obviously not the successor in tonight s election. from our understanding, not just here in the commonwealth, but the a.p. as well has called this election. we will have our county board of elections certify these results to my office this friday and await any requests that might be made by any candidate, including governor bevin by tuesday, close of business, 4:30. you sound pretty confident about it just for you guys if you re just tuning in. secretary of state grimes from kentucky says they re calling the race, that they re confident there are enough votes in right now to say that the sitting attorney general, andy beshear, has beaten the incumbent governor matt bevin. we have not called it. i know that will seem unusual that yuou ve got the secretary f state saying it but not us. but we have our own standards we have to follow here. secretary of state, i m saying you sound confident about this in this regard. have you had a governor s race this close? what gives you the confidenc
here s our breaking news this election night. democrat andy beshear declares victory over republican matt bevin in kentucky s governor s race. we ve got news on the governor s race in mississippi. so let s get right to cnn s john king. john king is at the magic wall. john, there s a nail-biter of a race tonight. show us the map. what are the numbers in kentucky, please? kentucky first. andy beshear declaring victory there. it is a nail-biter. 5,800 votes is the margin. andy beshear declaring victory. governor bevin saying he will not concede tonight, saying he wants to go through the process tomorrow and raising what he says are some irregularities. we ll let the lawyers and everyone else deal with this one. but by the math, andy beshear is, and the secretary of state considers him to be the democratic governor elect of the state of kentucky. again, just performance if you go back in time, compared to matt bevin s big win five years ago, this race will be studied. number one, democra
in kentucky. yeah. and it s a blow to republicans, no question about it. but beshear ran a good race, and the lessons for democrats are, can you pick somebody who most of the country can look at and say that s reasonable? listen, we don t always agree, but tonight i have to give you an amen on your wisdom. very well said. very well put. thank you, john kasich. all right, don. thank you. see you soon. here s our breaking news. democrat andy beshear declares victory over republican matt bevin down in kentucky in the governor s race. we re going to break down the rest of tonight s races. don t go anywhere. next. more coverage. it s a network that gives you. with coverage from big cities, to small towns. introducing t-mobile s 600mhz signal. no signal reaches farther or is more reliable. and it s built 5g ready.
in the urban areas. number two, the continued democratic clotgrowth in the suburbs. number three, andy beshear in particular went to the eastern rural parts of the state and put himself in play. when you have a 5,800-vote margin, yes, having a huge margin in jefferson county, in louisville, yes, that is the backbone of your support. but if it s as close as 5,800, guess what? you re also grateful even though you didn t win by as much out here, you went out and competed and did way much better than the democratic candidate did four years ago. so kentucky looks like it will go democratic. we ll let the arguing go on for a few more days, see when the lawyers get involved. the other race tonight for governor is down here in mississippi. democrats shot they had a shot for two stunning upsets tonight. 63% of the vote in. it does not look that way. tate reed is leading over jim hood. you watch the map fill in. there s nothing extraordinary about this except here s the one point i will make. it
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