Yeah, obviously this race could have easily gone the other way, and it’s probably fairly likely that Beshear will face a very difficult reelection race in 2023, especially if a Democrat is president. The GOP bench is only getting stronger and it’s hard to find another Republican candidate as inept and odious as Bevin. (I’m by no means predicting that he will lose, but I’d be surprised if he didn’t struggle like JBE this year.)
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it, for now we should be celebrating Kentucky's apparent and unexpected common sense.