Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear Says He'll 'take A Look' At Running For President

Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., would not norm retired moving for president successful 2028, telling “Meet nan Press” moderator Kristen Welker that he whitethorn “take a look” astatine launching a bid.

“I would person ne'er considered this a mates years ago, but I will not time off a surgery state to my kids aliases to anyone else’s,” Beshear said Sunday. “And truthful if I’m personification that astatine that point, that I judge that I tin heal nan country, past then I’ll return a look astatine it.”

Beshear, who was first elected politician successful 2019, won re-election successful 2023, becoming a uncommon Democrat to govern a ruby-red state, wherever 64.5% of voters cast ballots for President Donald Trump successful 2024.

Asked whether he was moving for president, Beshear said, “What I’m doing correct now is trying to beryllium a reasonable sound retired location that hopefully doesn’t conscionable bring Democrats backmost together, but Democrats, Republicans and independents.”

“This state has gotten acold excessively partisan, excessively overmuch ‘us versus them.’ If we tin attraction connected nan halfway issues that assistance up each azygous American, past we tin really move not correct aliases left, but guardant arsenic a country,” Beshear added.

Asked a 2nd clip whether he was considering a tally for president, Beshear said, “Right now, what I’m trying to do is speak retired for my group and for nan American people, particularly pinch this onslaught connected agrarian America and nan ‘big, disfigured bill.’” Moments later, he added that he whitethorn “take a look” astatine launching a statesmanlike campaign.

Beshear is one of respective Democrats who person emerged arsenic imaginable statesmanlike contenders, respective of whom are making trips to early superior states. Beshear is walking to South Carolina adjacent week — a authorities Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., besides visited past week.

Beshear has antecedently expressed an openness to moving for president, and past week he told CNN that he did not want to time off “a surgery state to my kids aliases anyone else’s,” a sentiment he reiterated connected Sunday.

“What I deliberation is astir important for 2028 is simply a campaigner that tin heal this country, that tin bring group backmost together,” he said successful nan CNN interview. “So erstwhile I beryllium down, I’m going to deliberation astir whether I’m that campaigner aliases whether personification other is that candidate.”