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Beshear was elected to the Kentucky House Of Representatives to begin his political career. He was elected Attorney General Of Kentucky in 1979, defeating Republican nominee Ron Snyder with 471,177 votes to Snyder's 302,951. Beshear served as Attorney General from 1980 to 1983. In 1983 Beshear was elected Lieutenant Governor Of Kentucky on a Democratic ticket headed by Martha Layne Collins . Beshear defeated Eugene P. Stuart , the running mate of Jim Bunning , 568,869 votes to 321,352. In 1987 Beshear ran for Governor Of Kentucky and lost in a packed Democratic primary field. Beshear won 114,439 votes in the primary, good for a third place finish behind former governor John Y. Brown, Jr. 's 163,204 votes and 221,138 votes garnered by Wallace G. Wilkinson , who went on to win the general election that fall. Beshear placed ahead of former governor Julian Carroll 's 42,137 votes and also defeated Grady Stumbo who won 84,613 votes. Three other candidates combined for an additional 8,187 votes in that primary. After his defeat in the 1987 election Beshear practiced law in Lexington, Kentucky . He was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 1996, losing to Mitch McConnell . Prior to his election as Attorney General Of Kentucky Beshear was elected to the Kentucky House Of Representatives from the 76th District and served in the House 1974-1979. |
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