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Locals favor Clinton heavily
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 11:35 AM EDT
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| Voters in the Sardis precinct entered their polling place Tuesday to cast their votes. -- Terry Prather/Staff |
In Mason County, more than 41 percent of registered Democrats went to the polls Tuesday, with more than 72 percent of those naming Clinton as their choice, 2,399 to 779 for Obama. In the race for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Mitch McConnell, Bruce Lunsford garnered the most votes from Democrats with 1,733 to 688 for his closest contender, Greg Fischer. Totals for the remainder included 142 for David Williams, 142 for James E. Rice, 60 for David Wylie, 56 for Michael Cassaro and 48 for Kenneth Stepp.
Mason County Republicans turned out at a meager 13.6 percent, with the majority casting ballots for the party's assumed presidential candidate Sen. John McCain at 284 votes. Totals for other presidential candidates included 41 for Mike Huckabee, 29 for Mitt Romney, 27 for Ron Paul, 26 uncommitted, 11 for Alan Keyes and 7 for Rudy Giuliani. McConnell won an overwhelming majority in the Senate race with 398 votes to 33 for contender David Essek.
U.S. Rep. Geoff Davis was opposed by three fellow Republicans in the primary but still came out on top with 372. His closest opponent, Warren Stone received 25 votes with Gerald Puckett receiving 21.
Although registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats in Lewis County by a margin of almost three to one, only 16 percent of those Republicans went to the polls Tuesday while 36.6 percent of the county's Democrats cast ballots. McCain was the winner on GOP ballots with 808 votes to 121 for Huckabee and 84 uncommitted. In the U.S. Senate contest, McConnell was favored by 962 voters to 158 for Essek and Davis was the choice of 916 voters to 104 for Puckett and 93 for Stone.
Lewis County Democrats gave Clinton her most lop-sided win in the area, with 87 percent, or 753 votes to 80 for Obama. Lunsford was also the choice for Democrats with 434 votes to 182 for Fischer and 36 for Rice.
Fleming County reported a 32 percent voter turnout in Tuesday's election, with Clinton capturing 83 percent of the votes in the Democratic presidential nominee race with 2,450 compared to 12.9 percent for Obama with 381 votes; Edwards received 59 votes and 59 voters were uncommitted. McCain received 351 votes on Republican ballots and Huckabee received 46, Paul 21, Romney 19, Giuliani, 8 and Keyes 7, and 22 uncommitted votes.
Republican Davis came out the winner in the 4th District Congressional race with 398 votes in Fleming County compared to 39 votes for Puckett and 27 for Stone.
McConnell beat Essek by a vote of 427 to 48 for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination and Democratic challenger Lunsford received 1,830 in his bid for McConnell's seat; his closest opponent, Fischer received 633 votes.
In Bracken County, 36 percent of registered Democrat voters turned out to give Clinton a win by a 76.7 percent margin to 15.8 percent for Obama; Clinton garnered 1,332 votes to Obama's 275.
Lunsford received 989 votes to Fischer's 280 in his Democratic bid to oust McConnell while the incumbent senator won favor with 155 voters compared to 14 for Essek. Davis won by a wide margin against his closet opponent Puckett with 149 votes to 11 votes.
Almost 37 percent of registered Democrats went to the polls in Robertson County, with 74 percent of those casting ballot for Clinton, giving the senator a 387 to 90 win over Obama. In the race for the nomination for U.S. Senate on the Democratic side of the ballot, Lunsford came out on top with 277 votes followed by Fischer with 126, Williams with 21 and Rice with 19.
Only 14 percent of the county's registered Republicans voted, giving presumptive nominee the nod in the presidential primary with 23 votes, followed by Huckabee with three and Paul and uncommitted with two each. Incumbents McConnell and Davis were also heavily favored by voters, each winning in their respective races.
Managing editor Mary Ann Kearns and news editor Marla Toncray contributed to this report.
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