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Kentucky Gubernatorial Primary Results: Daniel Cameron Wins GOP Nomination, Defies Ron DeSantis’ Endorsement

ByAlki David

May 17, 2023

In a major upset, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron emerged victorious in the Republican gubernatorial primary, beating out former Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft and Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles. The primary race, which was closely watched by political analysts, was essentially a battle between two 2024 GOP frontrunners, former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Last June, the former president endorsed Cameron’s bid to become governor of the Bluegrass State. Just hours before the polls closed, however, DeSantis threw his support behind Craft, a former Trump administration official. Despite the last-minute endorsement, it was Cameron who came out on top on Tuesday.

“President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. The results in Kentucky’s Republican gubernatorial primary tonight reaffirm that,” said Alex Pfeiffer, spokesperson for the Make America Great Again PAC after Cameron’s victory. “Republican voters stand with President Trump, not Ron DeSantis. It’s time to unite around Donald Trump. Voters know that President Trump has their interests in mind when he endorses a candidate, not the interests of the consultant class,” he added.

Cameron’s victory is a blow to DeSantis’ political aspirations and may signal a shift in the GOP’s power dynamics if Trump continues to endorse candidates who don’t align with the Florida governor. With Trump’s influence still strong in the party, it remains to be seen how much sway DeSantis will have in future primary races.

By Alki David

Alki David — Publisher, Media Architect, SIN Network Creator - live, direct-to-public communication, media infrastructure, accountability journalism, and independent distribution. Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster — participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA — reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. Early encounter with Julian Assange during the first Hologram USA operations proved a formative turning point — exposing the realities of lawfare, information suppression, and concentrated media power. Principal complainant and driving force behind what court filings describe as the largest consolidated media–legal accountability action on record, now before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Relocated to Antigua & Barbuda and entered sustained legal, civic, and informational confrontation over media power, safeguarding, and accountability at Commonwealth scale.