{"id":193425,"date":"2019-11-06T08:17:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/republican-daniel-cameron-elected-kentuckys-first-african-american-attorney-general.html"},"modified":"2019-11-06T08:17:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:17:34","slug":"republican-daniel-cameron-elected-kentuckys-first-african-american-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/city\/hawaii\/republican-daniel-cameron-elected-kentuckys-first-african-american-attorney-general.html","title":{"rendered":"Republican Daniel Cameron inaugurated Kentucky&#8217;s initial African American profession general"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Kentucky ubiquitous choosing 2019: Kentucky AG claimant Daniel Cameron\"><button class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__tp_a\" data-g-r=\"vp_ap vp_tg\" data-c-vpattrs=\"{muted:true,bContent:false,vidNum:1,docking:true}\" data-c-vpdata=\"{adsEnabled:true,awsPath:news\/politics,byline:Jeff Faughender,canonicalURL:,createDate:2019-10-30T18:56:30.827Z,credit:Jeff Faughender, Louisville Courier Journal,duration:3503000,headline:Election 2019: Kentucky AG claimant Daniel Cameron meets with a CJ editorial board,hlsURL:https:\/\/hlsmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-renditions\/64491bbf-284b-4cf9-a737-b6ed9eb30f64\/1080p_30fps,720p_30fps,480p_30fps,master.m3u8,id:4100305002,image:{url:https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/10\/30\/PLOU\/6c0051b3-f521-4c25-9997-3ce1907b90fe-4L5A0398.jpg,opto:true},initialPublishDate:2019-10-31T15:38:48.966Z,keywords:Kentucky Attorney General's Office,political candidates,Gregory Stumbo,mp4URL:https:\/\/downloadmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-renditions\/64491bbf-284b-4cf9-a737-b6ed9eb30f64\/1080p_30fps.mp4,origin:Louisville Courier Journal,pageURL:{long:https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/videos\/news\/politics\/elections\/kentucky\/2019\/10\/31\/kentucky-general-election-2019-kentucky-ag-candidate-daniel-cameron\/4100305002\/},promoBrief:Kentucky Attorney General claimant Daniel Cameron met with a Courier Journal editorial board. Oct 17, 2019.,publishDate:2019-10-31T15:38:48.966Z,series:,ssts:{leafName:kentucky,path:news\/politics\/elections\/kentucky,section:news,storysubject:,subsection:politics,subtopic:kentucky,taxonomyEntityDisplayName:Election Ky,topic:elections},tags:[{name:Kentucky politics, Kentucky legislature,vocabulary:StaffMetadata},{name:Success,vocabulary:SubjectCodes},{name:Overall Positive,vocabulary:SubjectCodes},{name:Kentucky Attorney General's Office,vocabulary:Organizations},{name:politics,vocabulary:SubjectCodes},{name:political candidates,vocabulary:SubjectCodes},{name:Mitch McConnell,vocabulary:Persons},{name:Political Fundraising,vocabulary:Subjects},{name:Campaign funds,vocabulary:Subjects},{name:Fundraising,vocabulary:Subjects},{name:Immigration sanctuary,vocabulary:Subjects}],title:Kentucky ubiquitous choosing 2019: Kentucky AG claimant Daniel Cameron,url:\/videos\/news\/politics\/elections\/kentucky\/2019\/10\/31\/kentucky-general-election-2019-kentucky-ag-candidate-daniel-cameron\/4100305002\/}\" aria-label=\"Play video\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/48be4_6c0051b3-f521-4c25-9997-3ce1907b90fe-4L5A0398.jpg\" data-g-r=\"vp_po\" \/><\/button><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Republican Daniel Cameron was inaugurated Kentucky&#8217;s subsequent profession ubiquitous Tuesday \u2014the initial African American to ever win a competition for a bureau and a initial Republican to do so in over 70 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cameron, a 33-year aged first-time claimant from Louisville, had about 57%\u00a0of a opinion when a Associated Press called a competition in his favor, violence Democratic hopeful Greg Stumbo \u2014 a former orator of a House attempting a domestic quip after losing his chair 3 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Republican will reinstate Democrat Andy Beshear as profession general, who was still sealed in a parsimonious race\u00a0for\u00a0governor opposite obligatory Matt Bevin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The former ubiquitous warn for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Cameron has worked as an profession for Frost Brown Todd over a past dual years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cameron pronounced in a debate that his priorities as profession ubiquitous would be to tackle\u00a0Kentucky&#8217;s opioid widespread and\u00a0crimes opposite children, in further to ensuring Kentucky does not turn a supposed &#8220;sanctuary state&#8221; for undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">His campaign&#8217;s pull opposite bootleg immigration tied into Cameron&#8217;s efforts to nationalize a race, regulating regressive amicable issues like termination and portraying\u00a0himself in ads as a defender of President Donald Trump&#8217;s agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Kentucky Freedom Fund, a PAC dependent with a Republican Attorneys General Association, spent a many of any group\u00a0in a competition on radio ads, rising attacks on Stumbo&#8217;s character, job him a &#8220;despicable deadbeat&#8221; and referring to him as &#8220;Greg SCUMBO.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Stumbo, who had formerly served for one tenure as profession general, attempted to make a competition about Cameron&#8217;s relations miss of authorised experience, as he had never prosecuted a box in a courtroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cameron&#8217;s debate countered that conflict by regulating Stumbo&#8217;s prolonged career opposite him, with one ad job him a &#8220;Frankfort engulf creature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Another Cameron ad claimed that\u00a0Stumbo wanted to make Kentucky a refuge state since he once upheld undocumented immigrants being authorised to accept provisional driver&#8217;s licenses, that he pronounced would theme a state\u00a0to a import of &#8220;Mexican meth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Republicans&#8217; efforts to nationalize a competition were increased late in a debate by highlighting a\u00a0fundraising email created for Stumbo by Hillary Clinton, as good as Trump holding a vast convene in Lexington on a eve of a election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cameron was means to win a Republican assignment in May with a support of his former trainer McConnell and a senator&#8217;s domestic allies, knocking off a Republican state Sen. Wil\u00a0Schroder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Once sworn into office, Cameron will turn only a second African American to ever reason a statewide inaugurated bureau in Kentucky. Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton, also a Republican, was a initial to do so in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/b3934_d7c99fa9-2814-4460-ac3f-39ad6e41be84-BeshearWins_9.JPG\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/11\/06\/PLOU\/d7c99fa9-2814-4460-ac3f-39ad6e41be84-BeshearWins_9.JPG?crop=5431,3055,x0,y275width=1320height=744format=pjpgauto=webp 2x\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Reach contributor Joe Sonka during jsonka@courierjournal.com or 502-582-4472\u00a0and follow him on Twitter during <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">@joesonka<\/a>. Support clever internal broadcasting by subscribing today: <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">courierjournal.com\/subscribe<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/rssfeeds.usatoday.com\/~\/608825986\/0\/usatodaycomwashington-topstories~Republican-Daniel-Cameron-elected-Kentuckys-first-African-American-attorney-general\/<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Daniel Cameron was inaugurated Kentucky&#8217;s subsequent profession ubiquitous Tuesday \u2014the initial African American to ever win a competition for a bureau and a initial Republican to do so in over 70 years. 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