
A Number of Incumbents Lose Their Primary Race
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A number of incumbents lose their primary race.
Self-proclaimed liberty candidates clinched the victory in three races yesterday, knocking off two incumbents and one former lawmaker.
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A Number of Incumbents Lose Their Primary Race
Clip: Season 2 Episode 257 | 5m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Self-proclaimed liberty candidates clinched the victory in three races yesterday, knocking off two incumbents and one former lawmaker.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipMost of the races are now set for the fall after yesterday's Kentucky primary.
We already know at least three incumbents won't be returning to the state capitol to serve in the General Assembly after they lost primaries yesterday.
So-called Liberty candidates won some races and lost others.
All of Kentucky's incumbent U.S. House members easily won renomination, and there are a few races still too close to call.
We'll get to all of that shortly.
First, the races where incumbents and a former legislator lost in yesterday's voting.
Our Clayton Dalton takes a look at three Republican primaries where self-proclaimed Liberty candidates clinched the victory.
Here's more as we kick off tonight's primary election recap.
Incumbents are people who hold political office and are running for reelection.
They have certain advantages like name recognition, political experience and strong fundraising numbers that make it difficult for challengers to beat them in an election.
But it's not impossible.
And a few state legislature races in last night's election showed that in Kentucky's 45th House district, made up of parts of Fayette and jessamine counties.
Incumbent Killian Timoney was handily beat by his challenger, Thomas Jefferson.
I've never held any public office.
I was in the car business for 38 years.
I held every position you could have from salesman to finance to being a general manager of a couple stores.
So experience wise, maybe not political, but getting to know people and understanding people and trying to solve solutions and work together will help me in politics itself.
State Senator Adrian Southworth represents Kentucky's seventh Senate District, which is made up of Anderson, Shelby, Henry and a sliver of Jefferson County.
She's only served a single term, and voters chose not to grant her a second one.
She came up third in a three way race that's still too close to call.
And although we know she won't be returning to the state Senate in January, we don't yet know which of her competitors, Aaron Reed or Ed Galvin, will be the Republican nominee in November's general election.
In northern Kentucky, 66 House District in Boone County, T.J. Roberts, a young candidate with a libertarian tilt, bested Ed Massey.
Massey is not an incumbent, but he is a former legislator with name recognition.
Still, Roberts emerged victorious.
In I fundamentally believe that we need a government that is small enough to fit inside of the Constitution, and we do not have it.
We've never had it in my lifetime.
I don't think we've ever had it even in my mother's lifetime.
We have overarching we let government take over the roles of society where faith, where families, where communities are better situated to resolve those issues.
I want to show that young conservatives, we are the next generation that's going to truly restore our republic.
We're going to restore the vision of the Founding Fathers.
I'm just a small part of that.
Three political newcomers now advance to the general election in November.
Their last step to win a seat in the Kentucky General Assembly.
For Kentucky Edition, I'm Clayton Dalton.
Thank you, Clayton.
As of late this afternoon, several races were still too close to call.
That includes the Democratic primary for House district 36.
William woody zorn is ahead of Colon or Colin McDowell by just five votes.
And just a little more than an hour ago, the Associated Press declared a winner.
And the Democratic primary for House District 30 incumbent State Representative Daniel Grossberg holds on to his seat with a 50 vote margin and House District 40 incumbent Nima Konkani received 78% of the vote against William Zeitz.
But in this race, the courts will have the final say.
A past opponent filed suit against Democrat Co Carney saying one of the two witnesses on her filing papers was not a registered Democrat as the law requires.
A lower court ruled for Kulkarni, then an appeals court ruled against her.
The state Supreme Court allowed her votes to be counted, but she can't be certified the winner until the case against her is decided by the state's highest court.
Now turning to Kentucky six, a US congressional seat.
Representative Thomas Massie easily won his GOP primary and the fourth District with no Democratic opponent in the fall.
Massie's primary victory means he'll have another term in November.
Republican Representative Hal Rogers in Kentucky's fifth District also won, and Democratic Representative Morgan McGarvie and the third Congressional District easily won his primary.
He has a Republican opponent, Mike Craven, that he'll face off in November.
Republican Representatives James Comer and the First District, Brett Guthrie and the Second District and Andy Barr in the Sixth District were all unopposed.
Each will face a Democratic chal
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