{"id":1028045,"date":"2023-11-07T21:44:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T21:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1028045"},"modified":"2023-11-08T21:45:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T21:45:46","slug":"dnc-statement-on-kentucky-gubernatorial-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-kentucky-gubernatorial-race\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Kentucky Gubernatorial Race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In response to Governor Andy Beshear\u2019s victory in Kentucky<\/em><strong><em>, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled to congratulate Governor Andy Beshear on his reelection win tonight. Governor Beshear made clear his race was about vision versus division, and voters chose to send his steady, thoughtful leadership back to the Governor\u2019s Mansion so he can continue to focus on growing the economy, investing in infrastructure, lowering costs, and keeping families safe. While his Trump-endorsed MAGA Republican opponent supported extreme abortion bans with no exceptions for rape or incest, Kentucky voters delivered a major rejection of that anti-choice agenda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs we\u2019ve seen time and again following the overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> \u2013 no matter how red the state \u2013 voters across the political spectrum oppose GOP attempts to rip away their freedom. This major blow to the MAGA agenda is awful news to Republicans running in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Governor Andy Beshear\u2019s victory in Kentucky, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison released the following statement: \u201cI am thrilled to congratulate Governor Andy Beshear on his reelection win tonight. Governor Beshear made clear his race was about vision versus division, and voters chose to send his steady, thoughtful leadership back to the Governor\u2019s Mansion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Statement on Kentucky Gubernatorial Race - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-kentucky-gubernatorial-race\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-07T21:44:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-08T21:45:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-kentucky-gubernatorial-race\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-kentucky-gubernatorial-race\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Statement on Kentucky Gubernatorial Race - 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