Beshear Questions Kentucky Law on Filling a U.S. Senate Vacancy

Mitch McConnell's Silence 'Concerning' to Home State Governor

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said he has received no communication from Senator Mitch McConnell or his office regarding the senator's health status, calling the lack of an update "concerning" during a SiriusXM interview.

Beshear questions Kentucky law on filling a U.S. Senate vacancy

Two years ago, the Republican-led General Assembly mandated a special election be called should a vacancy happen.

Kentucky governor claims two agencies called to tell him McConnell had died

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he received two separate phone calls from unnamed agencies informing him that Sen. Mitch McConnell had “passed”, a claim that captures just how far the information vacuum around the 84-year-old senator’s hospitalization has spread since he was rushed from his Washington home on June 14. Beshear, a Democrat, made the...