Weeks after the Kentucky Derby, another race in Kentucky will shine a light on the Bluegrass state as a possible litmus test for 2024’s elections. A former Trump official and the state’s Trump-endorsed attorney general will face off next Tuesday to become the GOP nominee to take on incumbent Democrat Andy Beshear.
Former President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Canada and then the United Nations, Kelly Craft, is up against the frontrunner and Trump-endorsed Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. Craft also released an ad from former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in which he endorsed her for the governorship.
Cameron also served as a former staffer to GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and was the first Republican in 70 years to win the top law enforcement office in Kentucky. Beshear was the former Attorney General prior to running for governor in 2019….