he s going to lose tonight by about a point. he has the right to ask for a re-canvassing. we ll see how that plays out. but this is a big celebration for the democrats and a big warning not just for president trump but for all republicans heading into 2020 that the places that used to be easy are getting hard. is this all about president trump? no. but andy beshear, like we saw in the 2018 midterms, like we are seeing in virginia tonight, the democrats running it up in the suburbs, running it up in urban areas and the close-insuburbs and the democratic votes into exurban areas that used to be ruby red republican. again, this was a personal race here. andy beshear s dad is a former governor. so it s complicated in kentucky. it s not just about trump, but it s about republicans. during the trump presidency, don, we re seeing the flip side of what we saw in the obama presidency. during the obama years, democrats lost. republicans gained 1,000 state legislative seats. we have seen during t
yeah. he wasn t very popular as has been said all along here on cnn. what he did with the teachers and medicaid expansion, and his father actually passed medicaid expansion. the governor that bevin was i should say andy beshear. andy beshear s father was the one from 2007 to 2015. he was big on medicaid. it s interesting when you have a state that is that red. mm-hmm. as kentucky. used to be a swing state has john king said. now you have a state that is this red. are republicans going to bank on, well, you know, he was just matt bevin was just really unpopular and that s why the republicans lost in this state. but around the country, we have a stronghold and we won just about everything else, except in virginia they re not doing so well as well. virginia, a very different picture, i think, in terms of the analysis there and the organizing by the dnc. they saw a window of opportunity here. i think they put more money into that state than they ever have
presidency consistent democratic gains. the flip side of that, if you will, and tonight is an example in a state the president carried by 30 points, in a state the president is more than lukely to carry by a healthy margin in 2020, still a warning for republicans that things are very different than they were just a couple years ago. he thanked the educators, right? how did beshear make this race so tight? it was in large part, i would imagine correct me if i m wrong because of teachers. teachers did not like this governor because of the cuts he made to teachers. some teachers didn t like this governor. andy beshear, we were talking about it earlier tonight, look, the main reason he won, jefferson county over here, the largest urban area of the states and big suburbs, he ran it up there. then you come over into the central part of the state, lexington and the suburbs. people, math. we talk about this all the time. there s a lot more red county-wise than blue when you look at the
came out of fayette county, indicating a strong straight-party ticket voting. but importantly i think what has propelled attorney general beshear to be governor-elect beshear that will be sworn in come the end of this year is what happened in jefferson county. the lead coming out of louisville, the most urban area in our state, much too large for governor bevin to overcome in the western part of the commonwealth. all right. we ll see if the prediction holds. an interesting night because you had republican candidates replacing in the a.g. in other positions, they did very well. but according to you and we ll see you may have a new governor in your state. thank you so much. it s such an important moment delivering us such big news. secretary of state alison lunnder began grimes, thank you very much. thank you, chris. take care. all right. be well. all right. this is big night coverage. kentucky, you just heard that. we are not calling it at cnn, but the secretary of state of ke
rejecting, and especially when he is in power, just like we saw during obama. the opposite party gains steam. that s what i think we re seeing just to clarify because you and i were talking as andy beshear was declaring victory, when the secretary of state said, you know when the vote count came in from jefferson county, which is a large urban area, it was too much to overcome. republicans are losing support in those suburban areas because of trumpism. am i wrong with that? no. i think you re right. i think it s a sense of republicans who think, whoa, he s just gone too far. by the way, look at mitch mcconnell. he s been very critical of him on national security. mm-hmm. so there are a lot of republicans who could say trump has just gone too far in a lot of areas. is that enough to overcome his core supporters who are still going to be there for him, and can he still overperform among those voters, or can the alternative, democrat who he s against in a presidential election