President Trump gambles by rallying for unpopular Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin. A victory could give Trump bragging rights; defeat could fuel anxiety that impeachment is hurting him and the GOP.
, President Trump is taking a bold risk to prove them wrong: He is swooping into three 2019 governors’ races to show he is still a political asset.
In Virginia, Democrats are working to win control of the state Senate and House of Delegates, which are narrowly held by Republicans. The outcome of Tuesday’s election will determine which party has the upper hand in the decennial drawing of district lines after the 2020 census.gubernatorial elections this year. They are all states that Trump won by wide margins in 2016, but where Democrats are running surprisingly strong races.
Each race is shaped by local personalities and issues, but both parties will be watching for the effects of the national impeachment drama that saturates the airwaves. Democrats are hoping that turnout will be high among voters motivated by anti-Trump sentiment. Republicans believe that anger over the impeachment inquiry will motivate the party’s base.
Scott Jennings, a Republican political consultant in Kentucky, acknowledged the political risk Trump faces if any of the three candidates lose, but he said the president would probably be blamed for their losses even if he did not campaign.“It’s a risk well worth taking for Trump,” Jennings said. “If they end up winning all three, that will be a powerful message that voters aren’t into impeachment as much as folks in urban areas and the Washington Beltway.
But Owensboro, Ky., Mayor Tom Watson, a Bevin supporter, said that although he believed the impeachment drumbeat would energize Trump’s supporters, he worried it would lower turnout in other important parts of the electorate. Bevin riled many with his efforts to reform the state pension system, which met with virulent opposition from the state’s teachers, who walked off the job in protest. Bevin used brash language against his opponents, accusing protesters of having a “thug mentality.”
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