Kentucky Stunner; Democrats Toppel GOP Governor.

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Kentucky Stunner; Democrats Toppel GOP Governor.

Democrat Andy Beshear declared victory over GOP Gov. Matt Bevin on Tuesday in a bitter Kentucky governor’s race that may rejuvenate the Democratic Party and leave Republicans lamenting another lost opportunity to cement their hold on the Bluegrass State.

For Republicans, and Bevin in particular, the loss is a stunning rebuke to a party that thought it had laid Democrats to rest in 2015 ― when Bevin sailed to an easy victory ― and 2016, when the GOP won its first state legislative majority in Kentucky since 1920. Instead, the victory for Beshear, who served the last four years as the state’s attorney general, sent a signal that Kentucky Democrats, while damaged, aren’t dead yet.

Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Democrat, declared Beshear the winner.

The victory will likely inspire hope in Democrats nationally and in Kentucky that they have a chance to knock off GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020.

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Trump spends election night bragging his rhetoric kept a library from getting NYT subscriptions

President Donald Trump suffered a humiliating defeat on Tuesday when Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin lost re-election despite the president coming to stump in a state Republicans won by 30 points.

Trump, however, was focused on bragging about a Florida library being denied funding for digital subscriptions because local elected officials thought it was “fake news.”

The newspaper has won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Trump administration.

Here are the retweets Trump sent:

CBS Evening News

@CBSEveningNews
Officials in Citrus County, Fla., deny public library's request for digital New York Times subscription, citing Pres. Trump's belief that the nationally acclaimed paper is "fake news"

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They'll be counting hanging chads for weeks.

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Sara wrote:: They'll be counting hanging chads for weeks.

There is no mandatory recount law in Kentucky. On Wednesday, Bevin could officially requested counties recanvass their results, which is not a recount but a check of the vote count to ensure the results were added correctly.

State law allows for recanvassing if a county clerk or a board of elections notices a discrepancy or if a candidate makes a written request.

The Courier-Journal reports that the process should be familiar to Bevin, who won a razor-thin victory in the Republican gubernatorial primary of 2015 by a margin of just 83 votes over current Rep. James Comer.

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Temple wrote:

Sara wrote:: They'll be counting hanging chads for weeks.

There is no mandatory recount law in Kentucky.

Half the population can't count. parrot

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