Now term-limited in the governor’s post, Beshear is looking to shift some of his own momentum toward other Democrats in Republican-dominated areas.
Beshear has called his reelection in Kentucky a blueprint for Democrats and says his PAC will focus on replicating those results in other elections – even beyond Kentucky’s borders.
In the wake of Beshear’s victory, UK political analyst Stephen Voss said Democrats tend to lump huge sums into high-profile races – like Beshear’s – while sidestepping the work of bolstering viable candidates in more challenging contests lower down the ticket.
"The Democrats nationwide have a sort of star system, where they dump all this money into Andy Beshear or into Amy McGrath, but they're not real interested in doing the hard work of building up less famous or more local officials," Voss said.
One question for Beshear’s newly-formed PAC will be whether it winds up primarily raising the governor's profile, were he to consider a run for national office, or if it will help form similar Beshear-style Democratic coalitions both inside and outside the commonwealth.
