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 FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Believing his political career was over long ago, Steve Beshear spent much of last year urging other prominent Democrats to run for governor. When they declined, he decided to run himself.
On Tuesday, the former lieutenant governor who had not held office in 20 years completed an unlikely political comeback by defeating Republican incumbent Ernie Fletcher, whose first term was plagued by a hiring scandal.
Beshear, 63, lost in the 1987 Democratic gubernatorial primary, then failed again in a 1996 run for the U.S. Senate. After that, he concentrated on his law practice, fading from the political spotlight.
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