Central Kentucky Democrat is hoping to flip the state's sixth Congressional District blue.

And he's received quite the line up of Kentucky Democrats to endorse him in that effort.

Our Emily Prince was in Lexington today as Governor Andy Beshear touted his support for the candidate.

Governor Andy Beshear voiced his endorsement loud and clear today for Zac Tembo, a Democrat running for Kentucky's sixth congressional district.

The duo have a working history.

Worked as the governor's legislative director before becoming a federal prosecutor.

He was a big benefit to the Beshear administration.

A lot of the success I talk about.

He was a big part of it.

But he's going to win.

This is an opportunity to flip this seat and to give this area the type of government and governance they deserve.

40 year old Tembo has held various jobs, including a public school teacher and Navy JAG officer.

He set himself apart, defining himself not as a career politician, but as someone looking to focus on the day to day issues of central Kentuckians.

You all have probably heard the governor say you need to spend 80% of the time focusing on what matters to 100% of your constituents.

I could not agree more.

And that's why things like the price of gas, the price of diesel, the price of groceries, these tariffs that are crushing our local and national economies, our industries like bourbon, like the horse industry, like the largest Toyota manufacturing plant in the world.

Congress needs to be standing up for us.

Y'all, Jimbo will be going up against Republican challenger Ralph Alvarado in the general election.

Alvarado is a former Kentucky state senator.

He ran for lieutenant governor with Matt Bevin in 2019, then served as the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health.

Let me start with this for Ralph Alvarado.

Bless his heart.

What did Ralph Alvarado do after we in this room trounced him and Matt Bevin?

He ran to Tennessee.

And I hope he likes it there, because that's exactly where he can stay when we beat him in November.

Alvarado has received an endorsement from President Donald Trump, as well as speaker of the House Micah Johnson.

Jimbo denounced that endorsement, saying Alvarado would be a, quote, rubber stamp for the president.

I think career politicians are a big part of the problem.

The reason what's coming out of D.C.

is allowed to hurt us.

The reason the senseless war in Iran is allowed to go on is because these folks are too scared to stand up to the white House, and they only want to get reelected.

A slew of other high profile Kentucky Democrats also stomped to the crowd in support of Jimbo, including Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman and former Governor Steve Beshear.

Demo said those endorsements have boosted his confidence in his success come November.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Emily Prince.

Thank you Emily.

Governor Beshear said he can expect to be seen at many more campaign events with Dan Bo leading up to the general election in November.