With a 59% voter turnout, and a strong showing in early voting, lines weren’t long in Trigg County Tuesday.
By 7:45 PM, County Clerk Carmen Finley and her staff were wrapping the tape — celebrating what she called “a successful, special turnout” from the community.
For 5th District State Representative, Trigg County served incumbent Mary Beth Imes (Rep.) well, as she carried more than 2,600 votes to beat former teacher Lauren Hines (Dem.), 2,627 to 850.
In the race for U.S. Representatives and the 1st Congressional District, incumbent Republican James Comer led young upstart Democratic candidate Erin Marshall 5,509 to 1,633.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Comer — currently the chairman of the House Oversight Committee — thanked the good people of Kentucky’s First District, noting his ticket won by 50 percentage points and carried all 35 counties. He said he looks forward to working another two years on behalf of the “hardworking, tax-paying citizens” to bring common sense and transparency to D.C.
Other Trigg County factoids:
— More than 2,800 Trigg Countians voted straight-ticket Republican, while more than 900 voted straight-ticket Democratic.
— Former U.S. President Donald Trump (Rep.) outpaced current Vice President Kamala Harris (Dem.) by a more than 3-to-1 margin: 5,436 to 1,667.
— Brian Futrell’s city council votes were unable to be counted due to his reported service ineligibility, but he still garnered 468 tallies. The council will, thus, all be incumbents: Susie Hendricks, Susan Bryant, Todd Wallace, Tim Bridges, Bob Noel and Brenda Price. Hendricks at 590, Bryant at 552 and Price at 544 were the top three vote-getters.
— The questions of medical cannabis were emphatically answered by both Cadiz and Trigg County residents. For the city, potential cultivation and its possible sale passed 690 to 336. For outside the city’s limits, it passed 4,399 to 2,568. Citizens had to vote for both options, regardless of address, and the topic of medical cannabis and its availability in Trigg County seems far less divisive, at least on paper, than when the liquor vote came to attention more than a decade ago.
— Trigg Countians joined the other 119 municipalities in the Commonwealth in voting “no” on Amendment 2, and it wasn’t close. The law, which offered suggestive language regarding the Kentucky General Assembly’s right to change the state constitution and offer public tax dollars to private schools, failed 4,475 to 2,498.
— Lisa Fuller Thomas, incumbent Trigg County Circuit Clerk, ran unopposed, and also garnered the most votes of anyone in this election: 6,012.
— Incumbent 1st Appellate District 2nd Division Judge Lisa Payne Jones edged Jason Shea Fleming in Trigg County, 2,651 to 2,556. A margin of less than 100.
