'''Matt Bevin''', a [[conservative]], became only the second [[Republican]] governor of [[Kentucky]] in four decades, winning by a 9-point landslide despite polls predicting that he would lose by 2-5 points.<ref>Kentucky is one of only four States that elects its governor in the odd-numbered year, and one of only two States (the other being Louisiana) that holds its election in the odd-numbered year prior to the presidential election year.</ref> | '''Matt Bevin''', a [[conservative]], became only the second [[Republican]] governor of [[Kentucky]] in four decades, winning by a 9-point landslide despite polls predicting that he would lose by 2-5 points.<ref>Kentucky is one of only four States that elects its governor in the odd-numbered year, and one of only two States (the other being Louisiana) that holds its election in the odd-numbered year prior to the presidential election year.</ref> |