Russ, Swift, and Raymer victorious in closely-watched races
The hard-fought Republican primary in BC has come to an end and Wayne Russ, Kenny Swift and Rebecca Raymer were all victorious in what were arguably the most closely-watched races this political season. Russ edged out Dana Phelps, his closest competitor, 753 to 649. Ralph Spohn finished a distant third (587 votes) with Jody Henderson, Chris Reneer and Timmy Givens rounding out the field.
Swift tallied 1,063 votes to defeat Bob Annis and Jared Evans, who garnered 837 and 702 votes, respectively. Shanda Phelps Lovell Rebecca Jacobs trailed the top three vote getters, finishing in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
In an open State Representative race, Butler County’s Rebecca Raymer received 2,264 votes in the county to 605 votes for Timothy Dukes. Although Raymer lost to Dukes in Muhlenberg County, her Butler County margin was more than enough for her to secure the win. Raymer will face a Democratic opponent in the fall.
Other winners in Tuesday’s primary election were Tim Flener in the JE race; Stevie Givens, Kevin Phelps and David Whittinghill (by only 6 votes in a rematch with Osei Thomas) in magistrate races. Winners in the various constable races were Steven Wayne Johnson, Tony Givens, and Dustin Coots.
Complete election results are below:
State Representative:
Rebecca Raymer 2,264
Timothy Dukes 605
PVA:
Shanda Phelps Lovell 181
Kenny Swift 1,063
Rebecca Jacobs 137
Jarrod Evans 702
James Robert “Bob” Annis 837
County Judge/Executive:
Tim Flener 2,421
Joey Franzell 486
Jailer:
Ralph Spohn 579
Jody Henderson 387
Timmy Givens 265
Dana Phelps 649
Chris Reneer 278
Wayne Russ 753
1st District Magistrate:
Trenton Shain 151
Stevie Givens 241
1st District Constable:
Harold Todd Meredith 61
James Thomason 124
Steven Johnson 180
2nd District Magistrate:
Robert Cunningham 195
Kevin Phelps 416
3rd District Constable:
Tony Givens 350
Jeffery Barks 306
4th District Magistrate:
Osei Thomas 277
David Whittinghill 283
5th District Constable:
Curtis Holland 29
Joey Dockery 84
Dustin Coots 261
Charles Childres 50
Lonnie Alford 225
United States Senator: Rand Paul 2,391
United States Representative: Brett Guthrie 2,427.
If the photos below are hard to see, the following link will allow you to download a PDF: Full Election Results.pdf