Bevin, Beshear earn nod in state governor race
Published 10:09 am Thursday, May 23, 2019
The table for November’s election was set on Tuesday. In one of the most anticipated races in Kentucky, Democrat Andy Beshear — son of former governor Steve Beshear — will take on incumbent Matt Bevin for the governor seat. Beshear edged out Rocky Adkins, Adam Edelen and Geoffrey Young in the primary. Bevin defeated Robert Goforth, William Woods and Ike Lawrence to earn the Republican nomination.
In the race for attorney general, Daniel Cameron defeated Wil Schroder after earning 55.3 percent of the vote to claim the Republican nomination. He will battle Greg Stumbo, who was unopposed.
In the secretary of state race, Democrat Heather French Henry, who won in a landslide after claiming 71 percent of the vote, will take on Republican Michael Adams. Democrat Sheri Donahue will battle incumbent Mike Harmon (who was unopposed) for the state auditor seat, and Democrat Michael Bowman and incumbent Allison Ball (who was unopposed) will duel for the state treasurer seat.
Incumbent Ryan Quarles will take on Democrat Robert Haley Conway for the agriculture commissioner seat.
While all these races were determined on a statewide level, voters in Bell County showed up to have their voices heard. It was a low turnout as roughly 8.1 percent of registered voters came out on Tuesday to vote.
Those who did turnout to vote decided that Goforth, who received 972 votes, was a better option for governor than Bevin. On the Democratic side of the governor race, Bell Countians agreed with the state in giving Beshear the majority vote (414) compared to Adkins’ 366 votes.
Below are the complete election results out of Bell County:
Governor
Republican
Matt Bevin (Incumbent) – 600
Robert Goforth – 972
Ike Lawrence – 29
William Woods – 59
Democrat
Rocky Adkins – 366
Andy Beshear – 414
Adam Edelen – 127
Geoffrey Young – 20
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Secretary of State
Republican
Michael G. Adams – 709
Andrew English – 327
Stephen L. Knipper – 229
Carl Nett – 126
Democrat
Jason S. Belcher – 179
Jason Griffith – 164
Heather French Henry – 446
Geoff Sebesta – 20
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Commissioner of Agriculture
Republican
Bill Polyniak – 335
Ryan F. Quarles (Incumbent) – 1130
Democrat
Robert Haley Conway – 559
Joe Trigg – 203
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Attorney General
Republican
Daniel Cameron – 830
Wil Schroder – 651
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Auditor of Public Accounts
Democrat
Kelsey Hayes Coots – 271
Drew Curtis – 129
Sheri Donahue – 245
Chris Tobe – 102
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State Treasurer
Democrat
Michael Bowman – 534
Josh Mers – 203