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The 2015 Kentucky Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2015, as part of the 2015 Kentucky elections to elect the Attorney General of Kentucky. Incumbent attorney general Jack Conway was term-limited, and instead ran for governor of Kentucky. He was succeeded by Democratic candidate Andy Beshear.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Whitney H. Westerfield | 96,605 | 53.38 | |
| Republican | Michael T. Hogan | 84,386 | 46.62 | |
| Total votes | 180,991 | 100.0 | ||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Andy Beshear (D) | Whitney Westerfield (R) | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SurveyUSA [4] | October 23–26, 2015 | 798 | ± 3.5% | 47% | 35% | — | 17% |
| WKU [5] | October 19–25, 2015 | 770 | ± 3.5% | 42% | 36% | — | 22% |
| SurveyUSA [6] | September 22–27, 2015 | 701 | ± 3.8% | 38% | 38% | — | 22% |
| SurveyUSA [7] | July 22–28, 2015 | 685 | ± 3.8% | 40% | 33% | — | 24% |
| Public Policy Polling [8] | June 18–21, 2015 | 1,108 | ± 2.9% | 36% | 41% | — | 23% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Andy Beshear (D) | Luke Morgan (R) | Other | Undecided |
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| Gravis Marketing [9] | January 5–6, 2015 | 608 | ± 4% | 42% | 37% | — | 22% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Andy Beshear | 479,567 | 50.12 | |
| Republican | Whitney H. Westerfield | 477,366 | 49.88 | |
| Total votes | 956,933 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Beshear won two of six congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican. [11]
| District | Beshear | Westerfield | Representative |
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| 1st | 45% | 55% | Ed Whitfield |
| 2nd | 47% | 53% | Brett Guthrie |
| 3rd | 64% | 36% | John Yarmuth |
| 4th | 45% | 55% | Thomas Massie |
| 5th | 41% | 59% | Hal Rogers |
| 6th | 54% | 46% | Andy Barr |
In 2016, Steve Beshear's former personal cabinet secretary, Tim Longmeyer, was marred in controversy when he was exposed on bribery charges, including redirecting $6,000 of kickbacks into Andy Beshear's Attorney General campaign. [12] Andy Beshear had recently hired Longmeyer as a deputy. However, the prosecutors in Longmeyer's case indicated that there is no evidence to support that Andy Beshear knew what Longmeyer was doing. [13]
Over the next three years, Republican Governor Matt Bevin spearheaded an investigation into former governor Steve Beshear's administration as well as Andy Beshear's Attorney General campaign. Spending approximately $550,000 leading up to the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election, the investigation led to no conclusive results regarding the culpability of Steve or Andy Beshear. [14]
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