Final local voting favors GOP in all races

After all of the county's 12 precincts and absentee ballots were tabulated, Republican candidates gained the most votes in all six Kentucky races on the ballot. In fact, Gov. Beshear received 340 fewer votes in the county than he did four years earlier in first taking the governor's mansion. However, statewide, the only GOP candidate to win was Commissioner of Agriculture-elect James Comer.

Though there were several write-in votes for the county surveyor position that went unfilled in last year's county election, no one had filed for the office. Since no one declared their candidacy for the position, the write-in votes were for naught. Incidentally, just over half of Kentucky's 120 counties have an elected county surveyor.

Below are the county totals, with the candidate with the most votes in Crittenden County in bold. Statewide, the races have not been decided.

Governor/Lieutenant Governer

(R) Williams/Farmer -1,020

(D) Beshear/Abramson - 942

(I) Galbraith/Riley - 105

Secretary of State

(R) Johnson - 1,019

(D) Grimes - 1,012

Attorney General

(R) P'Pool - 1,251

(D) Conway - 793

Auditor of Public Accounts

(R) Kemper - 1,202

(D) Edelen - 761

State Treasurer

(R) Crosbie - 1,163

(D) Hollenbach - 800

(L) Moellman, Jr. - 47

Commissioner of Agriculture

(R) Comer - 1,463

(D) Farmer - 580

A total of 2,082 of the county's 6,321 registered voters cast a ballot for a 32.9 percent turnout. County Clerk Carolyn Byford said the turnout was substantially more than she had expected.

The candidates in blue are the winners of the statewide race. Unofficial statewide results can be found by visiting the Kentucky Secretary of State's office.