Matt Bevin
Matt Bevin is a Tea Party conservative governor of Kentucky.
| Matt Bevin | |||
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| Governor of Kentucky From: December 8, 2015 â Present | |||
| Predecessor | Steve Beshear | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
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| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Glenna Bevin | ||
| Religion | Southern Baptist | ||
| Military Service | |||
| Allegiance | United States | ||
| Service/branch | Army | ||
| Service Years | 1989-1993 | ||
| Rank | Captain | ||
| Unit | 5th Infantry Division | ||
2014 U.S. Senate election
Bevin unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Senator and then-minority leader Mitch McConnell in the Senate primary in 2014.[1]
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.[2][3][4]
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[5] and controlling the House for the first time since 1921.[6] After the election, Republicans controlled every state legislature in the Southern United States.[5] 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.[6] Because of this victory, Bevin's fiscal and social conservative agenda can now be realized.[6]
References
- â Trinko, Katrina (July 29, 2013). Kentuckyâs Ted Cruz?. National Review. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- â Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (November 4, 2015). Kentuckyâs Next Governor, Matt Bevin, Rode In on Outsider Status. The New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- â Stolberg, Sheryl Gay & Blinder, Alan (November 3, 2015). Matt Bevin, Republican, Wins Governorâs Race in Kentucky. The New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- â 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.
- â 5.0 5.1 Loftus, Tom (November 9, 2016). GOP takes Ky House in historic shift. Courier-Journal. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- â 6.0 6.1 6.2 Brammer, Jack & Blackford, Linda (November 8, 2016). Republicans take the Kentucky House after 95 years of Democratic control. Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
External links
- Profile on Ballotpedia