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Times-Tribune Staff Report
During Tuesday’s election, voters in Knox County will determine the winners in their county’s contested races.
In Barbourville, voters will be asked to select six of 11 candidates for city council. Incumbents running are Wilma Barnes, Gary Williams, Johnny Farmer and Gerald Hyde. Other candidates are Bennie Bunch, Danny Stark, Jerry Jackson, Ronnie Moore, Darren West, Sherman Lawson and Wendell Smith.
City voters will also select two of three candidates for the Barbourville Independent Schools Board of Education. Incumbents Kenneth G. Cobb and Shirley F. Treadway appear on the ballot along with challenger Sandy Tye Lundy.
There are three district races for the Knox County Schools Board of Education. The District 3 race pits incumbent Marty “Hossie” Smith against Charles W. Meridia. In District 4, incumbent Kenneth Crawford faces Dexter Smith and, in District 5, voters will chose between incumbent Clarence Brown and Merrill Smith.
There is also a constable race in District 2 between Johnny Gray and Tom Gray.
Elections
Knox voters to choose city council, school board members
- Elections
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W’burg City Council to return all incumbents
All Williamsburg City Council incumbents were able to retain their seats Tuesday, according to unofficial election results.
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Shelton, Tye re-elected, Joe White loses seat
Two new faces will take a place on the Corbin City Commission come January. Suzie Razmus and Bruce Hodge will join incumbents Joe Shelton and Ed Tye, after all of them were the top four vote-getters in a field of six candidates in Tuesday’s election.
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Three newcomers get B’ville City Council nod
Three incumbents and three newcomers were among the winners in the Barbourville City Council race Tuesday, according to that county’s election results.
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Jim Hays, five incumbents elected to London City Council
Five incumbents and one challenger were the top vote getters in Tuesday’s London City Council election, according to unofficial Laurel County election results.
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Ky. goes Romney; GOP increases numbers in DC
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky voters made Republican Mitt Romney their choice for president on Tuesday, yet again snubbing President Barack Obama, who has repeatedly come up short in the state.
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Obama powers to re-election despite weak economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama won re-election Tuesday night despite a fierce challenge from Republican Mitt Romney, prevailing in the face of a weak economy and high unemployment that encumbered his first term and crimped the middle class dreams of millions.
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Slew of House Democrats win re-election in Ky.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A slew of Democratic incumbents overcame the unpopularity of President Barack Obama to win new terms Tuesday night in the Kentucky House, frustrating Republicans hoping to make considerable inroads with a trickle-down effect from the presidential race.
- Knox County Contested races – Unofficial Results
- 2012 Whitley County Contested races – unofficial results
- 2012 Laurel County Contested Races - Unofficial Results
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