More Than $89 Million Spent on Kentucky Governor’s Race: Watchdog Group

State political parties and national contributors pumped a record amount into the 2023 campaign for the Bluegrass State’s governor’s mansion.

Kentucky incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is joined by his wife, Britainy Beshear (R), Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman (C-L) and his family as he delivers his victory speech to a crowd at an election night event at Old Forrester's Paristown Hall on Nov. 7, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. Photo by Stephen Cohen/Getty Images

A record amount was spent on the race for the Governor’s Mansion in Frankfort, Kentucky, according to a leading watchdog organization.

On Nov. 7, Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, won another term in office, receiving 52.5 percent of the vote, according to the official election results from the Kentucky Secretary of State’s office. He defeated Republican rival and Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.