general election 2019 Archives - Mountain Top Media https://mountain-topmedia.com/tag/general-election-2019/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:00:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://mountain-topmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/cropped-cropped-MTMLogo100-1-32x32.png general election 2019 Archives - Mountain Top Media https://mountain-topmedia.com/tag/general-election-2019/ 32 32 Recanvass Scheduled In Governors’ Race https://mountain-topmedia.com/recanvass-scheduled-in-governors-race/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recanvass-scheduled-in-governors-race Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:00:27 +0000 https://f1b55228e0.nxcli.net/?p=14812 Frankfort, KY — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin asked Wednesday for a recanvass of Kentucky election results that showed him more than 5,000 votes behind Democrat Andy Beshear, who discounted the challenge and began preparing to take office. Beshear, the state’s attorney general, said he’s confident in the election outcome, saying any review would show he won the hard-fought campaign. With 100% of precincts reporting, Beshear led by a little over 5,000 votes out of more than 1.4 million counted, or a margin of less than 0.4 percentage points. At a news conference late Wednesday in Frankfort, Bevin said he wanted to […]

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]]> Frankfort, KY — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin asked Wednesday for a recanvass of Kentucky election results that showed him more than 5,000 votes behind Democrat Andy Beshear, who discounted the challenge and began preparing to take office. Beshear, the state’s attorney general, said he’s confident in the election outcome, saying any review would show he won the hard-fought campaign. With 100% of precincts reporting, Beshear led by a little over 5,000 votes out of more than 1.4 million counted, or a margin of less than 0.4 percentage points. At a news conference late Wednesday in Frankfort, Bevin said he wanted to ensure integrity in the process even as he hinted without offering evidence that there had been irregularities in the voting. Bevin said any information turned up won’t be “followed through on” until after the recanvass — an indication he could seek further review of the election results. Kentucky’s secretary of state, Alison Lundergan Grimes, scheduled the recanvass for Nov. 14. A recanvass is a check of the vote count to ensure the results were added correctly. Beshear’s campaign responded with a statement repeating that he hopes Bevin honors the election results. The campaign noted that a recanvass has never led to a reversal of an election result in Kentucky. The governor claimed Wednesday that thousands of absentee ballots may have been illegally counted. He suggested people may have improperly turned away from the polls, and said such claims need corroboration. Bevin said it’s appropriate for his rival to form a transition team to be prepared to assume office if the review ends favorably for him. Kentucky has no mandatory recount law. If Bevin decides to take that step, he would need a court’s approval for a recount.

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]]> Beshear Claims Victory; Bevin Refuses To Concede https://mountain-topmedia.com/beshear-claims-victory-bevin-refuses-to-concede/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beshear-claims-victory-bevin-refuses-to-concede Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:46:18 +0000 https://f1b55228e0.nxcli.net/?p=14793 Frankfort, KY — Kentucky’s bitter race for governor went into overtime as Democrat Andy Beshear declared victory while Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, a close ally of President Donald Trump, refused to concede with results showing he trailed by a few thousand votes. Kentucky has some sorting out to do before inaugurating its next governor. With 100% of precincts reporting, Beshear — the state’s attorney general and the son of Kentucky’s last Democratic governor, Steve Beshear — had a lead of 5,333 votes out of more than 1.4 million counted, or a margin of nearly 0.4 percentage points. The Associated Press and […]

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]]> Frankfort, KY — Kentucky’s bitter race for governor went into overtime as Democrat Andy Beshear declared victory while Republican Gov. Matt Bevin, a close ally of President Donald Trump, refused to concede with results showing he trailed by a few thousand votes. Kentucky has some sorting out to do before inaugurating its next governor. With 100% of precincts reporting, Beshear — the state’s attorney general and the son of Kentucky’s last Democratic governor, Steve Beshear — had a lead of 5,333 votes out of more than 1.4 million counted, or a margin of nearly 0.4 percentage points. The Associated Press and many national media outlets have not declared a winner. In competing speeches late Tuesday, Beshear claimed victory while Bevin refused to concede. Bevin hinted there might be “irregularities” to look into but didn’t offer specifics. Bevin won the 2015 GOP primary for governor by 83 votes. There is no mandatory recount law in Kentucky. Bevin may request counties recanvas their results, which is not a recount, but rather a check of the vote count to ensure the results were added correctly. Bevin would need to seek and win a court’s approval for a recount. Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes’ office has overseen 20-plus recanvasses during her two terms. The results never changed significantly enough to flip the outcome of a race.

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