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ANY OTHER INJURIES POLICE HAVE NOT SAID IF THERE ARE ANY SUSPECTS AT THIS TIME ALSO TONIGHT ANDY BESHEAR PULLED OUT A VICTORY OVER THREE OTHER CANDIDATES AND IS NOW THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR. DESPITE HOUSE. MINORITY LEADER ROCKY ADKINS KEEPING IT A CLOSE RACE EARLY IN THE EVENING AND GOVERNOR. BEVIN WILL BE WORKING TO KEEP HIS OFFICE IN NOVEMBER AFTER HOLDING OFF CHALLENGER ROBERT GO FORTH. THE VOTES WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU TONIGHT FOLKS COVERING THE RACE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN CAMPS WILL START WITH WKYT’S MARK VANDERHOFF OUTSIDE JEFFERSON COUNTY’S ELECTION CENTER, WHICH PROVE TO BE A PIVOTAL COUNTY FOR ANDY BESHEAR MARK RICK/VICKI. THAT WAS A NAIL-BITER. I MEAN EARLY ON WHEN ROCKY ADKINS LOOK LIKE HE WAS GOING TO WIN YOU HAD ALL THOSE COUNTIES FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY REPORTING. OF COURSE, ROCKY IS FROM EASTERN, KENTUCKY, AND HE JUST LOCKED IT UP, BUT THEN WHEN THE RESULTS CAME IN FROM THE ELECTION CENTER HERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AND FROM ALL THE WESTERN COUNTIES ANDY BESHEAR SURGED AHEAD. HERE’S WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES HAD TO SAY. I AM PROUD OF THIS VICTORY AND I AM PROUD TO BE BE YOUR NOMINEE FOR GOVERNO TONIGH WE NOT ONLY ONE THIS PRIMARY WE DID SOMETHING WE’RE GOING TO DO IN NOVEMBER. WE GOT MORE RAW VOTES THAN MATT BEVIN. IT MEANS PROTECTING HEALTH CARE FO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES AND FOLKS. UH, NOT ONLY HAVE A PLAN. I HAVE THE FIGHT TO DO SO, I BELIEVE SO MUCH IN PUBLIC EDUCATION. I CHOSE THE TEACHERS MY RUNNING MATE. THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS OF MY LIFE. OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THIS GREAT COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY FOR KENTUCKY I HAVE TO SAY I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT ADAM EDELEN ONLY TOOK TWO COUNTIES BRECKENRIDGE AND MEAD I TOOK A LOOK AT VOTER TURNOUT. THERE WERE 400,000 DEMOCRATS WHO CAME OUT TO VOTE VERSUS ONLY 260,000 REPUBLICANS BY MY CALCULATIONS. THAT’S A 19 PERCENT VOTER TURNOUT, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WAS PREDICTED NOW, IT’S HARD TO SAY HOW THAT’S GOING TO TRANSLATE IN THE FALL, BUT DEMOCRATS HAVE TO BE HAPPY TONIGHT WITH HOW MUCH ENTHUSIASM THEY SAW FOR THEIR PRIMARY LIVE AT THE JEFFERSON COUNTY ELECTION CENTER MARK VANDERHOFF WLKY NEWS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MARK. MEANWHILE IN FRANKFORT GOVERNOR. BEVIN TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT’S VOTE AND NOW HE SEES THE RACE AND FOLDING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AGAINST BASHIR DENNY CAMPER REPORTS ON THE GOP RA FROM THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION. WELL, THERE WASN’T MUCH FANFARE HERE TONIGHT AT THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION, BUT MATT, BEVIN SAYS HE’S CONFIDENT. HE’LL BE CELEBRATING ANOTHER VICTORY IN NOVEMBER. THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO VOTED CERTAINLY THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO VOTED FOR US. WE’RE GRATEFUL TO BE GOING ELECTION GOVERNOR MATT BEVIN OPTED FOR A SIMPLE PRESS CONFERENCE TUESDA NIGHT AFTER WINNING HIS PARTY’S PRIMARY FOR THE GOOD TUTORIAL RACE A GOOD RACE ON BOTH SIDES. IT WOULD MEAN YOU HAD FOUR CANDIDATES ON EACH SIDE. EVERYBODY WITH RARE EXCEPTION WAS OUT THERE WORKING IT. I’VE BEEN SECURED 52% OF THE VOTE HOLDING OFF CHALLENGES FROM THREE OTHER REPUBLICANS STATE REPRESENTATIVE. ROBERT GO FORTH ONE MORE THAN 20 COUNTIES, BUT IT WASN’T ENOUGH TO BEAT BEVIN. ALTHOUGH THE OUTCOME TONIGHT WAS NOT WHAT WE WEREN’T WEREN’T SO HARD TO ACHIEVE. AND WE HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE NOT IN VAIN THE FIGHT FOR A PEOPLE FIRST AGENDA CONTINUES. THE GOVERNOR IS ALREADY LOOKING TO NOVEMBER WHERE HE AND HIS RUNNING MATE STATE. SENATOR, RALPH ALVARADO WILL FACE ATTORNEY GENERAL ANDY BESHEAR AND JACQUELINE COLEMAN. IT’S GOING TO BE REMARKABLY STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN THE TWO CAN TICKETS CONSERVATIVE VERSUS LIBERAL BLACK AND WHITE NIGHT AND DAY THAT CLEAR THAT THEN AROUND THE STATE’ PENSION ISSUES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. A LOT OF THINGS ARE PILED UP OVER THE YEARS HERE IN KENTUCKY A LOT OF BAD POLICY FOR THE BETTER PART OF A HUNDRED YEARS, AND NOW WE’RE JUST GETTING IT UP ALVARADO FRAMED THE RACE AS A CHOICE BETWEEN THE FUTURE AND THE PAST WE CAN EITHER MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING AND THE SUCCESSES THAT WE’VE HAD OR BEEN GO BACKWARDS WITH BASHIR AT THIS POINT. BEVIN SAYS, ALTHOUGH HE FEELS GOOD ABOUT HIS CHANCES FOR THIS YEAR’S GENERAL ELECTION. THERE’S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER IN FRANKFORT DENNY CAMPER WLKY NEWS. THANK YOU, DANNY GOVERNOR BEVIN RECEIVED A LAST-MINUTE BOOST FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO TWEETED HIS SUPPORT EARLIER TODAY. BEVIN

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