Ky Gov - Bevin finally conceded!!

[Roland99]

Link to tweet

Joe Sonka 😐
@joesonka
· 5m
Replying to @courierjournal
Bevin out now...

"We're going to have a change in the governorship based on the outcome.... I'm not going to contest the result." #kygov

Joe Sonka 😐
@joesonka
Again, Gov. Matt Bevin is CONCEDING his defeat in the #kygov race, says @AndyBeshearKY is Kentucky's next governor.

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2:20 PM - Nov 14, 2019

[blogslut]

1. kick kick kickity kick

[KY_EnviroGuy]

2. K&R. Thanks, great news!

KY............. ..........

[Cha]

47. Congratulations, KY_EnviroGuy!

So Happy for you all and Kentucky!

[Leghorn21]

3. BOOyah!!!

Great news!!

[TeamPooka]

4. Suck it Bevin.

[bitterross]

9. +1000!

[Caliman73]

5. Hate to be a wet blanket but 2 to 1 says...

Republican legislature will rush through bills to limit the governor's authority. That seems to be how Republicans respond to defeat and the "will of the people".

[Traildogbob]

8. Exactly the North Carolina playbook

Bank on it. GOP has nothing to do with democracy. Will someone explain why so many have sacrificed their lives for "this?" I am a disgusted Veteran. Ashamed of this country right now.

[SonofDonald]

45. This nightmare makes me wonder

What the greatest generation would have done with a president like this right after World War II

I have a pretty good idea and it's not pretty

But it would be fitting

How soon we forget

[geardaddy]

31. That's what they did in Wisconsin.

[soldierant]

42. Going full Wisconsin

has been proposed, I believe.

I have it in my head that Tony Evers took it to the courts and won, but I'm too lazy to look it up

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

34. I don't think that will be the case here.

The House, Senate, and all major offices are held by Republicans 🤷🏼‍♀️

[EndlessWire]

40. Yes. You are correct. n/t

[pandr32]

6. Yay!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. Moscow Mitch was afraid of domino effect

[Cha]

46. Congratulations, Hermit!

It really happened!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

55. yep! we booted Bevin!

Of course, Rs got every down ticket office, but at least we don't have Bevin again.

[Cha]

56. Gov Andy Beshear will have

his hands full.. here's to Bootin moscowmitch in 2020.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

57. that would be fantastic -- Moscow Mitch needs to go

I'm hoping that maddogpac's billboards help us to ditch Moscow Mitch. Kentucky is not alone is wanting that evil monster outtahere!

BTW, it's good to hear from you again -- haven't seen any posts from you in a while!

[EveHammond13]

10. Next stop: Fox News!

[DinahMoeHum]

11. A canary in the coal mine. . .

[Mersky]

12. Woohoo! Good!

[SergeStorms]

13. In other words he couldn't find a way....

to steal over 5,000 votes.

Congratulations Governor Beshear!

[central scrutinizer]

29. Probably lost by 25,000

Figured stealing 20,000 would be enough. Oops.

[SergeStorms]

48. You're probably right!

[DownriverDem]

14. What's sad

is that Beshear will have to work with all repubs in KY. Michigan Dem Governor Whitmer has a similar problemm, but with not all repubs. They don't want to work with her and I hope Beshear will be able to work with repubs in kY.

[PatrickforO]

15. This is great news! Looks like our institutions are holding. n/t

[FakeNoose]

16. That's a big K and R!

Congratulations Governor Beshear and Kentucky Democrats!

[gademocrat7]

17. So the rally with trump and Moscow Mitch didn't help.

[spanone]

18. K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[40RatRod]

19. I thought that was fairly gracious of him to concede

I expected him to challenge it as close as it was. Great news. Bad things can happen during a recount.

[onetexan]

22. Bevins had no choice, he did not have support of his party or the public, who voted him out by a

very slim margin, thanks to the Teachers Union who worked with Beshear's campaign to GOTV and delivered the necessary votes to push him over as the winner.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

20. kick

[calimary]

21. Well, a broken clock is right twice a day.

And on this, at least, so is Bevin.

[SCVDem]

23. Now does the ERA pass?

First order of business.

[Rhiannon12866]

24. Wow! Good news for once! Thanks for sharing!

[Fritz Walter]

25. I REALLY wish DU allowed uploading image files w/o a URL

Just saw a GREAT one I'd like to share.
Guy on a bed, dressed in a bathrobe, speaking on a phone: "Hello. Can I have a wake-up call?"
Female front desk clerk on the phone, with a big ol' grin: "You lost the election!"

If anyone can post a link, I'd appreciate it. Almost as much as I appreciate the schadenfreude (as an expatriated Kentuckian).

[CaptainTruth]

27. If you saw it on the internet (Facebook/Twitter/etc) you should be able to...

... copy that URL & use it to post here.

[yaesu]

26. these fascist pigs make like we have to get their permission to take office, what a bunch of

un American thugs.

[CaptainTruth]

28. Have the results been certified?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

54. Not yet, but KY law says result must be certified by Nov. 25.

Beshear and Lt. Gov.-elect Coleman are scheduled to be inaugurated on Tuesday, Dec. 10.

KY................

[sheshe2]

30. Hello Kentucky!

[JohnnyLib2]

32. Relieved in KY

Let's hope anti-jerk sentiment is spreading.

[honest.abe]

33. Fantastic!

[Celerity]

35. woot wooooooot

Fuck off Matt!

[crickets]

36. Congratulations, Beshear & Kentucky! nt

[alphafemale]

37. Good. I was having some stress over this.

[kyburbonkid]

38. They are not fucking kings

Although Trump and Bevin are very much bed-fellows in that line of thinking. I'm super happy my fellow Ky native Dem friend won this and I think the state of KY will welcome Andy with arms open wide. I wish it was more of a blue wave down-ticket. There were some very good people running like Heather French Henry (ran for State Auditor) who is as honest and qualified as a rising sunset. I was also sorry to see Stumbo lose as badly as he did (ran for Ky AG). Instead, we'll have a very newb McConnell aid as AG. Stumbo got hit by too much name recognition (in a right-wing backlash way). Stumbo is a good guy and would have been an excellent check-n-balance to super-majority Rethug controlled state-senate and state-house. Too much Liberal Dem baggage in the minds of the Rethugs. Stumbo lost big too, and I doubt we'll see him come back.

[kentuck]

39. I think this new Governor may have the potential to be on a national ticket in the near future.

His Dad was an excellent Governor.

[Initech]

41. We got him!!!!

[Blue Owl]

43. Take a hike, Gov. Fucko

I hear the Appalachia Trail is lovely this time of year...

[Corgigal]

44. Finally,

[TomSlick]

49. Better late than never.

Of course, better never late.

[AwakeAtLast]

50. Low class ASS!

So glad I don't have to see his awful commercials anymore!

[vsrazdem]

51. Such a pleasant concession speech, I missed the part where he thanks everyone that

worked so hard on his campaign. What a Loser (double entendre).

[comradebillyboy]

52. Moscow Mitch told Bevin it was time to go...

[dustyscamp]

53. Now lets get more Dems to work alongside him next election

[saidsimplesimon]

58. Congratulations Kentucky and Gov.

elect Andy Beshear. I'm sure the grassroots support was out on the ground, making it happen.