The following is the transcript of an interview with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 16, 2026.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear called for sweeping constitutional amendments Sunday, including ending the Electoral College, enacting congressional term limits, and outlawing partisan gerrymandering, during a national television appearance where he also addressed his political future.

In 2020 as Kentucky faced a spike of deadly overdoses, Gov. Andy Beshear set out to help more people access drug treatment by loosening Medicaid spending controls. But as the costs piled up, so did the warnings that the system was being abused.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined Gov. Andy Beshear and several other high-profile Kentucky Democrats on stage this weekend in Lexington.

In the Ohio Senate race, Democrat Sherrod Brown, the former three-term senator running to unseat Republican Sen. Jon Husted, launched an ad campaign labeling Husted the “face of data centers in Ohio.” It accused him of “cutting sweetheart tax deals” for tech companies during his time as lieutenant governor.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear reacted to news of a shooting at an outdoor concert in Lexington, Kentucky, on Saturday by saying that voters should elect Democrats to reduce or stop mass shootings.

Gov. Andy Beshear says the focus is now on finding a replacement for Network for Hope after U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. shut down the Kentucky-based organ donation group last week.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear on 'Pod Save America:' "By doing it in a way where we use common, everyday language, and we get rid of a lot of the advocacy speak that's been out there, and we communicate like normal human beings to normal human beings.