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Steve Beshear was born on September 21, 1944, in Hopkins County, Kentucky. [1] He is the third of five children born to Orlando Russell and Mary Elizabeth (Joiner) Beshear. [1] He was raised in the small town of Dawson Springs, where his father owned a furniture store, operated a funeral home, and served as mayor. [2]
Beshear was born in Louisville, Kentucky, [4] [5] the son of Jane Beshear (née Mary Jane Klingner) and Steve Beshear. [6] He was raised in Lexington and graduated from Henry Clay High School. [4] [7] His father, a lawyer and politician, was the governor of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015. [8]
Who is Steve Beshear? Steve Beshear, now 79, was Kentucky’s 61st governor from 2007-2015. Prior to that, he represented Lexington in the state’s House of Representatives from 1974-1980, was ...
Andy Beshear’s 2019 election as governor, four years after his father Steve left office, marked Kentucky’s first father-son governorship. The two had earlier become the first father and son to ...
The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of government of Kentucky, [1] and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws; [3] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Kentucky General Assembly; [4] the power to convene the legislature; [5] and the power to grant pardons, except in cases of treason ...
Bevin was the second Republican governor of Kentucky in the last 50 years. Andy Beshear was the first governor of Kentucky to be a direct relative of a former governor. Beshear had the support of 2020 Senate candidate Amy McGrath, his father and former governor Steve Beshear, former governor Paul Patton, and representative and primary ...
Beshear now talks up Kentucky’s economic gains, like a huge new electric vehicle battery plant under construction, while also forming his own PAC. Beshear claims he has helped create more than ...
The 2011 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2011, to elect the governor of Kentucky and the lieutenant governor of Kentucky.Incumbent Democrat Steve Beshear won re-election, defeating Republican challenger David L. Williams, then the president of the state senate, and Gatewood Galbraith, an independent candidate.