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The people of Clark County have spoken through the ballot box and in some cases they spoke loudly in Tuesday’s primary election.

In five contested Republican primaries for seats on the Clark County Fiscal Court two incumbents fell.

Ernest Pasley defeated District 2 Magistrate Travis Thompson with 53.26 % of the vote.

Challenger Steve Craycraft defeated District 3 Magistrate Joe Graham and Larry G. Hall with 51.18 % of the vote.

Magistrate Daniel Konstantopoulos turned back a challenge from Steven Caudill in District 1 with 57.93 % of the vote.

In District 5, Magistrate Christopher M. Davis beat challenger David M. Stambaugh II with 65.06 % of the vote.

In the race for the Republican nomination to represent District 4, Mark Miller defeated Tom Korb with 72 % of the vote.

The current magistrate from District 4, Greg Elkins, lost his bid for the Republican nomination for Clark County Judge-Executive. Les Yates defeated Elkins and Robert A. Gayheart in the closest race of the night with 46.23 % of the votes. Only 17 votes–1298-1,281–separated Yates and Elkins in the tally.

On the Democratic side of things, Justin Charles defeated Vache’ King with 64.49 % of the vote.

Linda Jako cruised to the Republican nomination for Clark County Clerk. She received 60.33 % of the vote.

The following candidates moved on to the general election in November in the race for four seats on the Winchester board of Commissioners: Kitty Strode, Greg Yates, Shannon Cox, Hannah Toole, Paula Branham Thomas, Kenny Book, Robin Kunkel and John F. Flynn.

Thomas Weston Adams III captured 50.46 % of the vote in Clark County over Rory Houihan for the right to face Rep. Ryan Dotson in the general election for the 73rd District seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives. As of this writing, the race is still to close to call due to outstanding totals in Fayette County.

Clark County Judge-Executive 

Democrat

Justin Charles 1,475 – 64.39 %

Vache’ L. King 812 – 35.41 %

Republican

Les Yates 1,298 – 46.23 %

Greg Elkins 1,281 – 45.52 %

Robert A. Gayheart 229 – 8.16 %

Winchester City Commissioner (Non-Partisan)

Kitty Strode 1,137 – 17.21 %

Shannon J. Cox 1,110 – 16.80 %

Hannah T. Toole 840 – 12.71 %

John F. Flynn 839 – 12.70 %

Kenny Book 775 – 11.73%

Greg Yates 697 – 10.55 %

Paula Branham Thomas 633 – 9.58 %

Robin Kunkel 347 – 5.25 %

Roi A. Mayes 230 – 3.48 %

Clark County Fiscal Court

1st Magisterial District

Republican

Daniel Konstantopoulos 409 – 57.93 %

Steven Caudill 297 – 42.07 %

2nd Magisterial District

Republican

Ernest Pasley 319 – 53.26 %

Travis N. Thompson 280 – 46.74 %

3rd Magisterial District

Republican

Steven Craycraft 303 – 51.18 %

Joe Graham 195 – 32.94 %

Larry G. Hall 94 – 15.88 %

4th Magisterial District

Republican

Mark D. Miller 224 – 72.26 %

Tom Korb 86 – 27.74 %

5th Magisterial District

Democrat

Leonard Shortridge 189 – 67.26 %

William Jospeh Swope II 92 – 32.74 %

Republican

Christopher M. Davis 216 – 65.06 %

David M. Stambaugh II 116 – 34.94 %

Clark County Clerk

Republican

Linda Jako 1,521 – 60.33 %

Paula Edwards 565 – 22.41 %

Daniel E. Vetter 435 -17.26 %

Clark County Constable

2nd Magisterial District

Travis McIntosh 234 – 46.80 %

Brad James Wells 185 – 37.00 %

Zachary D. Pritchard 81 – 16.20 %

3rd Magisterial District

Shelby Toler II 401 – 74.40%

W. Gerald Ham 138 – 25.60 %

Kentucky House of Representatives-73rd Representative District

Democrat

Thomas Weston Adams II 1,099 – 50.46 %

Rory Houlihan 1,079 – 49.53 %

United States Senate

Democrat

Charles Booker 1,588 – 70.42 %

John Merrill 249 – 11.04 %

Joshua Wesley Blanton Sr. 248 – 11.00 %

Ruth Gao 170 – 7.54 %

Republicans

Rand Paul 2,524 – 89.50 %

Valerie Fredrick 89 – 3.16 %

Tami L. Stainfield 86 – 3.05 %

Paul V. Hamilton 54 – 1.91 %

Arnold Blankenship 45 – 1.60 %

John Schiess 22 – 0.78 %

United States House of Representatives-6th Congressional District

Democrat

Geoffrey Young 1,077 – 51.78 %

Chris Preece 1,003 – 48.22 %

Republican

Andy Barr  2,514 – 88.18 %

Dereke Petteys 337 11.82 %