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Official: Kentucky Cabinet fails to secure coal worker bonds

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Beshear puts health care at forefront in new ad

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President Donald Trump speaks to the 75th annual AMVETS National Convention in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Aug.21, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Trump visits Kentucky to make pitch, raise funds for Bevin

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, right, and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, left, talk during a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the Washington. Bevin’s reelection campaign recently placed nearly $4 million worth of advertising on TV and radio leading up to his November 2019 showdown with Democrat Andy Beshear. The Republican governor’s campaign is looking to reap a financial windfall when President Donald Trump headlines a private fundraiser for Bevin on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2018 in Louisville. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Kentucky governor looks for boost from Trump

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE - Jn a Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, from left, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto and Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton watch the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lexington, Ky. Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton, who was dropped from Bevin's reelection ticket this year, filed a lawsuit Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in a state court in an effort to win reinstatement of her two staff members who were dismissed by Bevin's administration. (AP Photo/James Crisp, File)

Kentucky political feud bursts into public ahead of election

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Beshear touts plan to promote agritech, manufacturing

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Kentucky democratic candidate for governor Attorney General Andy Beshear addresses the audience gathered at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

In first ad of fall campaign Beshear touts his faith

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Kentucky Democratic candidate for Governor, Attorney General Andy Beshear addresses the audience gathered at the Fancy Farm Picnic in Fancy Farm, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Bevin, Beshear trade verbal jabs at Fancy Farm picnic

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this combination of file photos, Democratic candidate for Kentucky governor and state Attorney General Andy Beshear, left, responds during a debate at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., on April 24, 2019; and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin speaks in the Capitol building in Frankfort, Ky., on Feb. 28, 2019. In a showdown that’s been boiling for years, Bevin and Beshear will be competing in the cauldron of Kentucky’s foremost political event. As they prepare to square off in the summer heat Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019 at the Fancy Farm picnic, the governor’s race already has the makings of a grudge match. (AP Photo/File)

Bevin-Beshear grudge match set for Fancy Farm picnic

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this combination of file photos, Democratic candidate for Kentucky governor and state Attorney General Andy Beshear, left, responds during a debate at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., on April 24, 2019; and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin speaks in the Capitol building in Frankfort, Ky., on Feb. 28, 2019. Bevin claimed Wednesday, July 31, 2019, that gambling-related suicides are nightly occurrences as he criticized his political opponent’s support for expanded gambling as a way to help fund the state’s struggling public pension systems (AP Photo/File)

Bevin points to suicides as reason to oppose gambling

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2013 file photo, Republican Dan Seum speaks to the Kentucky Senate to nominate Robert Stivers as President of the Kentucky State Senate in Frankfort, Ky. Seum, a former member of the Senate GOP leadership team, announced his support for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andy Beshear at the start of a crucial week in Kentucky’s hard-fought governor’s race, Monday, July 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, file)

Dan Seum, Republican, endorses Democrat Andy Beshear for Kentucky governor

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 17, 2019 file photo, Kentucky Governor and Republican candidate for governor Matt Bevin speaks to the media following the Kentucky Farm Bureau candidates forum at the Kentucky Farm Bureau headquarters in Louisville, Ky. While Kentucky lawmakers are working on a pension bill he wants them to pass, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has been in Colorado talking trade with the vice president. The campaign of Bevin's Democratic challenger calls it a &quot;complete lack of leadership&quot; for Bevin to be out of the state while lawmakers meet in a special session that Bevin convened.(AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Republican lawmaker endorses Democratic nominee for governor

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear criticizes Gov. Matt Bevin’s proclamation calling for a special session to fix state pension plans on Saturday, July 20, 2019 in Frankfort, Ky. Beshear, a Democrat, is running for governor against Bevin, the Republican incumbent. Beshear was critical of the wording of the proclamation. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner).

AG: Bevin’s special-session call could draw legal challenge

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Kentucky Governor and Republican candidate for governor Matt Bevin speak to the media following the Kentucky Farm Bureau candidates forum at the Kentucky Farm Bureau headquarters in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Bevin, Beshear clash on several issues at farm bureau forum

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Beshear releases plan to boost veterans’ job opportunities

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Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andy Beshear, left, speaks with a coffee shop customer on Wednesday, June 29, 2019, in Louisville, Ky., while his former campaign rival, Adam Edelen, center, looks on. Beshear and Edelen appeared together as Democrats put on a united front in their effort to unseat Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in the November election in Kentucky. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

Bevin’s loan boosts his reelection campaign effort

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Gubernatorial candidates make pitches to county leaders

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 21, 2019 file photo, Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear addresses his supporters following his victory in the Democratic primary for governor in Louisville, Ky. Gov. Matt Bevin predicted Tuesday, June 25, 2019 that his political kinship with Republican President Donald Trump will be in the campaign spotlight this year, and that Trump may visit Kentucky multiple times to help Bevin counter a tough Democratic challenge. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Edelen: Tough primary will make Beshear a better candidate

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Democrats show unity amid GOP squabbles in Kentucky

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear addresses his supporters following his victory in the Democratic primary for governor in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, May 21, 2019.

Beshear vs. Bevin political showdown set in Kentucky

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press