The power of incumbency and party loyalty are being tested this year as Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi choose their next governors.
The showcase contest is shaping up to be in Republican-leaning Kentucky, where Democrat Andy Beshear is running for re-election following flood and tornado disasters; a court-quashed social distancing order early in the Covid pandemic; a short-lived veto of a transgender student law; and a mass shooting in Louisville that killed one of his close friends.
A dozen Republicans now are vying to run against Beshear, who in a Morning Consult survey heading into this election year had a 60% ...
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