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  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Kentucky > Governor
Office
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline January 29, 2019 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 05, 2019 - 05:00am
Polls Close November 05, 2019 - 05:00pm
Term Start December 09, 2019 - 12:00pm
Term End December 12, 2023 - 12:00pm
ContributorIndyGeorgia
Last ModifiedRBH December 06, 2019 03:32pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/03/2015
NameMatt Bevin Votes511,374 (52.52%)
Term12/08/2015 - 12/09/2019 Margin84,754 (+8.70%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 21, 2019 KY Governor - R Primary Matt Bevin
May 21, 2019 KY Governor - D Primary Andy Beshear
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 7.8000001907 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Matt Bevin
Safe 1
Strong 2
Lean 3
Slight 6
Andy Beshear
Lean 1
Slight 13
Tossup
Slight 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

12/12/2018 11/01/2019

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Andy Beshear (I) Matt Bevin John Hicks (W) Blackii Effing Whyte
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian Independent
Votes709,890 (49.19%) 704,754 (48.84%) 28,433 (1.97%) 46 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -5,136 (-0.36%) -681,457 (-47.22%) -709,844 (-49.19%)
Predict Avg.48.67% 50.00% 2.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Trafalgar Group 
10/29-11/01		 47.00% (+0.0) 52.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Targoz Market Research 
10/13-10/20		 55.00% (+0.0) 36.00% (+0.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
10/10-10/13		 46.00% (-2.0) 46.00% (+6.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D) 
08/19-08/22		 48.00% (+0.0) 39.00% (+0.0) 6.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Clarity Campaign Labs 
08/12-08/13		 48.00% (+0.0) 39.00% (+0.0) 5.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Gravis Marketing 
06/11-06/12		 42.00% (+0.0) 48.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
LBR Old LW
D samir7243_ATL
  Lexington Herald-Leader
D scbgky
BEER WSNJ
LBT Luzerne County Historian
D BLUEDOGS
R Jenean M. Hampton [L]
I Charlotte Rose

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jan 10, 2021 01:35pm Proposed Legislation Kentucky House will form committee to consider petition to impeach Gov. Andy Beshear  Article RP 
Nov 25, 2019 12:00pm Proposed Legislation Bill would strip Kentucky governor’s power to name state Transportation Secretary   Article RP 
Nov 21, 2019 03:05pm Profile Covington Woman Explains Why She Told GOP Crowd Bevin Won  Article RP 
Nov 08, 2019 02:50pm News Matt Bevin’s Libertarian opponent says the Kentucky election just proved his point  Article ev0lv 

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