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Kentucky Election Results

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Polls had barely closed in western Kentucky when the Associated Press made its determination: Kentucky would be the first state declared for President Donald J Trump. More than 60 percent of voters chose the Republican incumbent over Democrat Joe Biden.

And that’s a trend that continued all down the ballot — all across the state.

Eleanor Klibanoff tells us how the commonwealth voted on an election day unlike any other.

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