Beech Tree News Network

A memo from the polling firm of Adam Edelen’s campaign for governor shows that while Attorney General Andy Beshear maintains a significant lead over his two main Democratic primary competitors, the race has tightened since a Beshear poll found him running away from the field in early February. According to the internal polling memo obtained by Insider Louisville, the national firm ALG Research surveyed 500 likely Democratic primary voters over the past week and found Beshear with support from 43% of respondents, trailed by Edelen in second with 23% and House Minority Leader Rocky Adkins in third with 22%. While polling in Kentucky has been notoriously flawed over the past five years, several national pollsters have shown incumbent governor and likely Republican nominee Matt Bevin with poor approval ratings in the state, while a Mason Dixon poll from December found both Beshear and Adkins leading Bevin in a hypothetical general election matchup. --Insider Louisville