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Andy Beshear

DemocratAndy Beshear

Governor · Kentucky

DemocratState

Governor of Kentucky. Source: https://ballotpedia.org/Andy_Beshear

13 tracked promises

Kentucky

Kentucky

Represents Kentucky statewide

Showing 2019–present term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.

Integrity

Not yet rated

No promises have been rated yet, so there is no Integrity Score to show. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are tracked but never scored.

The score, once promises are rated, is a signed −100…+100 breakdown weighted by significance and evidence confidence — never a single opaque grade. How this is measured.

Integrity over time

The integrity timeline appears here once this official's promises are rated. In office since Jan 2019.
Not yet scoredNot yet rated 13— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

13 promises across 11 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • Education2
  • Health care2
  • Cost of living & utilities1
  • Criminal justice1
  • Economic development1
  • Health care affordability1
  • Health care workforce1
  • Housing1
  • Hunger & food assistance1
  • Transportation & infrastructure1
  • Water infrastructure1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)13100%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

10
22
36
44
51

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

13 tracked promises

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Enact universal pre-K ("Pre-K for All") for every 4-year-old in Kentucky, extending publicly funded preschool to roughly 34,000 additional children.

EducationSpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2025
Sourceshttps://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20250108_State-of-the-Commonwealth-Address.pdfhttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
Not yet rated

Fund $159 million for mandatory educator (teacher) raises to increase take-home pay.

EducationSpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2026
Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667https://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20250108_State-of-the-Commonwealth-Address.pdf
Not yet rated

Invest $150 million in Kentucky's Affordable Housing Trust Fund, which combined with private funding is projected to create $1 billion in new housing.

HousingSpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2026
Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
Not yet rated

Complete the four-laning of the Mountain Parkway Expansion in Eastern Kentucky, finishing a decades-long project.

Transportation & infrastructureSpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2025
Sourceshttps://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20250108_State-of-the-Commonwealth-Address.pdf
Not yet rated

Make safe, regulated medical cannabis available for purchase in Kentucky within 2025.

Health careSpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2025
Sourceshttps://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20250108_State-of-the-Commonwealth-Address.pdf
Not yet rated

Provide $100 million to lower the cost of coverage on the state's health insurance exchange.

Health care affordabilityPromised Jan 2026
Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
Not yet rated

Create a $75 million fund to help at-risk Kentuckians pay their utility bills.

Cost of living & utilitiesPromised Jan 2026
Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
Not yet rated

Provide $50 million to help Kentucky food banks meet demand.

Hunger & food assistancePromised Jan 2026
Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
Not yet rated

Create a $125 million rural hospital fund to aid struggling rural hospitals.

Health carePromised Jan 2026
Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
Not yet rated

Work toward a goal of teaching at least one trade in each of Kentucky's state prisons to reduce recidivism.

Criminal justicePromised Jan 2025
Sourceshttps://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20250108_State-of-the-Commonwealth-Address.pdf
Not yet rated

Invest $500 million through the Cleaner Water Program to bring cleaner drinking water to Kentuckians.

Water infrastructurePromised Jan 2025
Sourceshttps://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20250108_State-of-the-Commonwealth-Address.pdf
Not yet rated

Reinvest in job creation with $70 million for site development (plus infrastructure and a rural economic development fund) to attract new projects statewide.

Economic developmentPromised Jan 2026
Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
Not yet rated

Provide $25 million for nursing student loan forgiveness to bolster the health care workforce.

Health care workforcePromised Jan 2026
Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667

Stated positions

11 positions on record

What this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.

  • HousingStated position

    Invest $150 million in Kentucky's Affordable Housing Trust Fund, which combined with private funding is projected to create $1 billion in new housing.

    Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
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  • Hunger & food assistanceStated position

    Provide $50 million to help Kentucky food banks meet demand.

    Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
    View position & sources →
  • Cost of living & utilitiesStated position

    Create a $75 million fund to help at-risk Kentuckians pay their utility bills.

    Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
    View position & sources →
  • Economic developmentStated position

    Reinvest in job creation with $70 million for site development (plus infrastructure and a rural economic development fund) to attract new projects statewide.

    Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
    View position & sources →
  • Health care affordabilityStated position

    Provide $100 million to lower the cost of coverage on the state's health insurance exchange.

    Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
    View position & sources →
  • Health care workforceStated position

    Provide $25 million for nursing student loan forgiveness to bolster the health care workforce.

    Sourceshttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
    View position & sources →
  • EducationStated position

    Enact universal pre-K ("Pre-K for All") for every 4-year-old in Kentucky, extending publicly funded preschool to roughly 34,000 additional children.

    Sourceshttps://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20250108_State-of-the-Commonwealth-Address.pdfhttps://www.kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2667
    View position & sources →
  • Water infrastructureStated position

    Invest $500 million through the Cleaner Water Program to bring cleaner drinking water to Kentuckians.

    Sourceshttps://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20250108_State-of-the-Commonwealth-Address.pdf
    View position & sources →
  • Criminal justiceStated position

    Work toward a goal of teaching at least one trade in each of Kentucky's state prisons to reduce recidivism.

    Sourceshttps://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20250108_State-of-the-Commonwealth-Address.pdf
    View position & sources →
  • Health careStated position

    Make safe, regulated medical cannabis available for purchase in Kentucky within 2025.

    Sourceshttps://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20250108_State-of-the-Commonwealth-Address.pdf
    View position & sources →
  • Transportation & infrastructureStated position

    Complete the four-laning of the Mountain Parkway Expansion in Eastern Kentucky, finishing a decades-long project.

    Sourceshttps://governor.ky.gov/attachments/20250108_State-of-the-Commonwealth-Address.pdf
    View position & sources →
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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