Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear has railed against the acrimony of national politics in his annual State of the Commonwealth speech. He called Wednesday night for a common-sense approach to governing that meets the everyday needs of families worried about things like access to affordable health care and plentiful, good-paying jobs. Beshear has raised his national profile since winning reelection in 2023 in the GOP-dominated state. In his speech Wednesday night at the Kentucky Capitol, he touted Kentucky’s record-setting pace of economic development and said those achievements were the result of “pushing out that national noise” and finding common ground.
