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Matt Bevin teases all day he might file to run for Kentucky governor – then doesn’t [1]

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Date: 2023-01-06 22:21:00+00:00

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ALL. GOOD EVENING. I VICKI DORTCH. AFTER MONTHS OF SPECULATION, THE FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR WILL NOT BE ON THE BALLOT DURING THIS YEAR’S PRIMARY. BEVIN DID VISIT THE CAPITOL TODAY AND SPOKE AT LENGTH IN THE ROTUNDA ABOUT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS WRONG AND NEEDED TO BE FIXED IN KENTUCKY GOVERNMENT. BUT HE LEFT WITHOUT FILING FOR CANDIDACY. WLKY AS ALEXIS MATTHEWS WAS THERE FOR HIS FIERY SPEECH. SHE JOINS US LIVE FROM FRANKFURT. ALEXIS. WELL, VICKY, MANY OF US HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS TONIGHT, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT MATT BEVIN DOES NOT HAVE HIS HEAD IN THIS YEAR’S GOVERNOR’S RACE. NOW, IT ALL STARTED WITH A TWEET FROM BEVIN EARLIER TODAY ABOUT SHARING A FEW THOUGHTS IN THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA BEFORE PROCEEDING DOWN THE HALL. NOW, THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE IS DOWN THE HALL. AND TODAY WAS THE DEADLINE TO FILE FOR THE GOVERNOR’S RACE. NOW, DURING BEVIN’S MORE THAN 20 MINUTE SPEECH, HE CALLED OUT KENTUCKY LEGISLATORS TALK ABOUT THE STATE’S BROKEN SYSTEMS FROM EDUCATION TO CHILD WELFARE, AND EVEN CRITICIZED JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HIGHLIGHTED LOUISVILLE’S RISING CRIME. NOW, BEVIN ALLUDED SEVERAL TIMES TO THE KENTUCKY GOVERNOR’S RACE, EVEN MENTIONING OTHER CANDIDATES LIKE DANIEL CAMERON AND KELLY CRAFT AND REFERENCING HIMSELF AS AMONG THEM WHEN SAYING, LET’S NOT TEAR EACH OTHER DOWN. NOW, I WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS MOMENT RIGHT BEFORE WE ALL EXPECTED THE FORMER GOVERNOR TO WALK OVER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE. I LOVE THIS STATE. I WANT TO SEE THIS STATE BECOME THE GREATEST VERSION OF ITSELF THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS PRIMARY UNFOLD, THIS NEXT ELECTION UNFOLD IN THE YEARS AHEAD OF US UNFOLD. AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR LISTENING. AND NOW I’M GOING TO HEAD DOWN THE HALL. NOW, THE HALL, HE WALKED DOWN WAS NOT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE, BUT RATHER ONE THAT LED HIM RIGHT OUT THE CAPITOL DOORS. NOW, THE FILING DEADLINE WAS AT 4:00 TODAY. AND AT THAT TIME, SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL ADAMS SHUT THE DOOR. NOW, SINCE BEVIN LEFT, HE HAS NOT BEEN ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, NOR HAS WE HEARD FROM HIM OR HE HAS MADE ANY STATEMENTS THAT WE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT TONIGHT. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED IF WE HEAR ANY FURTHER EVENTS WITH THIS. OBVIOUSLY, ON WLKY DOT COM AND ON AIR AND ON OUR WLKY MOBILE APP LIFE FROM FRANKFORT FOR YOU TONIGH

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Former Gov. Matt Bevin spent his day hinting at another run in Kentucky. He tweeted teases and even held a press gaggle where he aired many grievances.But alas, he never filed to run. Rumors were swirling that the former Republican governor would try once again, and in the final hours to join the race, he made his way to Frankfort.The rumor mill was abuzz Friday morning after he tweeted a photo that appeared to show him on the road — his first tweet since September."A beautiful day dawning In Kentucky…Make it a great day!" he tweeted.Hours later, he tweeted that he'd be speaking in the Capitol rotunda at 2:45 p.m., just more than an hour before the deadline. In a more than 20-minute speech, he spent a lot of time talking about Jefferson County Public Schools, calling the district "broken." He also talked about juvenile justice, infrastructure and crime, and all the things he finds wrong with how things are handled in the state.What he didn't say was whether he was actually going to run.It was clear he was using meticulous wording all day. He even kept referencing "walking down a hall," which seemed to refer to the one to the secretary of state's office.Turned out he was referring to the one leading out of the Capitol.He ended his speech giving a shoutout to two people on Twitter who he said "read the tea leaves." The first was Ben Goldey, who said, referring to Bevin, "Probably running, but he didn’t mention which hallway he’d be going down or which way he’d be going!"Bevin left in a van with 45 minutes left to file and never returned, leaving many to wonder, what was the point?Watch Bevin's full speech below:As an incumbent, Bevin lost to democrat Gov. Andy Beshear four years ago, even as the state overwhelmingly voted republican up and down the ballot.If he makes it official, he'll join a packed republican primary going against Attorney General Daniel Cameron, Ag. Commissioner Ryan Quarles, former UN Ambassador Kelly Craft and several others.

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