Sen. Rand Paul downplayed the implications of his home state of Kentucky apparently electing a
Democratic governor earlier this week, declining to attribute Gov. Matt Bevin’s loss to his attempts to nationalize the race.
The closely watched race between Bevin, the extremely unpopular
Republican incumbent, and Andy Beshear, the state’s Democratic attorney general, was seen by many in the pundit class as the first major test of how the politics of impeachment would fare in a deep-red state and a potential bellwether for next year's elections.
The handful of local
elections that took place on Tuesday painted a dark picture for
Republicans, as the party continues to suffer losses in suburbs around the country.