Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear has successfully guided Kentucky through tough times during the past four years and has earned a second term, his running mate, former Louisville mayor Jerry Abramson, said Thursday.
...Confronted with the recession almost immediately upon taking office in late 2007, Beshear and lawmakers balanced the budget eight times in three years, cutting more than $1 billion in spending.
They did it without significant cuts to education, public safety or safety net programs like Medicaid – and without raising taxes, Abramson said.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Abramson touts Governor Beshear's record
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