Marching through his final stops before Election Day November 7, Gov. Andy Beshear was in Hopkinsville Friday afternoon — embracing an intimate meet-and-greet with local Democrats and supporters at Casey Jones Distillery before bounding to Murray.
A planned visit before next week’s critical day, it also came on the heels of the final Emerson College Polling survey — which revealed that both Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron find themselves in a “dead heat,” 47%-all, just one month after the same poll had Beshear up 16 points.
Beshear said he was “confident” they were ahead going into the final four days, and that the only result that mattered was the final one.
Once again touting budget surpluses, low unemployment rates and record job growth for the state, Beshear also continued his double-down of “vision vs. division.”
While Beshear hasn’t lost ground support in these last four weeks, Kentucky’s well-noted and predicted “Red October” has arrived — with Republicans galvanized behind, among several factors, former President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Cameron for governor.
According to the Emerson College survey of those 1,000 people polled, 54% of Trump supporters supported Cameron back in October. Now, that number has jumped to 79% – a 25-point increase. Undecideds moved from 13% to 4%, many of them in Cameron’s favor, while 58% of those queried between the ages of 50 and 69 support Cameron for the state’s top office — a move of 22 points in the last month.
Alongside Beshear for Friday’s tour stop: incumbent Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman, Attorney General candidate Pam Stevenson, Agriculture Commissioner nominee Sierra Enlow and State Treasurer hopeful Michael Bowman.
Coleman urged that Kentucky’s education system would come under attack if led by Cameron and his pick for Lt. Governor, Robby Mills.
A veteran herself, Stevenson turned her attention to some others decorated in the crowd.
Many of the top Democrats from Christian, Trigg and Todd counties — including teachers and African Americans — were in attendance.
Meanwhile, sources indicate early polling attendance has been strong for both Trigg and Christian counties. Citizens have until Saturday before all stations open at 6 AM next Tuesday.
