Sanders, winners in downticket races carry county in primary election

Hillary Clinton earned a narrow victory in Kentucky's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday, but Bernie Sanders carried Crittenden County.

The two favorites – and presumptive statewide winners – in each party's senatorial race also carried the county convincingly. Republican Rand Paul outdistanced his nearest opponent in a three-way race by 578 votes, while Democrat Jim Gray bested the nearest of his six competitors by 378 ballots.

Meantime, James Comer appears to have sewn up the Congressional District 1 nomination for Republicans. He also carried the county by 123 votes over Mike Pape, his closest challenger.

For complete statewide election results with totals and maps depicting the counties carried by each candidates, visit the Kentucky Secretary of State's website.

Countywide results are as follows:

DEMOCRAT
PRESIDENT
Bernie Sanders - 344
Hillary Clinton - 240
Uncommitted - 67
Martin O'Malley - 14
Rocky De La Fuente - 9

U.S. SENATE
Jim Gray - 446
Ron Leach - 68
Jeff Kender - 40
Sellus Wilder - 37
Grant Short - 19
Tom Recktenwald - 18
Rory Houlihan - 15

REPUBLICAN
U.S. SENATE
Rand Paul - 668
James Gould - 90
Stephen Slaughter - 25

U.S HOUSE, 1ST DISTRICT
James Comer - 393
Mike Pape - 270
Jason Batts - 115
Miles Caughey Jr. - 17