CHANCES GOING FORWARD. THAT’S COMING UP. THE VOTES ARE IN GIVING US OUR FIRST GLIMPSE AT HOW KENTUCKY’S PRIMARY WILL SHAPE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS THIS NOVEMBER. FROM HIGH STAKES RACES FOR CONGRESS TO LOUISVILLE’S FIRST NONPARTIZAN ELECTIONS, WE’RE TRACKING ALL THE RESULTS TONIGHT WITH THE HELP OF OUR TEAM SPREAD ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. THEY’VE BEEN HEARING FROM THE CANDIDATES AS THEY LEARN THOSE RESULTS. WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE MOST EXPENSIVE PRIMARY RACE FOR U.S. HOUSE SEAT EVER. IT ENDED IN A MAJOR UPSET. TRUMP BACKED BELLARMINE WON WITH 55% OF THE VOTE IN KENTUCKY’S FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OVER INCUMBENT THOMAS MASSIE. EDWARD SMITH HAS BEEN WATCHING THIS RACE FOR WEEKS. HE’S LIVE AT MASSIE’S WATCH PARTY IN HEBREW. EDWARD. YEAH, RICK AND VICKI AND I WOULD STILL CALL IT A WATCH PARTY, EVEN HOURS AFTER MASSIE’S CONCESSION SPEECH, BECAUSE DOZENS ARE STILL HERE WITH THEIR SIGNS AND THEY’RE STILL LINING UP TO MEET MASSIE, WHO’S STILL HERE HIMSELF. NOW, THE KEY QUESTION ASSOCIATED WITH TONIGHT’S RACE WAS CAN A CONGRESSMAN, A REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN, OPENLY OPPOSE THE TRUMP KEEP HIS JOB? AND THE ANSWER WE GOT FROM VOTERS IS A RESOUNDING NO BY ROUGHLY TEN POINTS. RYAN UNSEATED CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE, WHO’S BEEN IN OFFICE SINCE 2012, IN A MAJOR SHIFT IN KENTUCKY POLITICS. IN HIS SPEECH TO HUNDREDS WHO GATHERED RUNNING AGAINST CONGRESSMAN TOOK TO THE STAGE TO CONCEDE THE RACE. MASSIE DIDN’T WASTE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THROW IN A COUPLE JABS AT THE PRESIDENT AND GAL RYAN, BUT REMAINED MOSTLY POSITIVE ABOUT THE OUTCOME. HE PRIDED HIMSELF ON STANDING UP FOR HIS PRINCIPLES AND BEING A CHAMPION OF THE EPSTEIN FILES TRANSPARENCY ACT. HE ALSO SAYS HE’S DRAWN OPTIMISM FROM THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED HIS CAMPAIGN, AND CALLED IT THE START OF A MOVEMENT AND A BRIEF VICTORY SPEECH. RYAN THANKED HIS SUPPORTERS FOR HELPING HIM WIN, SAYING THAT EARNING THE NOMINATION IS A MAJOR HONOR FOR A KENTUCKY FARMER. RYAN SAID HE WOULD SERVE THIS DISTRICT WITH THE SAME COURAGE HE HELD WHEN HE JOINED THE MARINES. WE WEREN’T REALLY RUNNING AGAINST. EDGAR. WE WEREN’T RUNNING AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. WE WERE RUNNING FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN. IF YOU ALWAYS VOTE WITH THE PRESIDENT, IF THE IF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ALWAYS VOTES WITH THE PRESIDENT, WE DO HAVE A KING. NOW, MY FOCUS IS ON ADVANCING THE PRESIDENT’S AND THE PARTY’S AGENDA TO PUT AMERICA FIRST. AND KENTUCKY ALWAYS. I WILL SERVE THIS DISTRICT, MY PARTY AND MY NATION WITH THAT SAME AUDACITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THEM, THEIR FAMILIES, OUR DISTRICT, OUR PARTY, AND OUR NATION. AND THROUGHOUT MASSIE’S SPEECH, THERE WERE MULTIPLE CHANTS FROM THE CROWD FOR MASSIE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. MASSIE CONCLUDED HIS SPEECH BY SAYING HE MADE A COMPELLING ARGUMENT. WE’LL TALK ABOUT IT LATER. LIVE IN HEBRON, KENTUCKY. EDWARD SMITH, WLKY NEWS. THANKS, EDWARD. RYAN WILL FACE DEMOCRAT MELISSA STRANGE IN