More than two months have passed since President Joe Biden was considered the likely Democratic presidential candidate in 2024, but the incumbent received less than three-quarters of the vote in the Kentucky Democratic presidential primary.
based on result According to previous reports, Biden received more than 131,000 votes, with more than 32,000 people voting unopposed, more than 11,000 people voting for Marianne Williamson, and more than 8,000 people voting unopposed. I voted for Congressman Dean Phillips of Minnesota, who is no longer running.
Kentucky has been a reliably red state in presidential elections for 20 years.
“Kentucky conducts closed primaries. Kentucky law requires that anyone who wishes to vote in the Democratic or Republican primary must indicate their party affiliation by December 31st of the year before the next primary. That has to change,” the paper said. vrsws.sos.ky.gov.
Former President Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, won the majority of the votes in Kentucky’s Republican presidential primary.
However, current results show Trump receiving more than 214,000 votes, while former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who withdrew from the primary earlier this year, received more than 16,000 votes and more than 8,000 votes. voted unopposed, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other former Republican presidential primary candidates also receiving some votes.
Kentucky is a reliably Republican state in presidential elections. Contest For 20 years, he was the Republican candidate in every election from 2000 to 2020.
Incumbent Republican Congressman Thomas Massey at work For more than a decade, he easily won primary elections in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District.
“Tonight’s victory is a referendum on the thousands of independent votes I cast in Washington, D.C., representing Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District,” he said. statement. “I look forward to continuing the fight for personal freedom, economic freedom, fiscal responsibility, and constitutionally limited government.”
Massie and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia had sought to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson from his position, but the effort ultimately failed after many Republicans and Democrats voted in favor of Greene’s removal.
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