Booker and Barr to face off for U.S. Senate seat in November election

We have our match up for who will be on the November ballot to replace outgoing U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, following Tuesday’s primary election.

Current U.S. Representative Andy Barr of the 6th Congressional District is the Republican candidate, after he defeated a crowded field of opponents, including former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. According to the Kentucky Secretary of State’s Office, the unofficial numbers show that of the 468,975 votes cast statewide in the Republican primary, Barr received 60 percent of those votes.

Cameron claimed 31 percent of the votes, and Michael Faris claimed a distant third with two percent of the vote, with eight other Republican candidates receiving less than that.

Speaking with supporters Tuesday night, Barr says his attention now turns to November, but he’s feeling pretty confident. He says he has hope in the future of this country, and wants to be there to see the brighter days ahead.

Meanwhile, on the democratic side of that ballot, Charles Booker defeated his opposition to claim the Democrat candidate spot in the November. Of the 332,551 votes case in the Democrat primary, Booker received 47 percent of them, defeating the frontrunner, Amy McGrath. McGrath received 36 percent of the votes, while Kentucky State Representative Pamela Stevenson claimed six percent, and the other four candidates receiving four percent or less.

Booker wasted no time Tuesday, saying he intends to take this fight all the way to Washington D.C. He says this was more than a race for office—he says this is a mission to bring America back together as a united nation.

Incumbent Republican James Comer easily won his primary in the First Congressional District for U.S. Representative, beating three challengers. He will go on to face James “Drew” Williams in the November General Election.

Kentucky as a whole saw a 25 percent voter turnout for the primary, which means that of the over 3.3 million registered voters, 863,950 took part in the election. In Christian County, turnout was roughly 16 percent, while Trigg County saw a 30 percent turnout and Todd County reported a 21 percent turnout.