In a spirited battle for the governor’s seat, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear edged Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
Beshear, whose father also served two terms as Kentucky governor, beat the Hardin County native by 5.01 percentage points in an election that saw a 38 percent turnout (1,325,108 votes cast vs. 3,484,827 eligible voters).
Beshear ended election day with 693,370 (52.55 percent) votes to Cameron’s 626,196 (47.54 percent). In the 2019 gubernatorial race, the Louisville native defeated then-Gov. Matt Bevin by just over 5,000 votes (709,846 to 704,760).
In Grayson County, Cameron received 4,454 votes to Beshear’s 2,514. Beshear, though, recorded between 900 and 1,000 more votes than any other Democrat in the down ballot races.
In Hardin County, Cameron bested Beshear by fewer than 200 votes, as Cameron received 14,511 votes to Beshear’s 14,336.
Others constitutional office winners
- Former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky (2017-2021) and FBI special agent, Russell Coleman, will be the state’s next attorney general
- Micheal Adams was reelected secretary of state
- Current Kentucky Treasurer Allison Ball won the race to become Auditor of Public Accounts (Ball was term-limited as treasurer)
- Mark Metcalf, current county attorney for Garrard County, will be the state’s next treasurer
- A former member of Kentucky House of Representatives, Jonathan Shell, who is also from Garrard County, will serve as Kentucky agriculture commissioner (Grayson County resident Warren Beeler served as Shell’s campaign manager)
All the down ballot elections winners are members of the GOP.
Special election in Caneyville
In a special election for a seat on the Caneyville City Commission, David Brown ran unopposed and garnered 74 votes. Brown was appointed to the commission in April 2023 to fulfill the term of Chris Piercy who resigned the seat.
(Photo: Gov. Andy Beshear at his desk, courtesy of Facebook)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
