- {Kentucky}...According to the latest Courier-Journal/WHAS11 Bluegrass Poll, Democratic Governor Steve Beshear has extended his lead to 31 points over Republican Senate President David Williams, with just five weeks left before the November 8th election. The poll, conducted by SurveyUSA, found that Beshear leads Williams 57 percent to 26 percent among likely Kentucky voters. The poll questioned 569 likely voters September 22nd-27th and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.