Newly elected Governor of Kentucky stopped by Clinton County Friday to campaign to a group of people who gathered at the Corner Stone Restaurant. Bevin was one of several republicans to get elected on Tuesday.

A higher number of voters in Clinton County found time in a beautiful fall day to travel to the voting locations Tuesday and took the time to cast votes in a small but important lineup of state races.

In a contrast to what many of the most recent polls had indicated, including the most recent Bluegrass Poll, it was Republican nominee Matt Bevin who was elected to fill Kentucky’s highest elected position in Tuesday’s General Election voting.

Bevin and running mate Jenean Hampton, were declared the winners by the Associated Press Tuesday night shortly after 7:00 p.m., roughly about an hour after polls in the central time zone counties had closed.

With 95 of Kentucky’s 120 counties reporting to the Kentucky State Board of Election Tuesday night, Bevin held a comfortable lead of 52 percent with 429,484 votes to Conway’s 44 percent with 368,818 votes, while independent candidate Curtis had received 31,215 votes of just under four percent.

Clinton County voters were heavily in favor of the Republican Matt Bevin and Jenean Hampton duo as the choice to serve the next term as Kentucky’s Governor and Lt. Governor.

Locally, Bevin picked up 1,531 votes to 444 votes for Conway while just 30 voters cast ballots for the independent husband and wife team of Drew Curtis and Heather Curtis.

In Clinton County, with 7,417 registered voters eligible for Tuesday’s general election, there were a total of 2,058 ballots cast for nearly 28 percent.

Voters in Clinton County gave a heavy nod to a straight Republican lineup of candidates appearing in just six races – all of which were state offices, as no local or even district races were on Clinton County’s ballot Tuesday.

At press time Tuesday night, statewide results in three of the races were still too close to call, but in two additional races, victory had also been declared for two other Republican candidates shortly after 7:00 p.m.

In the race for Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture, Republican nominee Ryan F. Quarles was in command of a heavy lead over his Democrat opponent, Jean-Marie Lawson Spann.

With 95 of Kentucky’s 120 counties, Quarles held a lead of 475,218 votes (60 percent) over Spann with 323,630 votes.

Clinton County voters were the most favorable to the Republican candidate running for the office of Commissioner of Agriculture, Ryan F. Quarles, who received the most votes here Tuesday with 1,670.

That compared to just 301 votes for his opponent, Democrat nominee Jean-Marie Lawson Spann, with the least amount of votes received by any candidate from the two major parties that was on the ballot in Clinton County Tuesday.

Another race that was called for the Republican prior to press deadline was a win for Allison Ball over Democrat Rick Nelson in the race for Kentucky’s State Treasurer.

Ball also had 60 percent of the votes with 486,273 while Nelson had 317,232 for 40 percent.

In the race for Kentucky’s Secretary of State, Clinton County gave it’s nod to republican Stephen L. Knipper who finished with 1,476 votes to 485 votes to incumbent Alison Lundergan Grimes.

In the race for Kentucky Attorney General, Whitney Westerfield was heavily favored by Clinton County voters, receiving 1,552 local votes compared to Andy Beshear who received 406 votes.

Clinton County voters favored Republican Mike Harmon in his bid to become Kentucky’s Auditor of Public Accounts with 1,577 votes while Democrat Adam H. Edelen received 348 votes.

For the office of State Treasurer, Clinton County voters cast 1,629 votes for Republican Allison Ball, while Democrat Rick Nelson received 348 votes locally.

Readers are reminded that all vote totals mentioned in this article as well as those shown in the summary table on this page, are unofficial vote totals.

Vote totals will remain considered as unofficial until certified by the county and state board of elections.