 Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear won re-election to a second term Tuesday, notching another significant statewide victory in an increasingly red state that could serve as a model for other Democrats on how to thrive politically heading into next years, defining presidential election, Beshear, 45, wrote his stewardship over record economic growth and his handling of multiple disasters, from tornadoes and floods to the COVID-19 pandemic, to victory over Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron, A. Protégé of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has joined his father, Steve Beshear, as a twice-elected top Democratic leader of the state.