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Matthew Griswold Bevin (; born January 9, 1967) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 62nd governor of Kentucky from 2015 to 2019. He was the third Republican elected to that office since World War II. He is currently the CEO of Neuronetrix Solutions, LLC.
Born in Denver, Colorado, and raised in Shelburne, New Hampshire, Bevin earned a bachelor's degree at Washington and Lee University in 1989. He served four years in the U.S. Army and attained the rank of captain. Bevin moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 1999 while working in the financial management industry. He later took over leadership of the Connecticut-based family business, Bevin Brothers Manufacturing Company, one of the last remaining American bell foundries.
In 2013, Bevin announced he would challenge Kentucky's senior U.S. Senator, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in the 2014 Republican primary. Although Bevin had the support of various groups aligned with the Tea Party Movement, McConnell attacked him repeatedly for inconsistencies in his public statements and policy positions and defeated Bevin by almost 25 percentage points. Bevin announced he would seek the governorship in 2015 and won a four-way Republican primary by 83 votes. He defeated the state's attorney general, Democratic nominee Jack Conway, in the general election.
During his tenure as governor, Bevin enacted "right-to-work" legislation prohibiting unions, laws limiting abortion access, a law allowing the carrying concealed handguns without permits, and attempted to reverse Kentucky's Medicaid expansion. As governor, Bevin made headlines for his criticism of schoolteachers and for teacher demonstrations against his efforts to cut pensions in public education.
Bevin lost his re-election campaign to Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear in a close race. After requesting a recount, Bevin conceded the election on November 14, 2019. Bevin was widely criticized for pardoning hundreds of criminals in his last days in office, including several people convicted of serious violent crimes and a convicted child rapist whose relatives donated $4,000 to Bevin's campaign from a fundraiser to free him. On December 23, 2019, it was reported that the FBI had questioned state representative Chris Harris about Bevin's pardons and on January 2, 2020, Attorney General Daniel Cameron asked the FBI to investigate the pardons.