JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — Rare and seemingly unheard of: Kentucky's governor crossing the river to stump for an Indiana governor candidate.
Andy Beshear is hoping to use some of the national attention he has garnered this election cycle to drive voters to the polls. Already more than a million Hoosiers have cast their ballots in Indiana.
On Saturday morning, he urged Indiana voters to choose Democratic candidate for Indiana governor Jennifer McCormick.
McCormick is a former republican superintendent turned democrat and is facing current Republican Senator Mike Braun and Libertarian Donald Rainwater.
"I'd encourage everybody to vote. This is the bedrock of our democracy. We are the greatest country in the history of the world because of our ability to vote to peacefully transition power. This is our chance to make our voice heard and select our leaders for the years to come. So everybody get out there and vote," said Gov. Beshear.
The Indiana Democratic Party held a Get out the Vote rally Saturday morning, with democratic candidates for local and state levels making their pleas to voters.
"This isn't about just one particular party. This is about Hoosiers. We have Republicans ready to go Democrats and independents, and we are thrilled with what's happening on that early voting turnout," said McCormick.
One week earlier, the Indiana Republican Party also held a rally in the same Jeffersonville park, where we spoke with Braun.
"The biggest thing that separates me from my opponent is her experience of never signing the front side of a paycheck wanting to run a business with 32,000 employees and. 80 agencies, 30 major one," said Braun.
Longtime Republican Mayor of Jeffersonville Mike Moore told WHAS11 that everyone's vote is important.
"We've got two good choices," said Moore. "Is it the economy? Is it education? Is it, you know, your civil rights, whatever it is that draws you to that election, make sure you get out and vote, because somebody else is going to be speaking for you if you don't."
Get out and vote: a message being spread across party lines, from Indiana to Kentucky.
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