Quarles Carries County But Cameron Wins Statewide: Beshear Claims Democratic Nomination

Edmonson Voice photos of Daniel Cameron (L) and Andy Beshear.

County Has Only 15% Voter Turnout While State Sees 14%

Edmonson County 2023 Primary Governor Election precinct totals

Darren Doyle, story:
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Quarles carried the votes in Edmonson County for the party's nomination, but Daniel Cameron won handily statewide, gathering nearly 50% of the votes for the 2023 Primary Election.

Incumbent Andy Beshear (D) won his party's nomination in a landslide, garnering 91% of the statewide vote. He won 93% of the democratic gubernatorial votes in Edmonson County.

The county had only a 15% voter turnout, recording only 1506 voters out of 9,724 registered, which was slightly higher than the state total of only 14%.

There were no local county elections for Edmonson this year.

STATEWIDE TOTALS:

Statewide, Cameron more than doubled the votes over Quarles and nearly tripled Glasgow native Kelly Craft's vote totals.

Also securing wins were:

• SEC OF STATE: MICHAEL ADAMS (R), (will face democrat Charles Wheatley in General Election)
  
• AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: ALLISON BALL (R) (will face democrat Kimberley Reeder in General Election)
  
• STATE TREASURER: MARK A. METCALF (R) (will face democrat Michael Bowman in General Election)
  
• COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE: SIERRA J. ENLOW (D), JONATHAN SHELL (R)

The General Election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 7, 2023.