Kentucky's hot race for governor tops our hour-by-hour guide to election night 2015
What follows is an hour-by-hour guide to Tuesday's most interesting and competitive races (note that all times are Eastern):
• 6 PM ET: Kentucky (Eastern Time Zone); Indianapolis, IN:
Democrats have aired ads relentlessly portraying Bevin as dishonest, arguing that he's changed his stances on several major policies and has had trouble paying his taxes. Bevin has never had a good relationship with national Republicans, and they stopped airing commercials on his behalf for three weeks in what looked like an unsuccessful effort to send him to candidate boot camp. However, despite Bevin's continued blunders, national Republicans recently waded back into the race.
We've only seen a few polls, but they've all given a small lead to Conway, who's outspent his opponent by a wide margin. However, despite Bevin's terrible campaign, he could still win this on Tuesday. Kentucky is a very conservative state, and the GOP's ads have all tied Conway to the unpopular Obama administration. It's a tactic that's worked many times in the past.
Read below for our tour of top races around the rest of the country!
