State Elections Aren’t All about Trump

The GOP fared poorly in some contests last night, but that doesn’t mean that the president is doomed in 2020 — or that red states are shifting blue.
The biggest news from last night’s election contests was the Democratic party’s upset victory in Kentucky, where GOP governor Matt Bevin lost to the state’s attorney general, Andy Beshear. As of Wednesday morning, Beshear led the final count by just over 5,000 votes with 100 percent of precincts reporting and had declared victory, though the Associated Press had refused to call the race and Bevin had vowed to push for a recount.