Daniel Cameron
Daniel Jay Cameron (born November 22, 1985) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 51st Attorney General of Kentucky. He is the first Republican elected to the office since 1944, and the first African-American Attorney General of Kentucky. Born and raised in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Cameron attended the University of Louisville, where he earned his Bachelor of Science and Juris Doctor. He worked as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove for two years before becoming legal counsel to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2015. During his two years with McConnell, he worked to confirm several federal judges, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Cameron ran in the 2019 Kentucky Attorney General election, receiving the endorsement of President Donald Trump. He defeated Democratic nominee Greg Stumbo with 57.7% of the vote. As attorney general, Cameron challenged several of Governor Andy Beshear's COVID-19 restrictions, and oversaw the legal prosecution of the police officers involved with the shooting of Breonna Taylor. He spoke at the 2020 Republican National Convention and was on Trump's shortlist of potential Supreme Court nominees. In May 2022, Cameron announced his candidacy in the 2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election.
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