- Daniel Cameron, attorney general of Kentucky, won the Republican nomination for governor and will face Democrat incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear in the November general election.
- Cameron, who succeeded Beshear as attorney general, is Kentucky’s first black attorney general, and would be the state’s first black governor, if elected.
- In increasingly red Kentucky, Cameron, 37, won fans for his numerous legal challenges against state and national Democratic policies, including Beshear’s severe COVID restrictions.
