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As he prepares to leave office next week, Kentucky Gov. Bevin sat down with WDRB's Lawrence Smith for a final interview. To hear him tell it, Bevin lost his re-election bid last month in part because "the left" mobilized and "harvested" votes on college campuses, public housing complexes and other urban centers.  The governor who tried to nationalize the race and piggyback on Kentuckians' affinity for President Trump now says he regrets how "polarized" the country is becoming based on geography, and suggests that some voters don't have "as much information and thoughtfulness as we would hope and want them to."

Bevin also discusses:

- What he considers his most significant accomplishment (and it's not about the economy and jobs)

- Why the state shouldn't promise pensions to future government workers

- Whether Braidy Industries, in which Bevin invested $15 million of state money, will build its aluminum plant in Ashland.

- Why his administration denied Louisville's Passport Health Plan a new, five-year Medicaid contract

- What he plans to do next

We play the full interview.

Smith's story: Touting the positives of his term, Gov. Bevin offers few regrets of 4 combative years in Frankfort