democrats. she said andy beshear had tied himself too much to the president and said he was a bully, he s not talking about issues. and when you re looking at across the state here the northern kentucky area, those suburbs around cincinnati where you saw 10 point swings and not only 10-point swings but also voter turn out about 150% from what they were back in those 2015 numbers, rachel. those turn out numbers are going to be a huge part of the story. also those dynamics in terms of the national things at play or not at play. great reporting, political reporter at andy beshear headquarters. ycht to reiterate we have just had a collin this race. nbc news is declaring the apparent winner of the kentucky governor s race is the democrat in the race, andy beshear, upsetting matt bevan, the incumbent republican governor of kentucky.
beshear. what you see in those numbers so far vaughn, i never like to interrupt anybody for any reason, but we have a collin this race that andy beshear andy beshear according to nbc news is the apparent winner in kentucky. that is brand new declaration with 99% of the vote in, and a difference of 6,251 votes between the two candidates. vaughn, again i apologize to you for interrupting to you while you were talking to us but as this news filters out to people there i imagine things may go a little nuts. reporter: well, also we haven t got that announcement on stage yet, but i think this is going to spawn the conversation about this republican party today, rachel. earlier today i had the chance to talk with matt bevan. for anyone who listened to his
in 2015 when he won when trump won in 2016 for kentuckiens it was very familiar because bevin acts very similar to trump, very bombastic and doesn t apologize for it, and it turns out altogether they swept matt bevin couldn t survive. joe sonka, political reporter for the louisville journal joining us tonight. i know there s going to be more the come but thanks for joining us. while it was talking to joe sona, we got is more news. the associated press has just made an interesting collin