The Democratic challenger Andy Beshear has declared victory in the Kentucky governor's race, but the Republican incumbent Matt Bevin has refused to concede, citing unspecified 'irregularities'. In a speech in Lexington on Monday night, Donald Trump – who won Kentucky by 30 percentage points in 2016 – told voters they needed to re-elect Bevin, or else pundits would say the president 'suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the world'