been reborn in the mold of donald trump and is a very convincing winner. what was the fringe just a year ago is now very, very electable in the republican party. last year matt bevin, a tea party red hot millionaire with no political experience, got crushed by senator mitch mcconnell in the kentucky senate primary race. they dismissed bevin as an east coast con man with delusions of grandeur. they said he was part of the tea party fringe. they ridiculed his appearance at a pro-cock fighting rally. yes, cock fighting. yesterday that fringe candidate won the kentucky governor s race in a surprise landslide defeating the state s democratic attorney general jack conway by nine points. bevin will become just the third republican governor in kentucky since 1947. bevin ran as an outsider. he touted his business record and his wealth. he was spotted last week traveling the state in a gold cadillac escalade. he shunned reporters for unflattering coverage. he was not the establishment
they said he was part of the tea party fringe. they ridiculed his appearance at a pro-cock fighting rally. yes, cock fighting. yesterday that fringe candidate won the kentucky governor s race in a surprise landslide defeating the state s democratic attorney general jack conway by nine points. bevin will become just the third republican governor in kentucky since 1947. bevin ran as an outsider. he touted his business record and his wealth. he was spotted last week traveling the state in a gold cadillac escalade. he shunned reporters for unflattering coverage. he was not the establishment pick. well, the democratic governors association put out this statement after bevin s win. attorney general jack conway ran into the unexpected headwinds of trump mania. this is the democrats talking. losing to an outsider candidate in the year of the outsider. well, here s bevin speaking about his victory last night. this will change the tenor of what happens in the 2016 race.