LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has defeated millionaire businessman Matt Bevin in an expensive and bruising primary election in Kentucky. He'll face Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes in the fall as he pursues his sixth term.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Alison Lundergan Grimes has won Kentucky's Democratic U.S. Senate nomination, setting up a highly anticipated race with Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell in November.
Kentucky's secretary of state easily won Tuesday's vote. She looks to be McConnell's toughest opponent since his first election in 1984, when he narrowly ousted Democrat Dee Huddleston. Recent polls show the two locked in a virtual tie.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky attorney general's office says its election fraud hotline has received 80 calls through midafternoon on primary election day — with the largest number of calls come in from Breathitt County. Some of the complaints involved electioneering too close to the polls, campaign violations and legal questions.
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U.S. Senate Dem - Primary
3,633 of 3,736 precincts - 97 percent
x-Alison Lundergan Grimes 298,740 - 76 percent
Gregory Leichty 31,902 - 8 percent
Burrel Farnsley 31,461 - 8 percent
Tom Recktenwald 29,030 - 7 percent
U.S. Senate GOP - Primary
3,633 of 3,736 precincts - 97 percent
x-Mitch McConnell (i) 205,006 - 60 percent
Matt Bevin 122,037 - 36 percent
Shawna Sterling 6,934 - 2 percent
Chris Payne 5,164 - 2 percent
Brad Copas 2,622 - 1 percent
U.S. House District 1 Dem - Primary
573 of 640 precincts - 90 percent
x-Charles Hatchett 34,982 - 55 percent
Wesley Bolin 28,359 - 45 percent
U.S. House District 3 Dem - Primary
607 of 608 precincts - 99 percent
x-John Yarmuth (i) 52,017 - 87 percent
Ray Pierce 7,746 - 13 percent
U.S. House District 5 Dem - Primary
703 of 734 precincts - 96 percent
x-Kenneth Stepp 38,266 - 59 percent
Billy Ray Wilson 26,752 - 41 percent
U.S. House District 6 Dem - Primary
633 of 633 precincts - 100 percent
x-Elisabeth Jensen 46,727 - 61 percent
Geoff Young 30,035 - 39 percent
AP Elections 05-20-2014 21:50
