First Republican Elected in Over 70 Years

On Tuesday night, Kentucky elected attorney Daniel Cameron to be it’s Attorney General, the first Republican in more than 70 years, as well as the first African-American to ever be elected to the position. Not only that, Cameron 33, became the first African-American voted individually into a state-wide office in Kentucky, ever.

In his law career of over 40 years, Cameron has prosecuted both criminal and civil cases, and he plans to serve just as fairly as Kentucky’s attorney and never take political sides. He voted to break the practices of the outgoing Democrat Attorney General Andy Beshear, who had challenged the previous governor, Matt Bevin in the legislature in court and sometimes refused to defend certain laws, notably, abortion restrictions, when Bevin believed them unconstitutional, according to the Lexington Herald Ledger.

Cameron says he won’t substitute his policy positions for the judgements of the legislature. “I think that’s one of the reasons people have been frustrated with the current (attorney general’s) office, is that they’ve decided to pick and choose which laws and which pieces of legislation they are goin got defend. I’m going to make certain to defend them all,” Cameron said.

“Now it’s time to not only to talk the talk, but walk the walk, and so we have a responsibility in the coming days to work with whomever, regardless if you have a Republican designation by your name or if you have a Democrat designation by your name.” Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron

President Trump did endorse Cameron and campaigned in Kentucky earlier this week, where he repeatedly called him “a star.” Cameron was also backed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who he previously worked as general counsel for and helped push through the nomination of US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.