He makes the case for nominating a Democrat from a red state Beshear has sharply criticized Trump — calling his address this week to military leaders “un-American.” Yet, he told us that within his state “the temperature is turned down,” and in some cases people are “willing to vote for people of both parties.” He says Democrats can win more votes if they show “respect” Beshear won two elections in a state where many voters are socially conservative, and Republicans do not let him forget it. Months before the 2023 vote, the legislature passed a bill restricting care for transgender youth. “And I knew they did it in part so that they could run tens of millions of dollars of negative ads if I vetoed it.