CNN —
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will win his party’s nomination for governor in Tuesday’s primary, CNN projects, setting up a highly anticipated clash this fall with Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.
Cameron, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, will defeat former diplomat Kelly Craft in a race that was seen as a test of the former president’s influence with Republican primary voters as the 2024 presidential race takes shape. He will now vie to become the state’s first Black governor.
Cameron’s victory sets up one of 2023’s most important elections, and one with implications for 2024.
CNN projected Tuesday night that Beshear will win the Democratic renomination. His bid for a second term could be an important bellwether for next year, when his party is defending Senate seats in other red states – Montana, Ohio and West Virginia.
Beshear, whose father was a two-term governor, defeated Republican Gov. Matt Bevin – an unpopular incumbent who had angered many in his own party – in 2019. As expected, he fended off nominal Democratic opposition in Tuesday’s primary.
Republicans, though, argue that despite Beshear’s popularity, November’s general election is likely to be competitive in the deep-red state. Republicans have erased Democrats’ ancestral voter registration advantage in recent years, and a Democratic presidential nominee has not won Kentucky since former President Bill Clinton’s reelection in 1996. Beshear is the party’s only remaining statewide elected...
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