Kentucky
Senate 100% reporting
Candidate | Party | Votes | Pct. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rand Paul
|
Rep. | 755,411 | 55.7% | |
Jack Conway
|
Dem. | 599,843 | 44.3% |
House of Representatives
District | Democrat | Republican | Other | Reporting |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
28.8%
Hatchett
|
71.2%
Whitfield*
|
100% | |
2 |
32.1%
Marksberry
|
67.9%
Guthrie*
|
100% | |
3 |
54.7%
Yarmuth*
|
44.0%
Lally
|
1.3%
Other
|
100% |
4 |
30.5%
Waltz
|
69.5%
Davis*
|
100% | |
5 |
22.6%
Holbert
|
77.4%
Rogers*
|
100% | |
6 |
50.1%
Chandler*
|
49.9%
Barr
|
100% |
Mayor - Lexington 100% reporting
Candidate | Party | Votes | Pct. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Gray
|
— | 42,739 | 53.3% | |
Jim Newberry
|
— | 37,451 | 46.7% | Incumbent |
Mayor - Louisville 100% reporting
Candidate | Party | Votes | Pct. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Greg Fischer
|
Dem. | 131,136 | 51.0% | |
Hal Heiner
|
Rep. | 124,995 | 48.6% | |
Nimbus Couzin
|
Ind. | 498 | 0.2% | |
Jerry Mills
|
Ind. | 473 | 0.2% |
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State Highlights
In Kentucky, a majority of voters want the federal government to get out of the everyday lives of its citizens and let the private sector create jobs and provide health care to workers, and it elected Rand Paul, a political neophyte, to take its message to Washington.
Mr. Paul defeated Jack Conway, the Democratic state attorney general.
Mr. Paul ran as a Republican, but he made it clear that his allegiance was to the Tea Party.
In exit polls done by Edison Research, 6 of 10 voters said the economy was their biggest concern (Kentucky’s unemployment rate is above 10 percent), followed distantly by health care, the war in Afghanistan and illegal immigration.
The Republicans who hold four of Kentucky’s six House seats easily won re-election.
John Yarmuth, a two-term Democrat, easily retained his seat. Ben Chandler, a three-term Democrat who ended the night with a 600-vote advantage over Andy Barr, could face a second canvassing of the votes, in which state election officials would double-check voting machines and absentee ballots.
STEPHANIE STROM