The Bluegrass State sighs collectively in relief.
A new day is borne of hope and change.
The results are in:
Governor - Beshear beats Fletcher
Secretary of State - Grayson beats Hendrickson
Attorney General - Conway beats Lee
Auditor - Luallen beats Greenwell
State Treasurer - Hollenbach beats Wheeler
Commissioner of Agriculture - Farmer beats Williams
Louisville’s Library Tax - colossal failure for many reasons
We’ll update later with the final numbers.
UPDATE 10:00 P.M.: DGA chair and Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius (among many others) has publicly released (PDF) her congratulations for Governor-Elect Steve Beshear.
Ditch Mitch has a great color-coded map of gubernatorial votes by county.
UPDATE 10:30 P.M.: The Commonwealth did quite well this evening. 37% turnout.
Governor Fletcher gave one of the most gracious concession speeches we’ve ever heard. Who knew? Way to be a gentleman! We could all learn a little from Ernie’s behavior tonight.
Sen. David Williams didn’t have it in him to congratulate the Democrats who won. Who’s gonna step up to kick his sorry rear out of office next year? And what about Jody Richards? When will he be replaced? The man is so lost he took it upon himself to brag about his own votes when he should have been congratulating the various candidates tonight.
To anyone who thinks Trey Grayson isn’t a complete partisan? He pledged victory for Mitch McConnell in 2008. We have a feeling a majority of Kentuckians disagree with him.
Governor - Steve Beshear beats Ernie Fletcher
Beshear - 620k - 59%
Fletcher - 436k - 41%
Nice to have a gubnuh who’s not a hater!
Secretary of State - Trey Grayson beats Bruce Hendrickson
Grayson - 577k - 57%
Hendrickson - 434k - 43%
Attorney General - Jack Conway beats Stan Lee
Conway - 613k - 60%
Lee - 400k - 40%
Speaking of haters… voters shut Stan Lee’s hate up in a big way.
Auditor - Crit Luallen beats Linda Greenwell. Again.
Luallen - 592k - 59%
Greenwell - 409k - 41%
State Treasurer - Hollenbach beats Wheeler
Hollenbach - 574k - 58%
Wheeler - 424k - 42%
Todd has some explaining to do. No free passes.
Commissioner of Agriculture - Farmer beats Williams
Farmer - 644k - 64%
Williams - 362k - 36%
Louisville’s Library Tax - colossal failure for many reasons
Yes - 70k - 33%
No - 143k - 67%
2 responses so far ↓
1 Eric // Nov 6, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Sigh!
2 l park // Nov 6, 2007 at 11:50 pm
“Governor Fletcher gave one of the most gracious concession speeches we’ve ever heard. Who knew? Way to be a gentleman! We could all learn a little from Ernie’s behavior tonight.”
Good to hear. He had a long time to write that speech and come to terms with his non-gubernatorial future, which, I’m guessing, helped.
Now if only we could get rid of McConnell and Bunning.
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