In Focus Kentucky continues its Conversations with the Candidates 2019 series.

Over the next several, host Mario Anderson we'll bring you interviews with each of the candidates who are asking for your vote for statewide office.

In this segment, Andy Beshear, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky joins the program to share why he is seeking election this November as the Democratic nomniee.

Beshear also also discusses his confidence level leading into the general election & reacts to the news that Purdue Pharma will be paying out a settlement worth up to $12 billion to resolve claims over its role in the opioid crisis.