The president declined to do so. ", Trump won't commit to peaceful transfer of power, cites ballots as issue, 'It is time for you to resign': Schiff to Trump admin 'Republicans of good conscience'. The former Marine fighter pilot dispatched Democratic opponent Charles Booker and will face Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in … ", House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told Rachel Maddow on MSNBC that those comments are "an effort by the president to discredit the votes of millions, to stack the Supreme Court, to disenfranchise millions and perpetuate himself in office by enlisting foreign assistance. It doesn't surprise me. In a five-way Republican primary in Senate District 7 in Central Kentucky, Adrienne Southworth won with 31% of the vote. Please be polite. "You know that I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster. See county-by-county results . Jenean Hampton, for whom she worked. Rep. Chad McCoy, a Bardstown Republican in the House majority's leadership, fended off a primary challenge from Donald Thrasher, the chairman of the Nelson County Republican Party, receiving 59% of the vote. "The winner of the November 3rd election will be inaugurated on January 20th," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tweeted Thursday. "I don't know what to say to that. McGrath wins Kentucky Senate primary. Andy Beshear and Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams dramatically changed the typical nature of voting in Kentucky through their executive orders in April, allowing no-excuse absentee voting by mail for the first time in order to limit physical interactions between voters and poll workers and the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Former U.S. (Photo: Sam Upshaw Jr./Courier Journal). Inside the sanctuary church surrounded by police, Breonna Taylor case: What to expect today, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Democrats in Kentucky's state Senate picked up a seat from Republicans in the special election held last week, as Karen Berg defeated her GOP opponent Bill Ferko by a wide margin. Reach reporter Joe Sonka at jsonka@courierjournal.com or 502-582-4472 and follow him on Twitter at @joesonka. In the Republican primary in House District 71 in Central Kentucky, Bray picked up 4,107 votes according to unofficial totals, just 30 more than the incumbent Brenda. Live-updating results and maps for the 2020 Kentucky Senate primaries. Live Results Live Analysis Kentucky New York Virginia. Rep. R. Travis Brenda fell just 30 votes short of Josh Bray in House District 71, while Sen. Albert Robinson lost by 742 votes to Brandon Storm in Senate District 21. Longtime Democratic incumbents Tom Burch and Charles Miller both won primary challenges in their Louisville House districts by winning 59% of the vote. RealClearPolitics - Election 2020 - Kentucky Senate - McConnell vs. McGrath Asked about the comments Wednesday, Biden quipped: "What country are we in? As Kentucky votes in the June 23 primary election, get ongoing coverage and election vote results as returns come in from the polls. © 2020 www.courier-journal.com. Get real-time election results for the state senate races across Kentucky. A primary was scheduled for June 23, 2020. Below are the June 23, 2020, election results for Kentucky's highly-contested U.S. Senate Race Now we may have litigation about who won the election, but the court will decide, and if Republicans lose, we'll accept that result. Two Republican incumbents in the state legislature also appear to have been defeated in a primary challenge. McGrath wins Kentucky Senate primary. Matt Bevin's office over the objections of Lt. Gov. The filing deadline was January 10, 2020. Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about. Congressman Carroll Hubbard, who served a federal prison sentence in the 1990s for violating campaign finance laws, came up well short in yet another political comeback attempt, receiving only 14% of the vote in his bid to unseat GOP Rep. Steven Rudy in the House District 1. If you see comments in violation of our community guidelines, please report them. Welcome to our new and improved comments, which are for subscribers only. But we need a full court.". "I think this will end up in the Supreme Court, and I think it's very important that we have nine justices, and I think the system's going to go very quickly," Trump said at the White House, adding that "having a 4-4 situation is not a good situation.". Berg, a physician, received 57% of the vote to Ferko's 43% in the special election for the District 26 Senate seat, which includes all of Oldham County and portions of northeast Jefferson County. ", When asked by Fox News' Chris Wallace in June whether he would accept the election results, Trump said he would "have to see" and claimed that mail-in voting will "rig the election.". "This is a moment that I would say to any Republican of good conscience working in the administration — it is time for you to resign.". Republicans also hold a 62-38 supermajority in the state House. Southworth will face Democrat Joe Graviss in the general election, with the winner replacing retiring senator and former governor Julian Carroll.