Governor Bashir talked to the media today in the state Capitol rotunda, offering a few thoughts about his victory yesterday and answering some questions from reporters.

Bashir discussed working with legislators as well as his priorities for the next four years in Kentucky's highest political office.

He focused mainly on education and the economy.

My only goal is to get the right things done, and this is their chance not to have to worry about it at the next election to come together to support education in the way that we all should.

And remember, for many of these legislators, the school system is the largest employer in their region.

And that means if we are not paying our educators enough, we're just impoverishing our own communities.

I mean, this is our chance to not only pay teachers closer to what they're worth, but to boost the economy and each and every one of these areas.

And less than our shortage looks like it's going to be even worse.

And when you look at social workers, you look at corrections officers, JJ officers, state troopers.

Every time we've provided a raise, more people have come into the profession.

So it's as simple as if you pay people closer to what they're worth.

You'll get a whole lot more good people willing to do the job.

Governor Beshear was the only Democrat to win a statewide contest last night.

He talked about why he believes he was able to defeat Republican challenger Daniel Cameron.

I believe that we are going to have competitive elections all over Kentucky.

I think people are tired of the gross partizanship and this is going to be a time when everyone can talk about their ideas of how to move the state forward for everyone, not just this family or that family.

We saw one of the most partizan campaigns at the top of the ticket.

It was rejected.

People of Kentucky wanted a governor that's going to serve everybody.