Trump, Republicans Carry Edmonson In Landslide: County Sees 63% Voter Turnout

Darren Doyle, story:
Donald Trump carried the Edmonson County vote in a big way, gathering 81% of the vote (5,048) for President. Kamala Harris managed only 18% of the total county votes with 1,118.

Republican U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie won both the county and statewide totals, earning 83% of the county vote over Democrat Hank Linderman, who only gathered 17% of the votes.

State Senator David Givens (R) defeated Karen Pennington 82% to 18% in Edmonson County, winning 4,968 to 1,072. Givens was declared the winner statewide earlier tonight.

State Rep. Michael Meredith ran unopposed in his race, as well as Edmonson County Court Clerk Daniel Priddy, along other positions including board seats and Commonwealth Attorney.

Brownsville Mayor went to Ricky Simon, who ran unopposed, and the six Brownsville City Council Members were as follows:
-Melinda VanMeter, 163
-Jill Vincent, 152
-Lloyd Blanton, 120
-Justin Meredith, 119
-Anthony Duvall, 118
-David Campbell, 117

Edmonson County saw a huge local turnout in comparison with past elections, at 63% with 6,309 votes cast out of 10,038 registered voters.

"We should all be proud of our county tonight with such a phenomenal turnout," said Edmonson County Clerk Kevin Alexander. "I want to send out a special thank you to all our poll workers. They were absolutely incredible."

Edmonson County has 6,877 registered republicans compared to 2,355 democrats.

Early voting saw 1900 ballots cast in Edmonson County.