Kentucky governor files paperwork for reelection run in 2023
Source: AP
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Fresh off landing a record-shattering economic development deal with Ford Motor Co. that put Kentucky at the forefront of the green energy movement, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday launched a reelection run that will be tied to his aggressive actions to combat COVID-19 in his rapidly reddening state.
Still two years away from voters delivering a verdict on his pandemic-plagued term, Beshear filed paperwork allowing him to raise and spend money on his 2023 reelection bid. The 43-year-old governor faces a bruising campaign in a state dominated by Republicans eager to rip into his coronavirus-related restrictions during much of the pandemic.
In a social media post, the governor said: “There are so many challenges facing our Commonwealth. Kentuckians are counting on me to deliver, and I won’t let them down.”
Eric Hyers, the governor's 2019 campaign manager and adviser to his reelection effort, called Beshear a “game-changing” governor and said the filing was “the first step in a long campaign.”
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Link is to the Laredo Morning Times.
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He kept our Covid rate relatively low until rethuglicans cut him off.
I'm on his mailing list, and get emails every day about new jobs coming to KY.
Today:
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Sept. 30, 2021) – On Thursday during his weekly Team Kentucky update, Gov. Andy Beshear announced more than 500 new jobs are coming to Kentucky, just days after Ford Motor Company’s and SK Innovation’s transformative $5.8 billion investment that will create 5,000 jobs and places Kentucky at the forefront of the automotive industry’s future.
“This week, we set out to build what we believe will be the largest electric vehicle battery plants in the country, right off I-65 in Hardin County. The project not only sets the bar globally for battery production, it also breaks nearly all of our previous economic development records in Kentucky,” said Gov. Beshear. “This is the single largest capital investment and the largest jobs announcement in our state’s history. And this was only the first jobs announcement of the week. All eyes are on Kentucky, and we’re just getting started.”
Gov. Beshear congratulated Community Wellness Technology Inc., a provider of remote patient monitoring and clinical health coaching services for the health care industry, on the company’s $15 million investment to establish a new facility in Boyle County, a project that will create 445 well-paying jobs across the coming years. To learn more, see the full release.
The Governor also announced Harbor Steel & Supply Corp., a distributor and manufacturer of fabricated products for the steel and aluminum industries, will construct a second Kentucky facility with an $8 million investment that will create 25 full-time jobs in the years ahead. To learn more, see the full release.
