Unpopular Governor vs. Unpopular Party

“Under normal circumstances, the Kentucky governor’s race would be all but over except for the concession phone call. The incumbent running for re-election this year is a conservative Republican in a state that has recently become as red as hot coal, where unemployment is as low as it has been in nearly two decades and most of the voters are still crazy about the governor’s ally, President Trump,” the New York Times reports.

But, said former Gov. Paul Patton (D): “This is not a normal governor’s race. We’ve got an abnormal governor.”