Gov. Andy Beshear rails against acrimony of national politics in calling for common sense governing

Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has railed against the acrimony of national politics in his annual State of the Commonwealth speech. He called Wednesday night for a common-sense approach to governing that meets the everyday needs of families worried about things like access to affordable health care and plentiful, good-paying jobs. Beshear has raised his national profile since winning reelection in 2023 in the GOP-dominated state. In his speech Wednesday night at the Kentucky Capitol, he touted Kentucky’s record-setting pace of economic development and said those achievements were the result of “pushing out that national noise” and finding common ground.