2011 election results: Steve Beshear wins in Kentucky, Mississippi Phil Bryant elected

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear toured for a second term over Republican David Williams on Tuesday in a win that gives the Democrats a staff of 2012 to see how they run on a gloomy economic environment. 

The answer: outraise and spend more, define and discredit the opponent early and often, and the position of the holder and the steady hand and trust to handle the economic situation unfortunate. This relentlessly aggressive strategy-delivered a victory for Democrats in a conservative state where President Obama is hugely unpopular and unemployment is above the national average. 

Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny comfortably Dupree eliminated in the campaign to succeed outgoing popular Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. 

Williams led Beshear, the state Senate president, on 23 points with more than 75 percent of all precincts reporting - a resounding result was not really in question, as the Democrats blocked a double-digit lead in the spring . 

Independent Gatewood Galbraith, a lawyer who is running for governor five times, was holding just under 10 percent of the vote. 

Encouraged by the spoils of war $ 10 million, never Beshear 67 years of age, has really had a competitive race, the campaign focused on steadily pushing up the numbers in the first internal survey in January Beshear, who showed with only an eight-point lead, 50 percent to 42 percent. 

"We focus on money first aggressively increasing, especially Republican donors to cut off any early movement, while Williams was still mired in the primaries. Secondly, we begin to define the gobernadorBeshear early with a very aggressive buying radio in April, while still in a main and make sure he was constantly working hard to create jobs, even in very small areas or only a few jobs, doing so many ads that possibly could each time could, "said Beshear campaign manager Bill Hyers. 

In April, their own polls show Beshear extended lead to 14 points. 

But Beshear's team, which consists of Hyers, media consultants and Fred Yang and David Eichenbaum, he had the feet of gas. 

Beshear was with an announcement the day after Williams hobbled to the May primary, where he spoke of his focus on jobs and the way he cut his own salary. Means of payment that was reinforced by a display of the long list of Republican supporters, including a former deputy governor and several former presidents of the county Republican Party. 

Meanwhile, launched a ferocious assault by the Republican party in the freedom of the press. Williams was the target of an expenditure of $ 17,000 to renovate his office and install a flat screen TV, while running mate Richie Farmer was attacked by his stays in expensive hotel rooms and the refusal to take days off along with their employees.

source : politico.com