyzed for what it portends for 2020, one lesson should be clear to candidates who do their homework: they might want to listen to – and respect – teachers.”

beginning of the end for the current standing GOP. country is watching and can see all the effing corruption and enabling of corruption that's been happening. they've abused their power in office. bring new fresh blood into the GOP and drain the swamp.

In one week you will writte something else. This guy dont win

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