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Gov Andy is the BEST! 
He won because he ran against an incompetent, dangerous incumbent, Bevin (who chose to dispespect the state's teachers).
Gov Andy took office just before the pandemic and his strong leadership helped KY get through, even though out state should have had much worse outcomes due to its generally poor health .
He also has brought impressive new jobs and now a car battery industry to the state.
He has acted on his perception of what is best for the state, without regard to how could impact his political future.
Gov Andy, simply, is the BEST!
Kentucky, you're weird for having a D gov with 60% approval, and still voting for McConnell and Paul.  ELI5.
eta:  Thank you all for the answers. >

McConnell has a higher disapproval rating than Beshear has an approval rating in his own state (64%, with an approval rating of just 29%).  As a bonus, he's the most unpopular Senator in Congress. -Source 
Tell me again how he keeps getting reelected without corruption or rigging it... >

Outside of Lexington and Louisville, the majority of Kentucky voters vote for the candidate their pastor tells them to vote for. They think they’re voting to help Jesus save the babies, stop the gays, and protect their rights to own guns. The pastors, much like Fox News personalities, know exactly which buttons to push. No real corruption or rigging going on beyond overt violations of the Johnson Amendment. Kentucky will swing to the left as the Boomers die off and Gen Z starts voting. >

Those 18-24 year olds were primarily Millennials. Check back after the 2032 election. >

Millenials were 25-40 in 2020. >

23-40. The majority of Generation Z is still under 18. Again, wait until 2032. >

Still refutes your point that 18-24 were primarily millenials. >

Point taken. >

Gov Beshear has done a fine job so far. He's got close to 10 Republican candidate's and three democrats running against him. Still looks like he'll do fine >

I don’t disagree with you but a monkey could do a better job than the fellar that was in there prior to beshear >

You mean Matt Bevin? The same Matt Bevin that pardoned a confessed child murdering pedophile? Who's family happened to put up a substantial amount of money to his campaign? As well as a number of other violent criminals before then running off to Maine as a final fuck you to the state that turned him out?
You mean that monkey? >

The one that fucked over education funding and teachers pensions that led to state wide protests? Yeah, that's the guy. >

Good for him. I thought his covid policies were a case of him doing what he believed was right knowing it would cost him reelection. He’s exceeded my expectations entirely. >

I think he's weirdly benefited by the legislature basically stripping him of any control over COVID. He was doing the right thing, and during the height of the pandemic, people were were willing to go with it. After awhile though, Kentuckians were done with it, and there was nothing he could do but just keep asking them to take basic actions to save their own lives.