People from Hopkins County, Kentucky - Steve Beshear, Earle B. Hall (Paperback)

Chapters: Steve Beshear, Earle B. Hall. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Steven Lynn "Steve" Beshear (born September 21, 1944) is an American politician who has been the 61st and current Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky since 2007. A Democrat, Beshear previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives; he was also the state's Attorney General from 1980 to 1983 and Lieutenant Governor from 1983 to 1987. Steve Beshear was born September 21, 1944 in Dawson Springs, Kentucky and graduated from Dawson Springs High School. He attended the University of Kentucky, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta social fraternity. He graduated from UK with a B.A. in 1966 and earned a law degree there in 1968. Beshear and his wife, Jane, were married in 1969. They have two sons, Jeff and Andy, and one grandson, Nicholas. Beshear was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives to begin his political career. He was elected as State Representative for the 76th Legislative District in 1973, winning the Democratic primary by a large margin. Beshear won the general election, garnering 3,401 votes to his Republican opponent's 2,083. Beshear was re-elected by winning the 1975 Democratic primary against Jerry Lundergan, who later was elected to the Kentucky House and became Chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party, prevailing by about 200 votes. Beshear defeated Lundergan again by 400 votes in the 1977 primary, and won the general election easily over an independent challenger. Beshear declined to run for re-election to the state House of Representatives in 1979 and instead ran for Kentucky Attorney General. Beshear prevailed in the Democratic primary and was elected as Attorney General of Kentucky in 1979, defeating Republican nominee Ron Snyder wit...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2327351