The general election campaign for Kentucky governor got off to a feisty start this week as Democrats worked to link the freshly minted Republican nominee to heavily criticized pardons by the vanquished predecessor of Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat who is trying to win a second term in GOP territory.
Republicans united behind attacks of their own, declaring at a morning unity rally that Beshear has overstated his role in achievements they say were based on actions taken by the state's GOP-dominated legislature.
