From the Beshear-Coleman campaign: "Education will play a prominent role in this upcoming election. There's no doubt about that."

With 26 days until Election Day, a political science professor at the University of Louisville is telling the Courier-Journal: "Education will play a prominent role in this upcoming election. There's no doubt about that."

Here’s a few other quotes and headlines from this week that show how public education has been driving the race for governor:

“Bevin has had a testy relationship with teachers in the Bluegrass State during his time in office, and many educators have come out against him in his heated gubernatorial race against Beshear.” - Louisville Courier-Journal 

“Bevin compares protesting teachers to misbehaving children in video taken by Democrats.” - Lexington Herald-Leader 

“Teachers in Henderson County joined forces with local politicians to kick off the statewide ‘Won’t Be Bullied by Bevin Tour.’ Bevin has repeatedly criticized educators, calling them names and mocking teacher protests.” - WEHT in Henderson 

“In just the past three months, education has dominated some of the election’s biggest story lines.” - Louisville Courier-Journal 

“Beshear is making public education the top priority of his campaign, vowing to make several changes to the system and give across the board raises in that field, as well as to stop what is being called ‘bullying’ by Bevin.” - WKYT

“Bevin has often been at odds with educators over pension reform and comments made about striking teachers.” - Spectrum News