Kentucky Governor Dunks on Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul in Victory Speech: ‘We Beat ‘Em’

Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear won reelection on Tuesday night, defeating former Acting Attorney General Daniel Cameron in a race Republicans were keen on winning.

Cameron was a favorite of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), whose super PAC spent money on his behalf, as did Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY).

Beshear won by a healthier margin this time around compared to 2019 when he beat then-Governor Matt Bevin by just 5,000 votes – or less than half of a percentage point.

On Tuesday, Beshear led by five percentage points with 93% of the votes in.

After being projected as the winner, Beshear addressed supporters in Louisville to take a victory lap and dunk on the state’s two U.S. Senators and Republican organizations that opposed him:

Folks, this wasn’t my win. This was our victory. It was a victory that sends a loud, clear message – a message that candidates should run for something and not against someone, that a candidate should show vision and not sow division, and a clear statement that anger politics should end right here and right now.

Just look at what we were up against. Five super PACs. My opponent’s super PAC. Mitch McConnell’s super PAC, Rand Paul’s super PAC, the Club for Growth, the Republican Governors Association, all running ads full of hate and division. And you know what? We beat ’em all at the same time.

The crowd in Louisville predictably went wild at the last line line.

Watch above via CNN.