UP IN A FEW MINUTES. YOU TOLD US YESTERDAY EARLY. EVERYBODY DID. NOW TO THE KENTUCKY PRIMARY. POLLS ARE OPEN FOR ANOTHER HOUR. ONE OF THE BIGGEST RACES IS KENTUCKY’S FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BETWEEN INCUMBENT THOMAS MASSIE AND THE PRESIDENT TRUMP BACKED CANDIDATE PAUL RYAN. AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER BIG RACES, INCLUDING THE RACE FOR SENATE TO FILL MITCH MCCONNELL’S SEAT AND THE RACE FOR LOUISVILLE MAYOR, WHICH IS NONPARTISAN FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU TONIGHT. REPORTING ON ALL THE BIG CAMPAIGNS. WE START WITH EDWARD SMITH, WHO IS IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY COVERING THE MASSIE RACE. HI, EDWARD. HEY, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN, GO AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP AND KEEP HIS JOB. THAT’S THE QUESTION BEING ASKED AROUND THE NATION TONIGHT, AND ONE THAT WILL GET ANSWERED IN A NUMBER OF HOURS AS THE FINAL VOTES FOR THIS NATIONALLY WATCHED RACE START TO POUR IN. INCUMBENT THOMAS MASSIE IS FIGHTING TO HOLD ON TO HIS SEAT IN CONGRESS. HE’S HELD FOR ALMOST 14 YEARS. MASSIE HAS BECOME A PEBBLE IN THE PRESIDENT’S SHOE. RECENTLY, AS HE PUSHED FOR THE RELEASE OF THE EPSTEIN FILES, OPPOSED THE PRESIDENT ON FOREIGN POLICY AND VOTED AGAINST LEGISLATION LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP’S. ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS LED THE CHARGE AGAINST MASSIE AND FULLY SUPPORTED, HANDPICKED OPPONENT AT GOWRAN. GOWRAN, A SHELBY COUNTY FARMER AND FORMER NAVY SEAL OFFICER, HAS VOWED TO BACK UP THE PRESIDENT. KENTUCKY’S FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WOULD BE THE FIRST POLITICAL OFFICE THAT GOWRAN HAS HELD. THE FINAL HOURS OF THE RACE HAVE DRAWN 11TH HOUR PLOYS BY BOTH. MASSIE HAS SPENT THE LAST HOURS CAMPAIGNING IN HIS HOMETOWN, WHILE GOWRAN CAMPAIGNED ALONGSIDE DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH. I LEARNED ABOUT STRENGTH THE HARD WAY. I LEARNED IT IN OPERATIONS WHERE EVERY DECISION MATTERED. I LEARNED IT FROM SENIOR ENLISTED LEADERS WHO TAUGHT ME WHAT REAL LEADERSHIP LOOKED LIKE. PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD NOT BE DOING THIS IF THEY WERE CONFIDENT THAT THEY WERE WINNING, AND THEY’RE WORRIED THAT I’M GOING TO WIN. THAT’S THAT’S WHY THE PRESIDENT’S TWEETING. THAT’S WHY THEY’RE SENDING THE SECRETARY OF WAR. BACK OUT HERE LIVE. WE’RE ABOUT TO GO INSIDE TO MASSIE’S ELECTION WATCH PARTY. WE’LL BE HERE ALL NIGHT AS RESULTS START TO COME IN. LIVE IN HEBRON. EDWARD SMITH, WLKY NEWS. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, EDWARD. ANOTHER BIG RACE IS FOR U.S. SENATE. MORE THAN A DOZEN REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ARE ON THE BALLOT TODAY, RUNNING FOR MITCH MCCONNELL’S SEAT. THE 84 YEAR OLD IS NOT RUNNING FOR REELECTION AFTER SERVING 41 YEARS. AND ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ENDORSED CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR, WHO IS RUNNING AGAINST DANIEL CAMERON. ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. SEVEN CANDIDATES ARE FIGHTING FOR THE SAME SEAT, INCLUDING TWO HAVE RUN FOR THE SENATE BEFORE. WE HAVE CREWS COVERING BOTH SIDES. TONIGHT. WE START WITH JAMIE MAYES, WHO IS WITH THE DEMOCRATS. HI, JAMIE. HI, RICK. THERE ARE SEVERAL CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR THE MITCH MCCONNELL SENATE SEAT. AMONG THEM ARE A PAIR OF FORMER SENATE CANDIDATES. THEY ARE AMY MCGRATH AND CHARLES BOOKER. THIS IS BOOKER’S THIRD RUN FOR SENATE. HE SERVED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE 43RD DISTRICT FROM 2019 TO 2021. HE LAUNCHED HIS FIRST SENATE RACE IN 2020, 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 THE RACE TO RAND PAUL. AMY MCGRATH IS ALSO RUNNING AGAIN FOR THE SENATE SEAT. THIS IS HER SECOND TIME. SHE’S A FORMER MARINE CORPS FIGHTER PILOT. SHE RAN IN 2020 FOR A SEAT IN THE SENATE AND LOST TO MITCH MCCONNELL. NOW, IN ADDITION TO THOSE TWO CANDIDATES, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE ON THE BALLOT, INCLUDING VINCENT THOMPSON, PAMELA STEPHENSON, LOGAN FORSYTHE, DALE ROMANS, AND JOSHUA BLANTON. WE’RE HERE AT BOOKER’S WATCH PARTY RIGHT NOW. WE’LL HAVE MORE FROM YOU FROM MCGRATH LATER TONIGHT. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, JAMIE. NOW, THE WINNER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY WILL FACE OFF AGAINST THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IN NOVEMBER. OUR ADDIE MEINERS IS LIVE IN LEXINGTON WITH A LOOK AT THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR SENATE. ADDIE. JENNIFER. RICK, THIS HAS BEEN A HARD SEAT FOR DEMOCRATS TO GET. THAT’S BECAUSE REPUBLICAN SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL HAS HELD IT FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. BUT NOW REPUBLICANS ANDY BARR AND DANIEL CAMERON ARE VYING FOR THE COVETED REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. NOW, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A THREE MAN RACE, WITH NATE MORRIS ALSO VYING FOR THE NOMINATION. BUT AN ENDORSEMENT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP PLACED ANDY BARR AS THE FRONTRUNNER, AND MORRIS DROPPED OUT ALTOGETHER AND ENDORSED BARR HIMSELF. ANDY BARR HAS BEEN THE U.S. CONGRESSMAN FOR KENTUCKY’S DISTRICT SIX, SO HE’S NO STRANGER TO WASHINGTON. BUT HIS OPPONENT, DANIEL CAMERON, SAYS THAT’S SOMETHING HE ABSOLUTELY IS NOT. ADDING THAT HIS REPUTATION AS A WASHINGTON OUTSIDER IS A GOOD THING. YOU KNOW, IF YOU’RE READY FOR CHANGE, CONGRESSMAN BARR HAS BEEN IN WASHINGTON FOR 14 YEARS. HE’S ASKING FOR ANOTHER SIX TO GIVE HIM 20. IF YOU’RE READY FOR SOMEBODY THAT’S DIFFERENT AND SOMEONE WHO’S BEEN STANDING FIRM FOR THE VALUES OF KENTUCKIANS ALL ACROSS OUR 120 COUNTIES AND CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS AND OUR GRANDKIDS, THEN VOTE DANIEL CAMERON TODAY. EVERY. FACTION OR FLAVOR OF REPUBLICAN IN KENTUCKY NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE’RE LOSING INFLUENCE IN WASHINGTON WITH THE RETIREMENT OF SENATOR MCCONNELL. SO IT’S ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE ELECT SOMEONE WHO CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ON DAY ONE, WHO CAN DO THIS JOB BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE JOB. I KNOW THIS JOB. I CAN DO THE JOB BECAUSE I’M ALREADY DOING THE JOB. BUT WE ARE WAITING TO SEE AGAIN. WE ARE HERE IN DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON. THAT IS WHERE ANDY BARR IS HOSTING HIS WATCH PARTY TONIGHT. HE IS CONSIDERED THE FRONT RUNNER IN THIS RACE, BUT OF COURSE, WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE AS THOSE VOTES START TO ROLL IN. LIVE IN DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON. I’M