“Know that in this country and in Kentucky, all that matters are your values.” “To anyone who looks like me, know that you can achieve anything,” Cameron told his supporters. WATCH: A look at primary elections and battles over abortion rights at the state levelĬameron, the state’s first Black attorney general, played up the historic nature of his nomination in his victory speech Tuesday, saying his campaign aims to “embody the promise of America, that if you work hard and if you stand on principle, anything is possible.” Beshear easily dispatched two under-the-radar Democratic challengers in his own primary.

(AP) - Daniel Cameron won the Republican primary for Kentucky governor on Tuesday, becoming the first major-party Black nominee for governor in the state’s history and setting up a November showdown with Democratic incumbent Andy Beshear.Ĭameron, the state’s attorney general who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, claimed a convincing victory over a 12-candidate field that included Kelly Craft, who served as United Nations ambassador in the Trump administration, and state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles.

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