Off-year elections Tuesday in Kentucky and Pennsylvania could send early signals about the mood of voters ahead of next year’s races for the White House and Congress.
could send early signals about the mood of voters ahead of next year's races for the White House and Congress.
With a primary win, Cameron would become the state's first Black nominee for governor by either major political party. Beshear, expected to cruise through the primary over two nominal opponents, looks to draw on his family's political brand to counter the state's GOP tilt. He was attorney general four years ago when he defeated then-Republican Gov. Matt Bevin. Before Bevin's single term, Steve Beshear, the current governor's father, served two terms as governor.
They won a one-seat majority in November after 12 years. On Tuesday, voters will fill two empty seats, with most of the attention focused on a seat in Philadelphia’s suburbs left vacant by a Democrat who resigned. The contest pits Democrat Heather Boyd, a former legislative and congressional aide, against Republican Katie Ford, a military veteran, school volunteer and behavioral therapist.
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