WAVE) LOUISVILLE KY Tuesday night’s primary election in Kentucky has results for over 130 races. Big winners, big losers, and even a few surprises were revealed that evening.
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By 7 p.m., the Associated Press had declared the winner of both the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries. It was anticipated that both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden would win, but the exact margin was unclear.
Given that neither candidate faced much opposition, the most intriguing aspect of this election was the difference in victory margins for each.
Republican voters appeared to view President Donald Trump more favorably than Democratic voters did President Joe Biden. In the primary this year, over 25% of Kentucky Democrats cast ballots for someone else or as “uncommitted.”
In opposition to President Biden’s handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a large number of Democratic voters nationwide have cast “uncommitted” ballots in the primary elections.
Even though some Republicans did cast ballots against Trump on Tuesday, the former president received roughly 85% of the vote, compared to roughly 71% for Biden.
In the Louisville area, all of the races for congressional seats turned out largely as predicted.
With ease, Congressman Morgan McGarvey of Kentucky’s third congressional district defeated his opponents.
In the meantime, incumbent Thomas Massie of Kentucky’s fourth congressional district only needed to defeat two rival Republicans to win back his seat in the US House of Representatives. Despite significant funding from rival advocacy groups in the area running negative television commercials, Massie won handily with almost three-quarters of the vote.
This year, there were multiple state Senate seats up for grabs, including multiple in Louisville.
In Kentucky’s 33rd Senate district, Gerald Neal, the current Senate Minority Leader, was running for a tenth term in office. The Associated Press declared the contest for Neal at 8:15 p.m., after he defeated Attica Scott, a former state representative.
In the interim, Republican Adrienne Southworth, the current state senator representing Kentucky’s seventh Senate district, was the biggest loser in the Louisville area. It appeared that Southworth, who has had difficulty gaining traction within her own party in Frankfort, finished third out of the three Republicans running for office.
Both Ed Gallrein and Aaron Reed defeated Southworth by double digits. However, there is confusion between the other
As of 11:00 p.m., the races for the state’s House of Representatives were still uncalled.
In Kentucky’s 40th house district, Democratic Representative Nima Kulkarni received roughly 78% of the vote, but she was not proclaimed the winner. This is because, as a result of a mistake she made when filing for reelection, she is presently in legal limbo while the Kentucky Supreme Court deliberates over whether or not she is even qualified to run for office.
Daniel Grossberg, the Democratic incumbent in House District 30, and Mitra Subedi, her opponent, were separated by just fifty votes. The Associated Press decided not to call the game by 11 p.m. because the margin was that narrow.
