
Joe Sonka
Enterprise Statehouse ReporterJoe is Kentucky Public Radio's enterprise statehouse reporter. Email Joe at jsonka@lpm.org.
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Kentucky is one of just four states where local and state law enforcement can’t get a warrant to wiretap a criminal suspect’s communications, leaving only federal officials with such powers.
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Kentucky officials are recommending another round of raises for state employees, and boosting the pay of senior workers in order to retain and reward experienced personnel.
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Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear defeated GOP challenger Daniel Cameron by about five percentage points during Kentucky's gubernatorial election last week. With Republicans controlling 80% of seats in the legislature and all other statewide elected offices, the party is trying to figure out what went wrong.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear won a second term Tuesday by a comfortable margin, as the incumbent Democrat defeated Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron by roughly five percentage points and 67,174 votes.
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The last time Kentuckians voted for a governor in 2019, the margin of victory was so thin on election night that the defeated candidate, then-GOP Gov. Matt Bevin, did not concede the loss until nine days later.
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A national pollster’s latest survey of Kentuckians has the race for governor between incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican challenger Daniel Cameron as a dead heat – just a month after the same firm showed Beshear with a double-digit lead.
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Spending by candidates and political groups in Kentucky’s 2023 race for governor have already doubled the pace from the state’s 2019 general election for the office, with more than $59 million spent since the May primary.And we don’t yet know how much candidates will raise and spend in the final two weeks of the campaign – often the most expensive part of the race.