Democrats failed to pick up Virginia’s state Senate.
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Cue much wailing and gnashing of teeth from Democrats, most of it centered on their “shock” and “surprise” that Bevin could win.
Proponents of the ballot proposition argued that very profitable short-term rentals were putting rental units out of the price range of most middle- and low-income groups in San Francisco. The initiative, which would have given courts the ability to enforce the law, was opposed by 54 percent of voters, although supporters say the reason the initiative fell short was in part due to confusion created by a competing alternative proposal also put on the ballot.
Her opponent, Steve Knipper, a former city council member in Erlanger, criticized her for running for the Senate just 18 months after she was first elected as secretary of state. Mitch McConnell has vowed to flex his powerful fundraising muscle to Republicans to take over the only southern state legislative body controlled by Democrats. But in Kentucky, Democrats managed to hold onto their majority.
As of 2014, the Kentucky Teacher’s Retirement System estimated that the pension plan could fund only 21 percent of the obligations it would face in the next 30 years.
The latest on the GOP surge in Kentucky’s general election.
This year, Kentucky Democrats took the “safe” route.
Westerfield pointed to Beshear’s lack of prosecutorial experience. But it wasn’t enough. Democrats are right to view Obamacare as a landmark success: In Kentucky, in particular, it is clearly achieving its goals.
Incumbent Auditor Adam Edelen, considered a rising star in the state Democratic party, has been ousted by voters, who chose instead to elect Republican state lawmaker Mike Harmon as the state’s chief financial watchdog. Lines of division are sharper, national issues have become local issues, and this has made it dramatically harder for Democrats seeking statehouse posts to distinguish themselves from Democrats in Washington. But Bevin has tried to walk back those comments when confronted with the fact that a complete rollback would mean 400,000 people losing coverage. But in others, the nationalization of politics presents a serious challenge. Today, the Democrats view the presidency as their last redoubt. This year, their luck ran out.
Republicans captured the Kentucky governor’s mansion for only the second time in more than four decades, and they have control of the state Senate. He characterized the race as a contest “between the mainstream and the extreme”. Many Democrats reject this interpretation, believing that the law merely outlawed discrimination and had nothing to do with bathroom access, but a majority of Houstonians voted against it, and a recent decision by the Department of Education on the rights of transgender students shows how quickly this corner of the culture war will escalate. He hailed Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker as a role model and talked up Carson as an ideal presidential contender.
During the campaign, Bevin also emphasized his Christian faith and spoke out strongly in favor of Kim Davis, the county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. It’s little wonder why, when Bevin eked out an upset victory by just 83 votes in the Republican gubernatorial primary last May, many smart Republicans gave up on winning the governor’s race. Yet he won by a 53-44 margin.
“We are blessed with an incredible set of values the vast majority of Kentuckians hold”, Bevin said in his victory speech. President Obama’s term has been an utter disaster for his party at every level below the presidency…
“Make no mistake, folks”.
Congratulations Kentucky, you’re turning your state into a tea party, hell hole. That was a bad bet. One of the biggest victories came in Kentucky, where Matt Bevin won the governorship. All good candidates, which demonstrates just how good our field is, the depth and breadth of the Republicans in the race for the White House. During a debate in May, Bevin said that there are too many “able bodied, working age people” who are “taking advantage” of the government benefits.
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In addition the Democrats thought they had a silver bullet in the popular state-run Kynect health-insurance marketplace, implemented under the auspices of Obamacare. Personal, historical, and regional factors come into play, and often change the dynamics. That seemed a risky bid, given that Kentucky’s uninsured rate has fallen by half since the law’s implementation.
