2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election
The 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 2015. Incumbent Democratic Governor Steve Beshear was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits. Primary elections were held on May 19, 2015.
Image: Matt Bevin by Gage Skidmore (cropped)
Image: Jack Conway (cropped)
Steven Lynn Beshear is an American attorney and politician who served as the 61st governor of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974 to 1980, was the state's 44th attorney general from 1980 to 1983 and was the 49th lieutenant governor from 1983 to 1987.
Beshear in 2013
Mitch McConnell turned back Beshear's challenge for his Senate seat in 1996
Governor Ernie Fletcher failed in his re-election bid against Beshear
Governor Beshear and his wife Jane at Fancy Farm 2011