Who Is Our Best Governor in a Crisis?

4. Andy Beshear

Congrats on owning Tennessee.

The story of how Responsible Kentucky has done better than Slacker Tennessee went viral this week, bringing much shame on Tennessee. This story may ignore random exigencies of life and be too cute to be entirely real. But let’s tell it anyway. On March 6, Kentucky got its first confirmed case of the bug, and Gov. Andy Beshear immediately issued a state of emergency, shutting down bars and restaurants. Lousy Tennessee, meanwhile, got its first case on March 5, and Gov. Bill Lee waited a week before declaring an emergency. As we write, Kentucky has far fewer cases per capita than Tennessee, one of various Southern states where the virus is spreading. Beshear can’t stop every young person from throwing a “coronavirus party”—no governor can. But his management of the crisis gets him on our list.

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