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Gov. Andy Beshear Files For Reelection

WKU Public Radio | By Rebecca Feldhaus Adams
Published October 1, 2021 at 10:59 AM CDT
Stephanie Wolf

Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday that he’s filed the initial paperwork to run for a second term as Kentucky’s governor.

Beshear defeated incumbent Republican Matt Bevin in 2019 after a close election. He took office in December 2019, and the first coronavirus case in Kentucky was announced just a few months later. Beshear has been tussling with the GOP-led legislature on gubernatorial emergency powers since then. 

So far, only state auditor Mike Harmon has filed to run against him as a Republican, though second-term Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, former U.N. Ambassador Kelly Knight Craft and state Sen. Max Wise have been mentioned as potential challengers.

The next Kentucky gubernatorial election is not until 2023.

 

 
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Rebecca Feldhaus Adams
Rebecca (Bec) Feldhaus Adams is LPM's news director. She is an outspoken advocate for diversity in public media and mentors young journalists. Her work is driven by a conviction that the way we do our work is as important as the work we do, and that curiosity and humility are the cornerstones of that philosophy. She has served as WHRO Public Media's first news director, an editor at WAMU, talent director at AIR, reporter at WKMS, education reporter at The Paducah Sun and a freelancer and consultant. Bec's stories and collaborations have won multiple state, regional and national awards including "Best Use of Sound," for a story about an evangelical horse whisperer. She holds two degrees from Murray State University.
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