Edelen attack spurs Beshear response in Democratic campaign
After Adam Edelen went on the attack in Kentucky’s increasingly feisty Democratic primary, rival Andy Beshear pushed back on Wednesday, saying any infighting benefits Republicans.
First came ads in recent days by Edelen and a pro-Edelen group slamming Beshear for a scandal that enveloped his former top deputy and trying to link the presumed front-runner to the maker of OxyContin. Beshear’s campaign responded Wednesday with its own ads calling the attacks shameful and false, saying they resemble something out of the GOP playbook.
“When I got in this race, I expected negative, untrue and false ads from Matt Bevin and the Republicans,” Beshear says in one of the ads. “But it’s disappointing to see them from fellow Democrats. The only person they’re helping is Matt Bevin.”
Bevin, the state’s Republican governor, is seeking a second term this year.
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