Just six days after the May 16th primary and the fall election campaign is already underway.

Governor Andy Beshear kicked off his reelection campaign with a bus tour across Kentucky.

Our Laura Rogers caught up with the governor at his first stop Monday night or Friday night in Bowling Green, where he spoke to a packed house at a downtown coffee shop.

Oh, my.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Four more years.

Governor Andy Beshear drawing a standing room only crowd to his campaign kickoff stop in Bowling Green.

Our crowd was huge because we are ready to reelect Andy Beshear for a second term.

All right.

Beshear calling his supporters excited and optimistic.

Optimistic about a future where we're creating more jobs than ever before, where we're expanding health care and where we lead with love and compassion and never fear and division.

The governor highlighting economic development in the area with new projects breaking ground at the Kentucky Trans Park.

We are seeing more jobs.

New jobs.

Jobs of the future.

More than this area has seen in 20 years.

In the last three.

I work at a trade school.

Here in Warren County at the Warren County ATC, and my students are going to benefit from the economic development projects that he's got going on here.

And those kids are going to wind up with good paying jobs, earning a living wage.

What this is doing is creating a better life in this area where the kids that grow up here, no matter how big they dream, can stay near home, achieve, raise a family and do it in any field they can consider this year.

Other talking points include community safety, citing pay raises for Kentucky State police, expanding health care services, and his support for public education.

Many believe it was teachers who helped carry Bashir to victory in 2019.

Think about our educators.

You've got to look at their work conditions in their pay.

We can't be 44th in teacher pay and stay number two in economic development.

In recent years, Kentucky has seen registered Republican voters surpass Democrats.

Beshear was asked how he hopes to appeal to voters across party lines.

He says it means addressing the issues that matter to Kentuckians.

We've got to make sure that every day we're focused on things like health care, new job creation, public safety and public education.

And that's how we move people forward.

I can tell you, as governor, I don't focus on Democrat or Republican.

I don't focus on moving our state right or left.

I focus on moving it forward for all of our families.

And his message, the governor pointing out the crises he's weathered while in office.

And through a pandemic.

We've been through tornadoes.

We've been through floods.

We've been through a polar plunge, -45 degree wind chill in Kentucky.

We're going through inflation while temporary, still tough on our families.

And we're even living through a war in Europe, something I thought I'd only read about in textbooks.

He has been with Bowling Green and Our Darkest Hour with the tornadoes and through the pandemic, he has shown.

True leadership this year, also receiving support from members of the United Auto Workers Local 2164.

I look around at our state where our unions are growing and are as busy as ever.

He never mentioned his opponent, Attorney General Daniel Cameron, by name, but he did respond to the anticipate heated attack ads that will be released leading up to November.

I think the people are going to be able to see how we run and who talks about the future versus who talks about the other candidate.

And they'll know who lives out their faith and values.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Laura Rogers.

Thank you, Laura.

Between Friday and Sunday, Beshear made stops all across the state from Paducah to Pikeville.

The Republican Party of Kentucky put out a statement in response to Bashir's bus tour.

Spokesperson Sean Southard said, quote, No number of bus stops is going to make up for Andy's failed leadership.

We need to make sure we can elect Daniel Cameron and the entire Republican ticket this November and rid ourselves of Joe Biden's man in Kentucky and quote.