And tonight the race is on right
here in the Bluegrass State,
the contest for Kentucky govern.
Hello everybody,
and thanks for joining us.
I'm Doug Profit.
We've got a lot to bring you right here
in the next 30 minutes on the WHAS 1119.
It didn't take long for the racs
tonight to be called in the pri.
The projected winners for both
parties declaring just after 7:0
o'clock tonight with a low state
voter turn out of just over 14%.
It will be popular incumbent
Governor the Democrat Andy Beshr
defending his office against
Republican and current Attorney
General Daniel Cameron of Louisville.
If elected,
Cameron would become the first k
Republican governor in United States history.
Cameron won by nearly 20 points
over the closest opponent tonig,
current Agriculture Commissioner
Ryan Quarles in second place,
former UN Ambassador Kelly Craft
spending millions coming in 3rd,
followed by Eric Dieters.
Well,
we begin our coverage right here tonight,
live with Isaiah Kim Martinez
and photojournalist Ian Hartwitt
there outside the Galt House,
where Daniel Cameron was declard
the winner very early tonight.
Isaiah
Doug, Very early indeed.
Daniel Cameron securing
that victory, admittedly.
Even faster than some members os
own campaign team expected just an hour
and 15 minutes after polls closed here.
Even earlier over in Western Kentucky,
that is on central time.
Ultimately, Daniel Cameron
saying his ideals of faith,
family and community held true here tonight.
Kentucky's attorney general,
now Republican nominee for gove,
going from frontrunner to
victor in a crowded primary,
winning by a sizable margin
just after the clock struck 7,
sharing a congratulatory hug with mom and
dad soon after his victory speech. So
to anyone who looks like me,
know that you can achieve anyth.
Know that in this country and in Kentucky,
all that matters. Are your valus
Cameron wasting no time in credg
former President Donald Trump's
endorsement for his success?
The Trump culture of winning is
alive and well in Kentucky. Now
the attention turns to the battle against
popular incumbent Governor Andy Beshear.
He's content preside over the
abandonment of our inner cities and the
desolation of our rural communi,
Now the governor, during this election.
Will try to take credit for this
done by a Republican legislatur,
but no amount of window dressing will
absolve him of his actual recor.
And as to whether the other Republican
candidates in this race will now support him,
Cameron says it's the time to ce
together to flip the governor's seat red.
Now to put some perspective on ,
it was truly a landslide victor,
Cameron garnering almost 50% ofe
vote statewide and more than 60%
right here in Jefferson County.
But keep in mind,
this was a low voter turnout situation.
We do understand that there's gg
to be a lot more voters at the polls.
It'll be a different scenario in November.
I do want to point out that we
tried to ask Cameron some quests
following his victory speech.
He didn't speak with reporters
here tonight, Doug.
Oh, really? Well, here we go for
the governor's race then. Well,
Kelly Craft spent nearly eleven million,
as we said, to place third.
What turned the tide against he?
Isaiah, what are you hearing tonight?
Well, Doug, I talked with Iris Wilbur Glick.
She's actually a political
analyst who was here tonight.
She doesn't believe crafts money spent
on this campaign turned voters ,
rather her authenticity or lack thereof.
In this case, she speculates some of these
national issues that Craft focused on,
like woke ideologies,
ultimately didn't resonate with
Kentucky voters. Doug. Well,
did you pick up tonight any hins
of how this campaign between
Beshear and Daniel Cameron is gg
to play out up until November?
Well, Doug, she speculates both
candidates will need to separate
themselves when it comes to family values.
You might remember Cameron has focused hard.
On the Eastern Easter Sunday that Beshear,
Governor Beshear sent troopers to churches.
She says that Cameron will haveo
go beyond that point and expand that.
At the same time, she says,
Governor Beshear will have to be very careful
on how he chooses to attack Daniel Cameron,
hoping not to alienate some of e
Republican base that has shown him approval
or shown approval of his first term here.
To this point.
I'm live here in downtown Louisville tonight.
Isaiah Kim Martinez.
WHAS 11 on your side.
OK, Isaiah, thank you.
Such interesting theories tonigt
and we've got months to go.
More on the way.