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'''Matt Bevin''' is a [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Party]] [[conservative]] governor of [[Kentucky]].
'''Matt Bevin''' is a [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Party]] [[conservative]] governor of [[Kentucky]].
==2014 U.S. Senate election==
Bevin unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Senator and then-minority leader [[Mitch McConnell]] in the Senate primary in 2014.<ref>Trinko, Katrina (July 29, 2013). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/354652/ Kentucky’s Ted Cruz?]. ''National Review''. Retrieved August 16, 2016.</ref>
Bevin unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Senator and then-minority leader [[Mitch McConnell]] in the Senate primary in 2014.<ref>Trinko, Katrina (July 29, 2013). [http://www.nationalreview.com/article/354652/ Kentucky’s Ted Cruz?]. ''National Review''. Retrieved August 16, 2016.</ref>
==Kentucky governor==
Bevin became only the second [[Republican]] governor of [[Kentucky]] in four decades in 2015, winning by a 9-point landslide despite polls predicting that he would lose by 2-5 points.<ref>Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (November 4, 2015). [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/05/us/kentuckys-next-governormatt-bevin-rode-in-on-outsider-status.html?_r=0 Kentucky’s Next Governor, Matt Bevin, Rode In on Outsider Status]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 16, 2016.</ref><ref>Stolberg, Sheryl Gay & Blinder, Alan (November 3, 2015). [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/04/us/republican-wins-governors-race-in-kentucky.html Matt Bevin, Republican, Wins Governor’s Race in Kentucky]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 16, 2016.</ref><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>
Two months prior to the election, Bevin indicated his full support for [[Christian]] clerk [[Kim Davis]], who declines to repudiate the [[Bible]] by issuing [[homosexual marriage]] licenses.
Two months prior to the election, Bevin indicated his full support for [[Christian]] clerk [[Kim Davis]], who declines to repudiate the [[Bible]] by issuing [[homosexual marriage]] licenses.
In the 2016 elections, the Kentucky GOP made massive gains in the state house, gaining a supermajority<ref name="Loftus">Loftus, Tom (November 9, 2016). [http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2016/11/08/control-kentucky-house-up-grabs/93344114/ GOP takes Ky House in historic shift]. ''Courier-Journal''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> and controlling the House for the first time since 1921.<ref name="TakeTheHouse">Brammer, Jack & Blackford, Linda (November 8, 2016). [http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article113464563.html Republicans take the Kentucky House after 95 years of Democratic control]. ''Lexington Herald-Leader''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</ref> After the election, Republicans controlled every state legislature in the [[Southern United States]].<ref name="Loftus"/> Before this, the House had been controlled by Democrats, while the Senate and governorship was GOP-controlled, meaning that conservative legislation supported by Bevin and the Senate would die in the house.<ref name="TakeTheHouse"/> Because of this victory, Bevin's fiscal and social conservative agenda can now be realized.<ref name="TakeTheHouse"/>
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