US Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky says Daniel Cameron is the candidate of basic liberties.

Details as we begin tonight's coverage of the 2023 election now 18 days away.

The two Republicans campaigned together today in Lexington.

Senator Rand Paul and Attorney General Cameron have both said Governor Andy Beshear went too far in his actions at the peak of the COVID pandemic.

Paul says you won't see that under Cameron.

You know, just a lot of energy out there.

And I think Republicans are excited to get to vote.

So I think that enthusiasm is going to make a big difference.

But for me, it's really about defending your basic liberties, your right to assemble, your right to own your own business and make your decisions the right to go to church.

When Andy Beshear came forward during the pandemic and basically stripped these rights unilaterally, it took a year for us to get our rights back.

Finally, the legislature came back.

The courts rebuked Andy Beshear.

Almost every one of his edicts were unconstitutional, declared so by the courts.

The legislature came back and said, no longer.

We're never going to be ruled by a governor's edict without the approval of the state legislature.

So now emergency he rules like Andy Beshear put in place will all be struck down unless they're approved by the legislature.