LOUISVILLE, Ky. -  Even though Governor Matt Bevin is asking for a recanvass of the general election results, Andy Beshear is preparing for the transition into the Governor’s office.

Andy Beshear announced Deputy Attorney General J. Michael Brown will chair his transition team. 

“Last night the election ended, it ended and it’s time to move forward with a smooth transition,” Beshear said. “We are here to do so we can do the people’s business.”

The unofficial election night results have Andy Beshear besting Matt Bevin by 5,086 votes making him the apparent winner, however Bevin has not conceded the election—and while candidates are not required to concede elections the possibility of a recanvas could change the results although it is unlikely it would skew the election into the Republican’s favor. During his speech Tuesday night Bevin cited irregularities with the election results—but has not specified further what those are.

“I don’t what information is he working off of, but 5,000 votes isn’t terribly close—80 something votes was the primary four years ago,” Beshear said. “We are confident in the outcome of the election.”

Beshear said Wednesday he still had not heard from Bevin but it was time to put politics aside and look toward the future of Kentucky.

“This isn’t about politics anymore that ended last night,” Beshear said. “This is about being the best governor I can be for the people of Kentucky. And it’s about changing the tone that we have heard in Frankfort for the last four years.”

Beshear vowed once again to have a very busy first week in office, promising to rescind the Medicaid 1115 waiver, reappoint a new State Board of Education and sign an executive order to automatically restore the voting rights of non-violent former felons.

Many national pundits are looking at the results of the Kentucky election and linking it to the national race in 2020, trying to tie Bevin’s loss to possible trouble for President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Beshear has said he is not putting any thought to that.

“I think this race is about our families wanting someone that cares about then that reflects their values and that is focused on those issues that they are anxious about at the end of the day, and those are public education, pensions, health care, and jobs,” Beshear said. “I’m not worried about what national pundits or national Democrats are saying I’m worried about our families here in Kentucky and making sure I do a good job for them.”

The rest of constitutional offices went soundly Republican, including the race for attorney general which saw Mitch McConnell protégé Daniel Cameron win the election by 15 points despite Democrats' efforts to link him to the unpopular senator.

With Beshear presumably the governor-elect he will have to step down from his role as attorney general, Beshear says has reached out to Attorney General-elect Cameron to discuss who to appoint in that position but stopped short at saying whether Cameron could be appointed into the position early.

“He won that election I want to make sure I get his thoughts,” Beshear said. “That’s about changing the tone where we can all work together and I want to make sure he has some input in that.”

The inauguration is December 10.