STEVE BESHEAR

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has criticized former President Donald Trump for dining with a white nationalist.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has filed for reelection next year.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's first term in office has been dominated by one deadly crisis after another: the global COVID-19 pandemic, tornadoes that killed scores of people in western Kentucky and floodwaters in Appalachia that left dozens more Kentuckians dead.

The move prompted criticism of the White House from fellow Democrats.

In the desperate hours after the massive storm struck his state, Gov. Andy Beshear took time from his duties to do what many of his fellow Kentuckians were doing — making calls to track down a relative.

The Executive Branch Ethics Commission Wednesday fined a former state employee $46,000 for accepting bribes while working for the state’s Department of Juvenile Justice under the administration of former Gov. Steve Beshear.