KY-GOV: In deep red Kentucky, Democrats bet abortion will be a winning issue in the governor's race
Last fall, voters in deep red Kentucky delivered a win for Democrats when they rejected an amendment that would have written opposition to abortion into the state constitution.
This year, state Democrats are again banking that voters will side with protecting abortion rights. They're putting the issue front and center in the closely watched governor's race on Nov. 7, hoping it will help boost Gov. Andy Beshear to another term.
The race between Beshear, the popular Democratic incumbent, and his Republican challenger, Daniel Cameron, the conservative attorney general, has emerged as yet another test of whether abortion rights can help Democrats in otherwise tough political terrain.
In the 16 months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, candidates and measures supporting abortion rights have won in every election in which the issue was on the ballot or a prominent feature of the campaign.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/kentucky-democrats-abortion-governors-race-beshear-cameron-rcna120652
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