The winners were known very quickly after the polls closed in Kentucky’s primary election Tuesday night and there were no big surprises.
As expected, Governor Andy Beshear won in a landslide to win the Democratic nomination as he will seek re-election in November.
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He believes his campaign will be more pro-Kentucky and pro-growth than the Republican arguments.
Governor Beshear will face Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who won by a large margin over second-place Ryan Quarles and third-place Kelly Craft.
Craft acknowledged she was disappointed by the negative turns the race took at times, but vowed to help Cameron win in November.
Quarles also urged Republicans to unite around the nominee in his concession speech.
Secretary of State Michael Adams easily held off a challenge in his own party from Republican Stephen Knipper and he’ll face Democrat Charles “Buddy” Wheatley in November. Adams spoke to KET and thanked members of the GOP for the strong support.
Republican Mark Metcalf won a three-way race for the nomination for treasurer over O.J. Oleka and Andrew Cooperrider and he’ll face Democrat Michael Bowman in the fall. Metcalf spoke to KET and says Kentucky needs to reign in spending.
Democrat Sierra Enlow won the Democratic nomination for Ag. Commissioner and she’ll face Republican Jonathan Shell, who won his primary.
Most of the winners also won the popular vote in Christian County, with the exceptions of Shell, as state Representative Richard Heath of Mayfield got more local votes; and Cooperider got the most votes in the treasurer race. The statewide results were also mostly reflected in Todd County, but Heath also got the most votes for Ag. commissioner there and Mikael Malone got more votes than Enlow in the Democratic primary for the same office. Trigg County’s support of Heath was the only outlier from the statewide results.
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