The Democrat Who Won One Of Trump’s Strongest States Has A Bold Midterms Prediction
ATLANTA – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) has a bold prediction for the coming November midterm elections, one that has many in his party crossing their fingers: Democrats will win majorities in both chambers of Congress while flipping a number of gubernatorial mansions to blunt President Donald Trump’s agenda.
“I pray a lot during Trump 2.0.,” he told a crowd at Emory University’s Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church on Wednesday. He outlined exactly how he thinks his prayers will be answered — with a “full and fair election,” where Democrats “will” win the House and “will more likely than not” win control of the Senate.
His last prediction hit a little closer to home.
“We’re going to elect you governor of Georgia,” he said to the event’s moderator, former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic candidate for the Peach State’s chief executive.
“I receive that in the name of Jesus!” exclaimed Bottoms, who, if she won, would be the country’s first Black woman governor.
The duo was appearing together as part of a tour promoting Beshear’s book, “Go and Do Likewise: How We Heal a Broken Country.” The tour also gives Beshear opportunities to travel the country and make media appearances ahead of a likely 2028 presidential run.
Beshear, once considered a top contender in vice president-turned-presidential-nominee Kamala Harris’ late-in-the-election “veepstakes,” has more openly discussed mounting a bid in recent weeks.
At Wednesday evening’s gathering, Beshear reiterated much of what he said about a potential run during an earlier book tour appearance with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore. He also stood firm that, regardless of who the candidate is for the 2028 race, that person should be a Democratic governor (as luck would have it, several are prospective candidates).
Beshear also detailed a project his administration implemented to build housing, some powered by solar energy, atop old mining communities as an example of how to make Democratic inroads in a red state.
“A Democratic governor, in a Trump +31 state, is building affordable housing on top of coal mines with solar panels on the top. We can do hard things,” Beshear said to applause.
Beshear also suggested he would have a moral calling to run for the presidency.
“I don’t have any announcement today, but I will say that my commitment is to not leave a broken country to my kids or anyone else’s,” he added.
Beshear, who also chairs the Democratic Governors Association, seemed bullish that Democrats will win back the governor’s mansions in critical races like Iowa, Ohio, Nevada, and, of course, the mission-critical swing state of Georgia, where Bottoms is being exceedingly outspent by her affluent Republican opponent, businessman Rick Jackson.
“When we retake the U.S. House, we can stop this federal administration from doing more harm. But if we take the U.S. Senate, we can start undoing that harm,” he said. “But the path to 2028, the states that are actually in play, are governors races in 2026.”