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

Thu Nov 14, 2019, 05:42 PM

Nov 2019

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.

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Ky Gov - Bevin finally conceded!! [View all] Roland99 Nov 2019 OP

kick kick kickity kick blogslut Nov 2019 #1

K&R. Thanks, great news! KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #2

Congratulations, KY_EnviroGuy! Cha Nov 2019 #47

BOOyah!!! Leghorn21 Nov 2019 #3

Suck it Bevin. TeamPooka Nov 2019 #4

+1000! bitterross Nov 2019 #9

Hate to be a wet blanket but 2 to 1 says... Caliman73 Nov 2019 #5

Exactly the North Carolina playbook Traildogbob Nov 2019 #8

This nightmare makes me wonder SonofDonald Nov 2019 #45

That's what they did in Wisconsin. geardaddy Nov 2019 #31

Going full Wisconsin soldierant Nov 2019 #42

I don't think that will be the case here. Liberal Jesus Freak Nov 2019 #34

Yes. You are correct. n/t EndlessWire Nov 2019 #40

Yay! pandr32 Nov 2019 #6

Moscow Mitch was afraid of domino effect Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #7

Congratulations, Hermit! Cha Nov 2019 #46

yep! we booted Bevin! Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #55

Gov Andy Beshear will have Cha Nov 2019 #56

that would be fantastic -- Moscow Mitch needs to go Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #57

Next stop: Fox News! EveHammond13 Nov 2019 #10

A canary in the coal mine. . . DinahMoeHum Nov 2019 #11

Woohoo! Good! Mersky Nov 2019 #12

In other words he couldn't find a way.... SergeStorms Nov 2019 #13

Probably lost by 25,000 central scrutinizer Nov 2019 #29

You're probably right! SergeStorms Nov 2019 #48

What's sad DownriverDem Nov 2019 #14

This is great news! Looks like our institutions are holding. n/t PatrickforO Nov 2019 #15

That's a big K and R! FakeNoose Nov 2019 #16

So the rally with trump and Moscow Mitch didn't help. gademocrat7 Nov 2019 #17

K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 spanone Nov 2019 #18

I thought that was fairly gracious of him to concede 40RatRod Nov 2019 #19

Bevins had no choice, he did not have support of his party or the public, who voted him out by a onetexan Nov 2019 #22

kick yortsed snacilbuper Nov 2019 #20

Well, a broken clock is right twice a day. calimary Nov 2019 #21

Now does the ERA pass? SCVDem Nov 2019 #23

Wow! Good news for once! Thanks for sharing! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2019 #24

I REALLY wish DU allowed uploading image files w/o a URL Fritz Walter Nov 2019 #25

If you saw it on the internet (Facebook/Twitter/etc) you should be able to... CaptainTruth Nov 2019 #27

these fascist pigs make like we have to get their permission to take office, what a bunch of yaesu Nov 2019 #26

Have the results been certified? CaptainTruth Nov 2019 #28

Not yet, but KY law says result must be certified by Nov. 25. KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2019 #54

Hello Kentucky! sheshe2 Nov 2019 #30

Relieved in KY JohnnyLib2 Nov 2019 #32

Fantastic! honest.abe Nov 2019 #33

woot wooooooot Celerity Nov 2019 #35

Congratulations, Beshear & Kentucky! nt crickets Nov 2019 #36

Good. I was having some stress over this. alphafemale Nov 2019 #37

They are not fucking kings kyburbonkid Nov 2019 #38

I think this new Governor may have the potential to be on a national ticket in the near future. kentuck Nov 2019 #39

We got him!!!! Initech Nov 2019 #41

Take a hike, Gov. Fucko Blue Owl Nov 2019 #43

Finally, Corgigal Nov 2019 #44

Better late than never. TomSlick Nov 2019 #49

Low class ASS! AwakeAtLast Nov 2019 #50

Such a pleasant concession speech, I missed the part where he thanks everyone that vsrazdem Nov 2019 #51

Moscow Mitch told Bevin it was time to go... comradebillyboy Nov 2019 #52

Now lets get more Dems to work alongside him next election dustyscamp Nov 2019 #53

Congratulations Kentucky and Gov. saidsimplesimon Nov 2019 #58