A day after receiving President Trump’s endorsement at a rally where he was portrayed as the state’s only hope of fighting back against Democrats’ impeachment push, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin lost a gubernatorial race to his Democratic challenger, Andy Beshear, on Tuesday night.
The same state where Trump won by nearly 30 points in 2016 turned blue on Tuesday night as Beshear, Kentucky’s attorney general since 2016, claimed victory.
The race was widely seen as a litmus test of how powerful the issue of impeachment would be among Republican voters, with Bevin—who has consistently ranked in polls as one of the most unpopular governors in the U.S.—repeatedly suggesting to Republican voters that a vote against him would be a gift to Democrats and their impeachment inquiry against Trump.
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