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DGA Releases Web Video on Bevin: ‘On the Draw’

DGA Releases Web Video on Bevin: ‘On the Draw’ Bevin under fire for attacking 581,000 KY seniors on Medicare as ‘on the draw’ Today, the Democratic Governors Association released a web video featuring footage of Kentucky gubernatorial nominee Matt Bevin criticizing seniors on Medicare for being “on the draw.” The DGA video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AksUp_jnA20. The…

AWK-WARD: Bevin Endorses Carson, 3 Days Before Joint Event with Paul

AWK-WARD: Bevin Endorses Carson, 3 Days Before Joint Event with Paul At Ky. gov. debate, Bevin spurns Rand to endorse another GOP presidential candidate Well, this is going to be awkward. Just three days before Senator Rand Paul is going to hold an event for Matt Bevin’s embattled gubernatorial campaign, Bevin announced at a debate this morning that he…

DGA Statement on the GOP Primary for Governor of Kentucky

WASHINGTON, DC — In response to Matt Bevin’s primary election victory today, the Democratic Governors Association re-released the following statement from Josh Holmes, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s former chief of staff, regarding Bevin: “It’s abundantly clear that his guiding light is to embrace whatever gets himself a little further down the road,” Holmes said. “If somehow Matt Bevin…

DGA Statement on Kentucky AG Jack Conway’s Primary Victory

WASHINGTON, DC — Montana Governor Steve Bullock, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, released the following statement congratulating Jack Conway for becoming the Democratic nominee for Governor of Kentucky. “I had the privilege to serve as a fellow attorney general with Jack. He has been a leader in standing up for Kentucky consumers, cracking down…

DGA Releases Video on KY-GOV: ‘The Ugly Turn’

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING IN KENTUCKY: ‘Uninspiring field’ devolves into ‘sordid mess’ Lexington Herald-Leader: ‘The biggest winner of this saga is Jack Conway’ Today, the Democratic Governors Association released a new video, “The Ugly Turn,” highlighting how the divisive Republican primary in Kentucky has taken a nasty turn that will hurt Republicans in the general election. “This…

Governor Steve Beshear’s 2014 State of the Commonwealth Address

Governor Steve Beshear’s 2014 State of the Commonwealth Address The State Journal: “Reinvesting in education will be a top budget priority for Beshear […] ‘If we continue to cut or freeze education funding, our schools face the prospect of laying off significant numbers of teachers, greatly increasing classroom sizes and letting technology and equipment grow…

Governor Steve Beshear’s 2014 State of the Commonwealth Address

Governor Steve Beshear’s 2014 State of the Commonwealth Address The State Journal: “Reinvesting in education will be a top budget priority for Beshear […] ‘If we continue to cut or freeze education funding, our schools face the prospect of laying off significant numbers of teachers, greatly increasing classroom sizes and letting technology and equipment grow…

Obamacare Is Winning in Kentucky, Thanks to Gov. Steve Beshear

by Jonathan Miller Jonathan Miller on the governor responsible for the unlikely red-state enthusiasm. Politics in my old Kentucky home has, for centuries, been awash in irreconcilable contradictions. We stuck with the Union in favor of our favorite son, Lincoln, but then joined in common cause with the Confederacy after the Civil War had ended. A century later, we boasted some of…

Beshear says '13 session was how it should work

By Gov. Steve Beshear Anybody who heard my State of the Commonwealth address knows I had high hopes for the 2013 legislative session. Buoyed by months of behind-the-scenes pre-session meetings with leadership and other key legislators, I confidently described a new atmosphere of civility and dignity in Frankfort marked by the willingness to engage in…

Gov. Steve Beshear, legislative leaders of both parties worked together to overhaul pensions

By ROGER ALFORD Associated Press FRANKFORT, Kentucky — With a Republican-controlled Senate and a Democratic-led House, the Kentucky Legislature had been mired in political gridlock through most of the past decade. Frankfort political leaders believe passage of a complicated pension overhaul Tuesday is a clear indication that things have changed. Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican Senate…

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DGA Releases Web Video on Bevin: ‘On the Draw’

AWK-WARD: Bevin Endorses Carson, 3 Days Before Joint Event with Paul

DGA Statement on the GOP Primary for Governor of Kentucky

DGA Statement on Kentucky AG Jack Conway’s Primary Victory

DGA Releases Video on KY-GOV: ‘The Ugly Turn’

Governor Steve Beshear’s 2014 State of the Commonwealth Address

Governor Steve Beshear’s 2014 State of the Commonwealth Address

Obamacare Is Winning in Kentucky, Thanks to Gov. Steve Beshear

Beshear says '13 session was how it should work

Gov. Steve Beshear, legislative leaders of both parties worked together to overhaul pensions