KY-GOV: GOP state lawmaker endorses Democrat for Kentucky governor
A Republican state senator bucked his party and is endorsing the Democratic nominee for governor of Kentucky.
The campaign for Andy Beshear (D) announced Monday that it had secured the endorsement of state Sen. Dan Seum (R).
Beshear, the state's attorney general, posted a video to his Twitter account showing him standing next to Seum as the longtime legislator gave his endorsement.
"This is about who is going to lead this state in the next four years," Seum said. "Today, we have a governor who has failed miserably in the pension issue and has spent the last year running around the state insulting everyone, including the four teachers in my family."
Seum's reference to teachers follows last year's standoff between state educators and the GOP-controlled legislature.
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