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PollJunkie's avatar

That would be political suicide. He has nothing to gain and everything to lose. States still elect Governors from the opposite color because they believe in the legislature to keep a check on them. Senate has different political calculations and ticket splitting is mostly dead federally. He wouldn't be able to run again immediately for 2028 even if he won.

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John Carr's avatar

This wouldn’t be for senate (I agree that he’d lose that by double digits even in a Trump midterm), but for KY-06 which is substantially to the left of the state.

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Harrison Konigstein's avatar

I don't think Beshear has a real chance if he runs for President-best case scenario, his campaign goes as well as Hickenlooper or Bullock's 2020 campaign.

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FeingoldFan's avatar

I disagree there, the idea that the best case scenario is he polls at 1% and everyone forgets he even ran for it seems implausible (what would be a worst-case scenario compared to that if that’s the best case scenario?). I don’t think he’d win, but getting as far as someone like Klobuchar did isn’t hard to imagine.

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Harrison Konigstein's avatar

Beshear's best and worst case scenarios aren't different to me.

I'm assuming in the best case, that he'd do well in debates and eventually be the VP Pick for a Harris or Whitmer.

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michaelflutist's avatar

We can't discuss Democratic presidential primaries here.

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