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Beshear's Income Tax Returns Show He Made $252,000

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear

Governor Steve Beshear and his wife have released their 2012 state and federal income tax returns showing their total income was just more than $252,000.

That includes the governor's nearly $133,000 salary from the state, plus nearly $56,000 in dividends, more than $37,000 in capital gains and more than $25,000 in Social Security benefits.

Beshear released his income tax returns on Tuesday, as he has done each year since he became governor in 2007.

The Beshears' total income grew by more than $50,000 over 2011.