Almost Half of Caldwell’s Voters Show Up at the Polls

Voter turnout was just above what was expected in Caldwell County during the General Election Tuesday but citizens still let their decision be known on Kentucky Governor and various other state offices.
Caldwell County Clerk Toni Watson says that voter turn out was about the same as the General Election in November 2018 in which Caldwell County had near record voter participation.

She adds that the county seemed to stick to their party throughout the entire ballot, with almost half the voters voting their straight party, with 69.99% of those voting Republican, 29.32% voting Democrat, and .70% voting Libertarian.
In the Governor race, voters in Caldwell County overwhelmingly voted for incumbent Governor Matt Bevin at just over 64% compared to around 34% for Attorney General Andy Beshear. Statewide, however, Kentucky seemed to favor Beshear, though as of 9PM Tuesday night a clear winner had not been determined due to an extremely narrow margin.
Caldwell voters did see eye to eye with other western Kentucky voters electing Shea Nickell over Whitney Westerfield by a 61.60% to 38.4% vote within the county. Nickell went on to secure the open District 1 Kentucky Supreme Court Justice seat left empty following Justice Bill Cunningham’s retirement earlier in the year by a 56% to 44% vote.
Caldwell voters continued to favor Republican candidates voting for Daniel Cameron over Greg Stumbo for Attorney General with a 68.19% to 33.31% vote. Statewide, Cameron was declared the winner by a 57.7% to 42.3% vote. Caldwell County voted for Michael Adams for Secretary of State at almost 67% compared to Heather French Henry’s 33%. Statewide, Michael Adams cinched the win with a 52.2% over Henry’s 47.8%.
Voters in Caldwell continued to vote with the state, voting for incumbent Agricultural Commissioner Ryan Quarles at 70.92% of the vote compared to 27.05% for Robert Conway and 2.03% for Josh Gilpin. Statewide, Quarles finished the race with a 58.2% vote, compared to 38.7% and 3.2% vote for Conway and Glipin, respectfully. In the race for Kentucky Treasurer, incumbent Allison Ball received 72.34% of Caldwell’s votes while Michael Bowman received 27.66%. Statewide, Ball kept her position with a 60.6% vote compared to Bowman’s 39.4%. In the final race of the night, incumbent State Auditor Mike Harmon took Caldwell with a 68.17% vote compared to 29.21% for Sheri Donahue and 2.61% for Kyle Hugenberg. Statewide, Harmon was re-elected with a 55.6% vote, while Donahue received 41% of the vote and Hugenberg received 3.3%.
As of 10PM Tuesday an official result for Kentucky Governor had not been determined, however many national and state media outlets declared Beshear the winner. At Bevin’s campaign headquarters in Louisville Bevin declared that he would not concede until the results were announced according to the law.
For more election results you can visit Decision 2019 – General Election at wkdzradio.com.

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