Our Commonwealth is unique to have its statewide elections in an off year. Because we are one of the few races, and the only competitive one, all the outside groups and interests will turn to us to influence our elections. We saw the relentless attacks from outside in last year’s Senate race. That is why we are responding by building a lasting and strong Democratic Party in Jefferson County. We will match their misinformation with our grassroots.

With your help, we know we can win. Public Policy Polling, a neutral research firm, found that Gov. Beshear is leading David Williams 44% to 35%. He leads the other Republican, Phil Moffett, 45% to 26%. http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/11/beshear-posts-early-lead.html Other recent polls show a significant lead for Governor Beshear as well. For example, Braun Research found in September 2010 that Governor Beshear leads David Williams 44% to 37.7%.

Our Governor is in the lead because he has showed common sense and a care for the entire state. He has worked our budget back from the damage of the last Republican, and is advancing education and energy initiatives that are helping Kentuckians prosper. Here are ten of Governor Beshear’s most influential accomplishments.

We need your participation this year in our local Party to win this critical race. We are organizing house parties across neighborhoods in Jefferson County. Voters of either party can learn more about the issues and many will meet their public servants at these events. This is a good way to share our values, change minds, and build a winning grassroots network.

To help, please consider hosting or attending a house party or by making a contribution to support our work. Also, use the form on the left to sign up for email updates so you can get the latest information and invitations.

See below for more information about our Governor.

Gov. Beshear's Weekly Address

About Governor Steve Beshear

Steven L. Beshear was elected governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in November 2007.

An attorney by profession, Gov. Beshear has a long background in public service, having served as a state representative in the Kentucky General Assembly, attorney general and lieutenant governor prior to being elected governor.

To each of these positions he has brought a foundation of integrity and ethics, as well as a deeply felt commitment to improving the lives of fellow Kentuckians.

During three terms as state representative, Beshear helped modernize the Kentucky Judicial System and proposed legislation that resulted in the modernization and more than doubling of neo-natal capacities at the University of Kentucky Hospital.

As attorney general, Beshear saved countless taxpayer dollars by successfully cracking down on statewide food stamp fraud and pursued several controversial investigations involving state government employees.

As lieutenant governor, Beshear helped push for reform of the child welfare system. He also created and spearheaded the Kentucky Tomorrow Commission, a strategic planning initiative that identified daunting challenges facing the state then and far into the future.

After taking nearly two decades off to practice law, Beshear entered a crowded field in the governor’s race and beat the incumbent.

As governor, Beshear has helped restore public trust by creating a culture of integrity in state government that has included rooting out cronyism and implementing stronger ethics standards. He has also streamlined spending with a trimming of the state workforce, implemented a more efficient way of designing and building roads and won bipartisan support for a complex reform of the beleaguered public pension system.

Despite inheriting an austere budget and a struggling economy, he has focused on initiatives to help Kentucky families. These have included expanding efforts to bring health coverage to 35,000 uninsured children, designing a plan to bring prescription drugs to those who can’t afford them, securing “bridge” funding to save Kentucky’s student loan agency and calling for a new analysis on higher education affordability and access.

Gov. Beshear is a native of Dawson Springs in Hopkins County, Ky., where he was one of five children of a Baptist minister and a mother dedicated to her community.

Beshear has a bachelor’s degree and law degree from the University of Kentucky, where he was president of the student body. He also served as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army Reserve, where he also carried out certain Judge Advocate General duties.

He and his wife, Jane, have been married since 1969. They co-own a horse farm in Clark County.

They have two sons — Jeff, a veterinarian; and Andy, an attorney — and three grandchildren.

Beshear has long been deeply involved in the community, and his various civic activities include such organizations as CommerceLexington Inc., the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation, God's Pantry Food Bank, Bluegrass Tomorrow, the Kentucky World Trade Center, and the UK College of Law Visiting Committee.

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