Trump-backed Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron won the state's Republican gubernatorial primary and will face incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in November.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron delivers a live address to the largely virtual 2020 Republican National Convention from the Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., Aug. 25, 2020., R-Texas, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., while Quarles had the commanding support of Kentucky farmers.
Cameron will now face what is expected to be tough fight against Beshear, who polls say is one of the most popular governors in the country despite being one of the nation's few Democratic governors of a red state.
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