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Kelly Knight Craft (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Kentucky. She lost in the Republican primary on May 16, 2023.
Craft was confirmed to the position of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on July 31, 2019, by a U.S. Senate vote of 56-34. She served until her resignation on January 19, 2021.
On February 22, 2019, President Donald Trump (R) announced on Twitter that he would nominate Craft to be the 30th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Trump tweeted, "I am pleased to announce that Kelly Knight Craft, our current Ambassador to Canada, is being nominated to be United States Ambassador to the United Nations...Kelly has done an outstanding job representing our Nation and I have no doubt that, under her leadership, our Country will be represented at the highest level. Congratulations to Kelly and her entire family!"
The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. is responsible for assisting the President of the United States and the U.S. Department of State in conducting U.S. policy at the United Nations, an international organization founded in 1945 with 193 member states.
Craft was confirmed to the position of U.S. ambassador to Canada by voice vote by the United States Senate on August 3, 2017.
Craft was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Kentucky.
Kelly Knight Craft earned a degree from the University of Kentucky. Craft's career experience includes founding a marketing and business advisory firm. She served as a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and to Canada under the Donald Trump presidential administration, a member of the RNC Rules Committee, the co-chair of the finance committee for U.S. Senator Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign in Kentucky, an alternate delegate to the United Nations under the George W. Bush presidential administration, and the finance chair of the Republican Party of Kentucky.
Incumbent Andy Beshear and Daniel Cameron are running in the general election for Governor of Kentucky on November 7, 2023.
 | Andy Beshear (D) |
 | Daniel Cameron (R) |
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Incumbent Andy Beshear defeated Geoff Young and Peppy Martin in the Democratic primary for Governor of Kentucky on May 16, 2023.
| Andy Beshear | 91.1% | 158,092 Votes✔ |
 | Geoff Young | 5.3% | 9,215 Votes |
 | Peppy Martin | 3.6% | 6,320 Votes |
| Total votes: 173,627 | ||||
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The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Kentucky on May 16, 2023.
| Daniel Cameron | 46.9% | 127,411 Votes✔ |
 | Ryan Quarles | 21.9% | 59,353 Votes |
 | Kelly Knight Craft | 17.5% | 47,490 Votes |
 | Eric Deters | 6.0% | 16,246 Votes |
 | Mike Harmon | 2.6% | 7,157 Votes |
 | Alan Keck | 2.5% | 6,710 Votes |
 | David Cooper | 0.7% | 2,012 Votes |
 | Jacob Clark | 0.6% | 1,679 Votes |
 | Robbie Smith | 0.5% | 1,269 Votes |
 | Bob DeVore | 0.3% | 830 Votes |
 | Johnny Ray Rice | 0.2% | 652 Votes |
| Dennis Ray Ormerod | 0.2% | 627 Votes |
| Total votes: 271,436 | ||||
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