From the KDP: Lexington Herald-Leader: Gov. Beshear “Without a Doubt the Strongest Candidate in this Race and Earns our Endorsement”

KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Today, the Lexington Herald-Leaderannounced their “clear” and “essential” choice to endorse Gov. Andy Beshear for reelection. Citing Gov. Beshear’s “stalwart, steady presence in the lives of Kentuckians” and calling out Daniel Cameron as “not a serious candidate,” the Herald-Leader wrote that “on this leadership alone, [Gov. Beshear] would earn our endorsement.” 
 
Yet as the endorsement editorial makes clear, Gov. Beshear “is the clear and compelling choice because he has been a bulwark against extremism in the state while putting it on stronger footing in a host of other ways for the future.” While Cameron has shown “he is more interested in power,” Gov. Beshear “has been an unflappable presence throughout some of our most tempestuous history, rising above politics to emphasize the needs of all Kentuckians.”
 
As the Herald-Leader says, “the choice is clear and the choice is essential.”
 
Read more about why the Herald-Leader endorses Gov. Beshear here:
 
Lexington Herald-Leader: In the Kentucky Governor’s race, there’s a clear and compelling choice

• It would be difficult to find a first-term governor who has weathered as much as Andy Beshear.
• Through it all, Beshear has been a stalwart, steady presence in the lives of Kentuckians, comforting people with big hugs and even bigger policies to get people back on their feet. 
• On this leadership alone, he would earn our endorsement. But additionally, he is the clear and compelling choice because he has been a bulwark against extremism in the state while putting it on stronger footing in a host of other ways for the future.
• In the past two years, Kentucky has been hit end to end with natural disasters, whose scope and intensity are clearly fueled by climate change. Beshear moved forward with emergency aid, new housing funds, and new housing developments on former mine lands. And he showed up time and time again.
• Beshear also brightened Kentucky’s economic outlook with behind-the-scenes work with legislators on both sides of the aisle to bring two of Kentucky’s most difficult issues to fruition: medical marijuana and sports betting.
• Beshear won his first term thanks to support from teachers, and has proved an important ally of public education amid continuing attacks. Some of those have been launched by Daniel Cameron, who supports a constitutional amendment that would allow public school money to be diverted to religious and private institutions.
• Beshear is also an ally of women and children, and an enemy of efforts to repress them. He supports exceptions for rape, incest and fetal anomalies in Kentucky’s draconian abortion law.
• For Kentucky, the choice is clear and the choice is essential. Beshear has been an unflappable presence throughout some of our most tempestuous history, rising above politics to emphasize the needs of all Kentuckians. He has created a better Kentucky and deserves a second term to continue his work. We think he is without a doubt the strongest candidate in this race and earns our endorsement.