A total of 19,643 voters made their way to the polls for Tuesday鈥檚 primary election, which accounts for 24.75% of Fayette County鈥檚 electorate, said Mary Beth Kuznik, director of the county鈥檚 election bureau. Both parties had similar turnouts, with 9,842 Democrats voting and 9,801 ...
After fending off a Republican challenger going for his 50th House seat during Tuesday鈥檚 primary, state Rep. Bud Cook is now on the 鈥渨arpath鈥� looking to take on GOP leaders and area politicians who backed his opponent. 鈥淚t鈥檚 time. I鈥檓 on the warpath,鈥� Cook said Tuesday night ...
With the presidential nominees locked, election officials went into Tuesday not expecting a high voter turnout. As of mid-afternoon, their expectations were right on target. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not anywhere as busy as a presidential primary would normally be if the race had been contested,鈥� said ...
George 鈥淗uck鈥� Rattay, a lifelong resident of Fayette County, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the 51st Legislative District seat. 鈥淔ayette County has rewarded me with good fortune,鈥� Rattay said, 鈥渁nd this is now an opportunity to devote my time and energy to ...
There will likely be a slew of competitive congressional and state House races in the region for this year鈥檚 general election, although there is only a sprinkling of contested races for the upcoming April 23 primary. Tuesday was the last day to circulate and file nomination petitions with ...
