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Kentucky outcome embarrasses Trump and worries many Republicans ahead of 2020
The outcome, despite Trump’s raucous rally for the governor on Monday, underscored how Republicans are struggling to navigate choppy political waters as the 2020 campaign now begins in earnest. Trump continues to dominate the party, but many lawmakers are uneasy about their ability to defend his conduct and hold on to suburban support. Few Republicans, however, are willing to even lightly criticize Trump since they widely believe they will need his voters’ backing and enthusiasm in order to survive next year.
President Donald Trump ' s allies are downplaying his failed effort to boost Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin to a clear win Tuesday night, with White House counselor Kellyanne Conway offering evidence-free claims of voting "irregularities" and other Republican leaders claiming Bevin was much further behind
In Kentucky, Trump and his allies went all in to rescue embattled Gov. Matt Bevin , who literally In Virginia, embattled Republicans ran away from Trump , downplaying their support for his policies In the end, neither strategy was a sure winner. Bevin ' s race was too close to call Tuesday night, locked
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President Donald Trump's allies are downplaying his failed effort to boost Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin to a clear win Tuesday night, with White House counselor Kellyanne Conway offering evidence-free claims of voting "irregularities" and other Republican leaders claiming Bevin was much further behind than polls showed.
Donald Trump Jr. Tells Fox News His Father Isn't Responsible for Matt Bevin's Kentucky Governor Loss
The president's son said former Kentucky governor Matt Bevin had picked fights, explaining away the loss to Democratic candidate Andy Beshear.Democratic candidate Andy Beshear is claiming victory in Tuesday's election over incumbent Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, an ally of President Donald Trump.
The suburban revolt against President Donald Trump ' s Republican Party is growing. In Kentucky, Trump and his allies went all in to rescue embattled Gov. Matt Bevin , who literally wrapped himself in the president's image in his pugnacious campaign. In Virginia, embattled Republicans ran away.
In Kentucky, Trump and his allies went all in to rescue embattled Gov. Matt Bevin , who literally In Virginia, embattled Republicans ran away from Trump , downplaying their support for his policies In the end, neither strategy was a sure winner. Bevin ' s race was too close to call Tuesday night, locked
The GOP incumbent was unable to capture a second term in the immediate aftermath of the state’s closely watched gubernatorial election, but he has refused to concede the race and referenced unspecified “irregularities” in the voting process during his remarks Tuesday.
“What they are exactly, how many, which ones, and what effect, if any, they have will be determined according to law,” Bevin said, without offering examples or elaborating on his allegations.
Conway parroted those talking points Wednesday during an appearance on Fox News. “It's too close to call. I think they're looking at the voter irregularities in some places,” she told the hosts of “Fox & Friends.”
Bevin trails his Democratic opponent, state Attorney General Andy Beshear, by roughly 5,000 votes with all precincts reporting, and Conway credited the tight nature of the race to Trump’s campaign rally Monday in Lexington on Bevin’s behalf.
The Kentucky Governor’s Race Is a Warning to Republicans
The Republican incumbent couldn’t overcome the unpopularity of the party’s agenda. That doesn’t bode well for the GOP in 2020.Donald Trump wants his party to believe that he was the hero of the campaign in Kentucky, who almost—but not quite—rescued a deeply unpopular governor from defeat.
Trump campaigned on Monday for Kentucky Gov Matt Bevin , who lost his re-election bid to a Democratic challenger [Timothy D Easley/AP]. While the result was a significant setback for Trump , who remains relatively popular in Kentucky, it may have had more to do with Bevin ' s diminished
In Kentucky, Trump and his allies went all in to rescue embattled Gov. Matt Bevin , who literally In Virginia, embattled Republicans ran away from Trump , downplaying their support for his policies In the end, neither strategy was a sure winner. Bevin ' s race was too close to call Tuesday night, locked
“I think the president made this race competitive, as did the vice president,” Conway said, predicting Trump would “dominate the state again” in the 2020 election cycle.

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“We'll see what happens. Gov. Bevin is trailing by less than half a percentage point,” she added.
The White House and Republican operatives have sought to spin the disappointing showing by Bevin, regarded as perhaps the country's most unpopular governor, as significantly bolstered by the president's intervention in the race — even though public polling ahead of Election Day showed Bevin and Beshear locked in a single-digit contest.
“Our big Kentucky Rally on Monday night had a massive impact on all of the races. The increase in Governors race was at least 15 points, and maybe 20!” Trump wrote on Twitter early Wednesday morning.
“No one energizes our base like @realDonaldTrump,” Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel wrote Tuesday night in a message retweeted by the president. “In Kentucky, the governor was down 17 points. President Trump helped lift the entire ticket, winning 5 of 6 statewide races so far!”
Although the Associated Press has declined to project a winner in the gubernatorial election, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes called the race in favor of Beshear, who has declared victory.
Bevin concedes defeat in Kentucky governor's race .
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has conceded defeat in last week's nail-biting election.Bevin had asked Kentucky's 120 counties to conduct a recanvass in the days after his narrow loss to Attorney General Andy Beshear (D). Beshear beat Bevin by just 5,189 votes, or about four-tenths of a percentage point, though Bevin brought up unsubstantiated allegations of voting irregularities.
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