Kentucky governor Matt Bevin is defeated but he won't concede to the governor-elect Andy Beshear. |
Fun fact: Matt Bevin has 10 children (four from his wife, six from Ethiopia). The 11th child was the step-daughter. She died in a car accident. His wife Glenna was a single mother after a biter divorce.
Bevin met his wife through a blind date.
Kentucky's embattled Republican governor Matt Bevin refuses to concede to the Democratic opponent Andy Bashear. The election results are in and most junk food media outlets declare Bashear the winner. Bevin signals he will fight the decision at the state capital. Republican have control of the legislation and if they signal a decision through a partisan vote.
Bevin claims that the Libertarian nominee for governor John Hicks was deliberately placed by Democrats to taint the results. His campaign believes that 2% of the vote would have been in favor of him instead of the Libertarian.
He has formally filed to contest the results.
"We are always happy to split the vote in a way that causes delicious tears. Tonight there are plenty of delicious tears from Bevin supporters," the party said in a Facebook post Tuesday night.
Gov-elect Andy Beshear and Lt. Gov-elect Jacqueline Coleman. |
Bevin, a Trump supporting governor embraced Kentucky's controversial county clerk Kim Davis in her "religious" stance against issuing legal marriage licenses to gay couples.
He tried to scrap Kynet, the Kentucky's state approved Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplace.
He wanted to make the structurally dangerous Brent Spence Bridge a toll road. The bridge that carries Interstate 75 across the Ohio River was delayed.
He fought with the state teachers who demanded a better pay. Bevin's fight with the teachers union and his budget cuts were brutal. What set the teachers off was Bevin's insults towards them for having overcrowded schools, paying out their pockets to supply and feed children and working over hours without pay.
He cut their pension plan was the last straw.
Beshear, the son of former governor Steve Beshear, is the current Attorney General who has history with the state. Beshear's and his wife Britainy have two children. They live in Louisville.
As governor, Beshear vows to repeal the legislation that cuts the pension of state teachers. He will continue to fund the Interstate 69 corridor. He will work to keep coal-mines active in the state. He will invest in new development in Louisville, Covington, Bowling Green, Owensboro, Lexington and Frankfort.
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