NOVEMBER. SHE WAS NAMED THE WINNER IN HER PRIMARY AGAINST JESSIE BREWER. TONIGHT, SHE WAS SEEN CELEBRATING WITH LOVED ONES. TONIGHT IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY, STRANGE SAYS SHE’S PART OF A GROUP OF CANDIDATES TRYING TO FIX WHAT THEY SAY IS BROKEN IN GOVERNMENT. IN SOME OF OUR OTHER U.S. HOUSE RACES. CONGRESSMAN MORGAN MCGARVEY NOW FACES A CHALLENGE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION FROM MARIA RODRIGUEZ IN THE THIRD DISTRICT. SHE BEAT OUT THREE OTHER REPUBLICANS TONIGHT FOR A CHANCE TO REPRESENT LOUISVILLE IN CONGRESS. BRETT GUTHRIE FACED TWO REPUBLICANS IN DISTRICT TWO, BUT THE INCUMBENT EASILY ADVANCED WITH 85% OF THE VOTE. GUTHRIE WILL FACE DEMOCRAT MEGAN WINGFIELD IN NOVEMBER. SHE RECEIVED 41% OF THE VOTE OVER TWO DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGERS. ANOTHER PRIMARY DRAWING NATIONWIDE ATTENTION IS FOR SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL’S SEAT AFTER HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS RETIRING AFTER 40 YEARS IN THE SENATE. THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WAS CALLED FOR ANDY BARR WITHIN AN HOUR OF THE POLLS, CLOSING ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. IT WAS A MUCH CLOSER RACE. WHILE IT WAS A CROWDED FIELD, CHARLES BOOKER PULLED AHEAD OF AMY MCGRATH LATE IN THE EVENING TO ADVANCE TO THE GENERAL ELECTION. ADDIE MEINERS AND JAMIE MAYES HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE RESULTS COME IN TONIGHT AND WATCH PARTIES FOR ANDY BARR AND CHARLES BOOKER. FIRST WE’LL GO TO ADDIE, WHO IS LIVE OUTSIDE OF FESTIVITIES FOR BARR IN LEXINGTON, ADDIE. THAT’S RIGHT, RICK AND VICKI. IT WAS A LARGE MARGIN OF VICTORY FOR CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR TONIGHT. BUT HE SAYS THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAMPAIGN AS HE’S NOW TURNING HIS ATTENTION TO THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. NOW, AS YOU WERE JUST SAYING, IT WAS QUICKLY AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED THAT THE AP CALLED THIS RACE FOR BARR. HE ENDED UP BEATING HIS OPPONENT, FORMER KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON, BY AROUND 30 PERCENTAGE POINTS. STILL, BARR SAYS HE PLANS TO RUN HIS CAMPAIGN ON, QUOTE, COMMON SENSE TO UNITE ALL PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY. THE REASON WHY THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY GRAVITATED TOWARDS ME IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW I’M WITH THE PRESIDENT ALL THE WAY, AND I SUPPORT HIM. AND THIS IS A STATE THAT WANTS US TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. THEY VOTED FOR THIS AGENDA, THIS AMERICA FIRST AGENDA, AND THIS PRESIDENT BY OVER 30 POINTS. AND THAT WAS IN A GENERAL ELECTION. SO I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A COALITION OF INDEPENDENTS AND SENSIBLE COMMON SENSE DEMOCRATS IN THE FALL TO JOIN A UNITED REPUBLICAN PARTY TO DELIVER A BIG, BIG WIN FOR THE COMMONWEALTH. AND MY HOPE IS THAT WHEN THE VOTES ARE TALLIED IN NOVEMBER AND THE LAST VOTE IS COUNTED, HE WILL BE SENATOR ELECT ANDY BARR AND. AND WHAT I TOLD HIM AND I OFFERED HIM ON THE PHONE WAS THAT IF I CAN BE OF ANY SERVICE TO HIM DURING THIS FALL SEASON AND DURING THIS GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN, I WILL CERTAINLY DO IT. NOW, BARR DID MENTION THAT PHONE CALL THAT HE HAD FROM DANIEL CAMERON AFTER THE RACE, AND HE SAID HE GENUINELY APPRECIATED THE SUPPORT FROM CAMERON. HE SAYS IT’S THAT KIND OF SPIRIT HE HOPES WILL COME OUT IN ALL KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS THROUGHOUT THESE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. LIVE IN DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON. I’M ADDIE MEINERS WLKY NEWS. VERY GRACIOUS FOR SURE. THANKS THERE ADDIE. NOW CHARLES BOOKER HAS WON THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR SENATE AND WILL RUN AGAINST BARR IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. JAMIE MAYES JOINS US LIVE FROM THE WATCH PARTY AT PORTLAND. JAMIE, YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS RACE ALL NIGHT. RICK. IT WAS A TIGHT AND TENSE RACE AND AT TIMES RESULTS WERE CLOSE BETWEEN AMY MCGRATH AND BOOKER. BUT TONIGHT, AFTER BOOKER’S THIRD RUN FOR U.S. SENATE, HE’S WON THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR A CHANCE TO TAKE MITCH MCCONNELL’S SENATE SEAT. BOOKER SERVED IN THE STATE HOUSE FOR THE 43RD DISTRICT FROM 2019 TO 2021. HE LAUNCHED HIS FIRST RACE FOR SENATE IN 2020 IN AN EFFORT TO UNSEAT MCCONNELL, BUT HE LOST THAT PRIMARY RACE TO AMY MCGRATH. HE TRIED TO RUN AGAIN IN 2022. HE TOOK THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION BUT ULTIMATELY LOST TO RAND PAUL. BUT TONIGHT, HE’S GOT ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN THE U-S SENATE RACE. I KNOW PEOPLE MAY SAY WHAT CHARLES, YOU’RE RADICAL. YOU’RE THIS, YOU’RE THAT. I’VE BEEN CALLED SO MANY THINGS. CALL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT. I’M STANDING FOR THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY, AND WE ARE NOT BACKING DOWN. ANDY BARR, YOU WILL NOT WIN. MCGRATH RELEASED A STATEMENT ONLINE THANKING KENTUCKY AND CONGRATULATING BOOKER. SHE SAID, QUOTE, IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS OF MY LIFE TO TRAVEL ACROSS KENTUCKY, LISTEN TO PEOPLE’S STORIES AND STAND ALONGSIDE SO MANY THOUGHTFUL, COMPASSIONATE AND DETERMINED KENTUCKIANS. BOOKER WILL RUN AGAINST ANDY BARR THIS FALL FOR THAT SENATE SEAT. BACK TO YOU. JAMIE. WE’RE ALSO TRACKING RESULTS FOR RACES IN THE KENTUCKY HOUSE AND SENATE. WE’LL START WITH HOUSE RACES IN DISTRICT 30. MITRA ONE INCUMBENT DANIEL GROSBERG, WHO RECENTLY FACED CALLS TO RESIGN, ENDED IN LAST PLACE. TARA LEBLANC AND JENNIFER HARDIN FACED OFF FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IN DISTRICT 33, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF JEFFERSON AND SHELBY COUNTIES. HARDIN WAS DECLARED THE WINNER THERE IN THE SENATE. REPUBLICANS IN DISTRICT TEN OVERWHELMINGLY CHOSE MATT DUNNING AND DISTRICT 36 REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT JULIE ROCKEY. ADAMS DEFENDED HER SEAT, GAINING 80% OF THE VOTE. SHE’LL FACE DEMOCRAT SARAH COLE MCINTOSH, WHO WON THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR DISTRICT 36 OVER LUKE WHITEHEAD. IT WAS A FIRST FOR LOUISVILLE. ON THIS PRIMARY NIGHT, THE CITY HOSTED NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS FOR MAYOR AND METRO COUNCIL. GREENBERG AND SHAMEKA PARRISH WRIGHT WERE