While Governor Bashir won.

As we said, Republicans won all the down ballot races and comfortable fashion.

Now, let's start with Attorney General Russell Coleman, a former U.S. attorney and FBI agent, defeated State Representative Pamela Stephenson, 58 to 42% during Coleman's victory speech last night in Louisville.

His emphasis, as you would expect, was on crime.

For the neighborhoods in West Louisville, struggling to address violence for rural counties and small towns, fearful that Washington's radical agenda is attacking our values and our way of life.

For the parents across Kentucky who lay awake even this evening worrying about their kids, that they may fall victim to the poison that we're seeing flow from over a porous southwest border.

And for the law enforcement leaders who risk their lives every day, who be out there on dark country roads and answering calls this evening when we're in our beds safe tonight.

I see you.

I hear you.

And I will represent all of you.

Republican Michael Adams won a second term as secretary of state.

He defeated former State Representative Charles Buddy Wheatley with more than 60% of the vote.

Adams ended up being the top vote getter of anyone on the ballot yesterday.

Last night, Adams told the crowd his approach to being secretary of state could serve as a guide to other offices.

If we can boldly take Kentucky from the bottom to the top in election reform, why can't we do the same with education, with public safety, with quality of life, with social mobility?

The answer is we absolutely can.

Outgoing state Treasurer Alison Ball beat Kim Reeder, the Democrat, to become the next state auditor.

Ball won 61 to 39%.

Republican Ball says her experience as treasurer will serve her well as state auditor.

I've had a few things that I've gotten to be a part of.

I returned $174 million of unclaimed property while in office, I pushed to get a high school requirement to teach financial literacy as part of your graduation before you can graduate from school in Kentucky.

That is now the law of the land and something I believe is going to have a generational impact for years to come.

And of course, I have been that watchdog of taxpayer dollars.

I'm ready to go protect against waste, fraud and abuse, serve you and do the job the way it's supposed to be done.

Alison Ball will be replaced as state treasurer by Mark Metcalf, the Garret County attorney.

He won over Democrat Michael Bowman 57 to 43%.

We caught up with Metcalf at his victory celebration and Garret County.

Metcalf said he hopes his victory inspires other rural Kentuckians to seek statewide elected office.

We have campaigned across the state, standing tall for the working men and women of Kentucky, the bricklayer, the carpenter for the farmer, the policeman in the coal mine.

And I intend to work just as hard then as your state treasurer, because I have campaigned for this office.

I believe very much that what we've accomplished tonight will have the kind of impact that will lead other rural Kentuckians to declare for office in positions of leadership across this great Commonwealth of ours.

And without your assistance tonight, that would not have been possible.

I remain proud and devoted son of this great county and equally of this great commonwealth.

Metcalf said that he would work with Democratic Governor Andy Beshear over the next four years for the best interest of Kentuckians and Kentucky will get a new agriculture commissioner in January after Ryan Carol served two terms.

His replacement will be Jonathan Schell, who beat Democrat Sierra Enloe.

Schell is a former Kentucky House majority floor leader.

He also celebrated his win last night in Garrett County and his victory speech laid out his vision for the commonwealth while taking aim at President Joe Biden.

I will wake up every single day with these goals in mind to make Kentucky a better place to live and raise a family, a more free commonwealth to worship our God without fear of ridicule from those that believe that we are backwards and stupid.

To make Kentucky a place where regulation is meant to keep us safe, not penalize us for making a profit, and to make Kentucky a place where if you grow corn, beans and wheat, cattle, pigs and chickens, that you can do it freely and have a chance to provide for your family, to make Kentucky a place where, you know without a doubt that you are free.

And we respect those sacrifices made by generations past and by those serving today to keep us free.

But to do these things, we have to stop Biden and save Kentucky.

And if it makes you uncomfortable and you don't think that's what we have to do, we live in two different countries today.

If you missed any of Ted's three hour election coverage last night or you want to see more of the candidate's speeches, you can just go to our website, call it up online on demand at dawn, slash elections.