Andy Beshear & 2028: Doubling Down on Leftism

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s national star is rising. He’s now considered a Democratic presidential contender for 2028. In January, he was on the international stage after joining a panel at the Davos World Economic Forum. His peers elected him to lead the Democratic Governors Association in 2026. He was on the short list to be Kamala Harris’s running mate.

Last year, Beshear started a PAC called In This Together to help Democratic candidates in other states. Now Beshear is being touted as the future of the Democratic Party, largely because he’s a two-term Democratic governor in a deep red state. But scratch the surface and you’ll find a committed leftist, who, considering the current political trend in the commonwealth, arguably got elected on an anomaly.

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Richard Nelson

Richard Nelson is the executive director of the Commonwealth Policy Center, a nonprofit public policy group based in Frankfort, Ky.

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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s national star is rising. He’s now considered a Democratic presidential contender for 2028. In January, he was on the international stage after joining a panel at the Davos World Economic Forum. His peers elected him to lead the Democratic Governors Association in 2026. He was on the short list to be Kamala Harris’s running mate.

Last year, Beshear started a PAC called In This Together to help Democratic candidates in other states. Now Beshear is being touted as the future of the Democratic Party, largely because he’s a two-term Democratic governor in a deep red state. But scratch the surface and you’ll find a committed leftist, who, considering the current political trend in the commonwealth, arguably got elected on an anomaly.