This
will be the only post about a governor election this year that I will be going
into any huge detail about by doing a post like this specifically about this
state’s governor election and not the other two. But I live close enough to the
state that it makes sense for me to cover the incumbent governor, the main
challenger, other challengers, and who I think you should vote for if you can
vote in this state. Let’s get to it.
The
incumbent who is running for reelection is Republican Matt Bevin. He is
actually the lowest rated of all the current governors in terms of approval
rating. Thinking about his policies, he was in favor of exposing his kids to
chicken pox. That might have been okay at one point, but now there are vaccines
against it that should be used instead. He is in favor of the right to work
legislation that is poorly named and a bad idea. He’s also against refugees.
Now
let’s get to the Democratic candidate in the race. Andy Beshear is in favor of
universal health care. Based on the political commercials that I’ve seen, he’s in
favor of a lot of good things that are bad things according to the other party.
What’s funny is that a lot of commercials that Republicans do are meant to make
one vote against Democrats and they have the exact opposite effect on me.
There
are some third party candidates in the race as well. John Hicks is a
libertarian and Amy Husk is from the Socialist Workers Party. Neither of them have
political experience. Both of them should be avoided as a result.
To
end this post, I’ll get to who I think Kentuckians should vote for on November
5th of this year. Matt is a terrible governor in my opinion and
shouldn’t be reelected. Thus, Andy Beshear is who you should vote for.
His liberal policies probably aren’t as bad like Matt would have you believe.
That is why I think that Andy is the best candidate in the race.