ABLE TO GARNER THE MOST VOTES TONIGHT, WHICH MEANS THEY’LL GO ON TO FACE ONE ANOTHER IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. ALEXIS MATHEWS JOINS US NOW IN THE NEWSROOM. AND, ALEXIS, THIS RACE MAY BRING BACK SOME MEMORIES, RIGHT? YEAH, RICK, IT’S A FAMILIAR MATCHUP FROM FOUR YEARS AGO NOW. CRAIG GREENBERG AND SHAMEKA PARRISH. WRIGHT WILL GO HEAD TO HEAD THIS NOVEMBER. THEIR RESPECTIVE WATCH PARTIES CANDIDATES WERE SURROUNDED BY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS. GREENBERG EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE EARLY ON IN SECURING HIS NOMINATION, BELIEVING HIS CURRENT EFFORTS AS LOUISVILLE’S MAYOR CONTRIBUTED TO THIS WIN. NOW, PARRISH WRIGHT, IN HER SECOND, SECOND BID FOR THIS ROLE, THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR SHOWING UP FOR HER AT THE POLLS YET AGAIN. THE CURRENT METRO COUNCILWOMAN TOUTED BEING ON THE HEELS OF GREENBERG, WHOSE CAMPAIGN RAISED OVER $1 MILLION, WHILE HERS HIT AROUND 50,000. WE KNOW WE ARE FIGHTING A BIG BEAST, BUT WE ARE DOING IT TOGETHER AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER, AND THERE’S ROOM FOR EVERYBODY ON THIS CAMPAIGN, EVERYBODY. WE’RE NOT JUST FIGHTING FOR TEAM SHAMIKA, WE’RE FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON’T EVEN KNOW WE’RE FIGHTING FOR THEM. THAT’S RIGHT, THAT’S RIGHT, THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S RIGHT, THAT’S RIGHT. EVERYONE IN LOUISVILLE. LOUISVILLE. YOU DESERVE BETTER. WE GET THERE TOGETHER. LET’S KEEP FIGHTING. OUR CITY DOESN’T STAND ON THE SIDELINES. WE JUMP IN, WE MAKE PROGRESS. WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT LOUISVILLE’S BEST DAYS ARE STILL AHEAD. FRIENDS, I’M SO HONORED THAT YOU’VE TRUSTED ME TO KEEP DOING THIS WORK AS MAYOR, TO SERVE AS YOUR MAYOR, AND TO KEEP MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD IN A NEW DIRECTION. TO ALL OF YOU HERE TONIGHT, AND FOLKS ALL ACROSS THE CITY, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. LOUISVILLE. LET’S GO. IN BOTH CANDIDATES, WHILE EXCITED ABOUT THE GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 3RD, SAY THERE IS STILL MORE TO DO UP UNTIL THAT POINT. IN THE NEWSROOM, I’M ALEXIS MATHEWS WLKY NEWS. THANK YOU ALEXIS. WE’VE BEEN WATCHING A CLOSE RACE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF, BUT STEVEN YANCEY WAS CALLED THE WINNER WITH 40% OF THE VOTE OVER CURRENT DEPUTY CHIEF STEVE HEALY AND RICHARD BREEN. DAVID YATES IS CELEBRATING A WIN IN THE PRIMARY FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK. HE’S BEEN SERVING AS CLERK SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE POSITION AND THE COUNTY ATTORNEY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WAS CALLED FOR SARA MARTIN. WE SPOKE TO SOME OF THESE CANDIDATES TONIGHT, AND WE’LL HEAR FROM THEM IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. FIRST, IN OLDHAM COUNTY, WE’VE BEEN WATCHING THE RACE FOR JUDGE EXECUTIVE WITH FIVE REPUBLICANS ON THE TICKET. ROBERT HAWKINS CAME OUT AHEAD WITH 40% OF THE VOTE. HE RAN ON INCREASING TRANSPARENCY IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT. THERE’S ALSO A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR JUDGE EXECUTIVE IN BULLITT COUNTY, WHICH HAS BEEN CALLED FOR. JERR