THERE WERE NO REAL “SHOCKERS” IN TUESDAY’S PRIMARY ELECTION, THOUGH ELKTON BUSINESSMAN AND HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER BILL JOHNSON DID “EEK OUT” A WIN OVER REPUBLICAN OPPONENT HILDA LEGG BY A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND VOTES STATEWIDE THANKS IN LARGE PART TO STRONG PERFORMANCES IN THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE.
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STATE SENATE PRESIDENT DAVID WILLIAMS HAD LITTLE TROUBLE IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND ACROSS THE STATE IN DISPATCHING TEA PARTY CANDIDATE PHIL MOFFETT, AND SAID THERE WILL BE NO MORE “MISTER NICE GUY” WHEN IT COMES TO THE NOVEMBER CAMPAIGN AGAINST INCUMBENT GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR.
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INCUMBENT TREASURER TODD HOLLENBACH HAD NO TROUBLE IN DEFEATING FORMER HOPKINSVILLE RESIDENT STEVE HAMRICK IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, WHILE JOHN KEMPER III WILL FACE ADAM EDELEN IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION FOR AUDITOR AFTER HE EASILY DEFEATED ADDIA WUCHNER.
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STATE REPRSENTATIVE JAMES COMER WON THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER WITH THE HEAVY SUPPORT OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND WILL FACE ROBERT FARMER WHO WON CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND THE STATE ON THE DEOMCRATIC SIDE.
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VOTER TURNOUT STATEWIDE WAS ONLY A LITTLE OVER 10 PERCENT, AND WAS AROUND 7 PERCENT IN CHRISTIAN COUNTY, WITH NO LINES REPORTED ANYWHERE LOCALLY AT ANY PRECINCT.
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CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CATHY JOHNSON HAS RESIGNED FROM THAT POSITION AS OF JUNE 30, WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ALREADY POSTING HER JOB ON ITS WEBSITE TUESDAY.
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