Former President Barack Obama endorsed Democratic nominee Charles Booker in the Kentucky Senate race on Sunday, two days before Election Day. “I’m proud to support Charles Booker for the U.S. Senate,” former President Barack Obama said in a statement shared first with CBS News. “Charles cares deeply about the people of Kentucky, and by sending…
National Democrats are stepping up their financial support for Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa after recent polls showed a dead heat and more Democrats began to see an opportunity to potentially defeat three-term incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, a possible 2028 presidential contender, and the Democratic Governors Association are…
Latino Democratic leaders are renewing calls for the Democratic Governors Association to invest more heavily in Texas after a New York Times/Siena College poll showed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa narrowly leading Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. The poll released Saturday found Hinojosa ahead of Abbott by three points, a result within the poll’s margin of…
In this web exclusive, Andy Beshear, the Democratic governor of Kentucky, talks with CBS News’ Robert Costa about his new book, “Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country,” and about his advice to Democrats on how to win over voters: “Just be real.” Source link
Two-term Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear advises his fellow Democrats to speak like “normal people” and not shy away from progressive politics or religious faith. Beshear shares that recipe for success in a deep-red state with “Sunday Morning” national correspondent Robert Costa, and discusses his book, “Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country,”…
Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: Battling sports gambling addiction; Charles Spencer on his sister, Princess Diana; Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on AI; Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear; Hollywood superagent Ari Emanuel; The Smithsonian’s Lonnie Bunch; and a spectacle of buffalo puppetry. Source link
In Kentucky, they take bluegrass and brown liquor (bourbon to be precise) quite seriously. But this past week, at the Kentucky Distillers’ Association meeting in Louisville, high spirits were undermined by frustration with President Trump’s tariff policies and war of words with Canada. Kentucky’s Democratic Governor Andy Beshear, just a few months shy of his…
St. Martin’s Press We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In “Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country” (to be published Tuesday by St. Martin’s Press), Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, writes about how the language of faith, which he believes has been co-opted by…
The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Hosted by Jane Pauley COVER STORY: The addiction of online sports gambling: “Like crack in the ’80s”The money legally wagered on…
Washington — GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to Capitol Hill on Monday for the first time in three months, ending a prolonged absence that sparked widespread speculation about his health. McConnell entered the Senate chamber in a wheelchair and cast a vote on a judicial nomination. “Today, I’ll cast my first Senate vote…
