In 2017, the Kentucky Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit Beshear brought against Bevin, holding that Bevin had the power to temporarily reshape boards while the legislature is out of session Bevin called Beshear's lawsuit a "shameful waste of taxpayer resources". Also in 2016, the Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously sided with Bevin when Beshear sued him on the grounds that Bevin lacked the authority to overhaul the University of Louisville's board of trustees. The Kentucky Supreme Court issued a 5–2 ruling agreeing with Beshear that Bevin did not have the authority to make mid-cycle budget cuts without the Kentucky General Assembly's approval. In April 2016, he sued Bevin over his mid-cycle budget cuts to the state university system. Kentucky Attorney General Elections 2015 īeshear speaks at a teacher's rally at the Kentucky State Capitol in 2018īeshear sued Governor Matt Bevin several times over what he argued was Bevin's abuse of executive powers during Beshear's tenure as attorney general and while he was campaigning against Bevin for governor. Beshear also represented the Indian company UFLEX, which sought $20 million in tax breaks from his father's administration, drawing criticism from ethics watchdogs over a potential conflict of interest. His father's office maintained that there was no conflict of interest with the son's representation. The project was controversial critics voiced environmental concerns and objections to the use of eminent domain for the pipeline. He represented the developers of the Bluegrass Pipeline, which would have transported natural gas liquid through Kentucky. In 2005, Beshear was hired by the law firm Stites & Harbison, at which his father was a partner. He then attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where he received a Juris Doctor in 2003. īeshear attended Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and graduated in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in anthropology. His father, a lawyer and politician, was the governor of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015. He graduated from Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky. As of 2022, Beshear and Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman are Kentucky's only Democratic statewide elected officials.īeshear was born in Louisville, the son of Steve and Jane (Klingner) Beshear. He then defeated Bevin by just over 5,000 votes in the 2019 gubernatorial election. As attorney general, he sued Governor Matt Bevin several times over issues such as pensions. Beshear served from 2016 to 2019 as the 50th Attorney General of Kentucky.īeshear was elected attorney general of Kentucky in November 2015 and took office in January 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of Steve Beshear, the 61st governor of Kentucky.
Andrew Graham Beshear (born November 29, 1977) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd governor of Kentucky since 2019.
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