Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron won the Republican gubernatorial primary in the Bluegrass State, defeating former U.N. ambassador Kelly Craft and State Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles.

Cameron defeated the rest of the GOP field, which included a pool of 11 other candidates all hoping to unseat incumbent Gov. Andy Beshar (D-KY).

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The state Attorney General held a lead from the moment the polls closed, with the race being called by the Associated Press with less than 30% of the vote in after Cameron jumped to a nearly 25% lead over his closest rival.

Some of the top issues the candidates campaigned on included transgender issues in education, fighting the Biden administration, and gun violence.

Cameron was the first black attorney general elected in Kentucky in 2019 and focused his time as lead prosecutor of the commonwealth pushing to block Biden initiatives including ESG and transgender issues.

The race also featured endorsements from 2024 contenders, with former President Donald Trump endorsing Cameron and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy endorsing Craft.

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Cameron will now face incumbent Beshar, who handily won the Democratic primary, in the general election on Nov. 7, 2023.

The GOP lost the governorship four years ago in the heavily Republican state when Beshar ousted then-Gov. Matt Bevin (R-KY). Since 1947, there have only been three Republicans elected as governor of the Bluegrass State.