NEW YORK ¨C U.S. Democrats scored an upset victory in Kentucky on Tuesday over a Republican governor backed by President Donald Trump and seized control of the state legislature in Virginia, where anti-Trump sentiment in the suburbs remained a potent force.
The outcomes of Tuesday¡¯s elections in four states, including Mississippi and New Jersey, could offer clues to how next year¡¯s presidential election could unfold, when Trump will aim for a second four-year term.
In Kentucky, Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear, whose father, Steve, was the state¡¯s last Democratic governor, ousted Gov. Matt Bevin despite an election-eve rally headlined by Trump.
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