ADDIE MEINERS WLKY NEWS. THANK YOU ANDY. NOW, LOUISVILLE VOTERS ARE ALSO CASTING THEIR BALLOT FOR MAYOR. INCUMBENT CRAIG GREENBERG IS FACING OFF WITH EIGHT OTHER CANDIDATES THIS PRIMARY ELECTION IN THE CITY’S FIRST NONPARTISAN MAYORAL RACE. WLKY ALEXIS MATHEWS JOINS US LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH DETAILS. ALEXIS. JENNIFER. RICK, THIS IS ONE OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RACES TONIGHT AND TWO OF THE FRONTRUNNERS ARE MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG AND SHAMIKA PARRISH. RIGHT NOW, THIS LOOKS TO BE A REPEAT OF THE 2022 ELECTION FOR THE PAIR. PARRISH, RIGHT, CAME IN CLOSE SECOND BEHIND GREENBERG IN THAT RACE. NOW TODAY, GREENBERG WAS JOINED BY HIS FAMILY TO CAST HIS VOTE AT THE LOUISVILLE PRESBYTERIAN SEMINARY, THE 51ST MAYOR AND BUSINESS MAN ASSUMED OFFICE IN JANUARY OF 2023, WITH PLANS FOR A SAFER LOUISVILLE. NOW, HIS EFFORTS PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS, PUBLIC REFORM AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION. GREENBERG FOCUSED HIS CAMPAIGN ON FURTHERING THOSE EFFORTS, INCLUDING MAKING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION A REALITY. MEANWHILE, PARRISH, JOINED BY HER SON, WHO IS A FIRST TIME VOTER, CAST THEIR BALLOTS AT BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL THIS MORNING. NOW, SHE IS THE CURRENT COUNCILWOMAN FOR DISTRICT THREE AND DIRECTOR OF VOCAL K Y. NOW, THAT’S A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON SOLUTIONS TO MANY ISSUES. HER CAMPAIGN IS CENTERED AROUND, INCLUDING HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, HARM REDUCTION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. NOW, OTHER CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT FOR THIS RACE INCLUDE JODY HURT, DOUGLAS LATIMORE, TINA BURNELL, BOB DEVORE, LISA M HOLIDAY HARRIS, MATTHEW BAILEY AND S O. THE TWO FRONTRUNNERS ARE HOSTING PUBLIC WATCH PARTIES THIS EVENING. MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG WILL BE AT HOUK’S CORNER ON GOSS AVENUE AND SHAMEKA PARRISH, WRIGHT AT JOE’S PALMER, AND THAT’S IN LOUISVILLE’S RUSSELL NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW WE’RE WORKING TO CATCH UP WITH BOTH CANDIDATES TONIGHT AS THOSE VOTES ROLL IN. IN THE NEWSROOM, I’M ALEXIS MATHEWS. I’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. THANKS, ALEXIS. NOW, THERE ARE SEVERAL RACES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AS WELL, JUST LIKE THE MAYORAL RACE, THE METRO COUNCIL RACES ARE ALSO NONPARTISAN, AND SEVERAL COUNCIL SEATS ARE OPEN. DEMOCRATS ARE ALSO VOTING IN THREE PRIMARY RACES. JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY, CLERK, AND SHERIFF. WE WILL PREVIEW THOSE RACES COMING UP IN A LIVE REPORT AT 530, VOTERS IN JEFFERSONTOWN WERE THERE AS THE DOORS OPENED AT 6:00 THIS MORNING AT J. TOWN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS MORNING FOLLOWED RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS OF EARLY VOTERS. THOSE IN J TOWN ALL HAD DIFFERENT REASONS FOR COMING OUT. SOME WERE THERE TO VOTE IN THE NONPARTISAN PRIMARIES, WHILE OTHERS VIEWED TODAY AS A CIVIC DUTY. I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY GET INVOLVED WITH WHERE WE’RE AT TODAY IN OUR POLITICS. I THINK IT’S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NEED TO GET MORE DEEPER INTO IT. MY VOTE NEEDS TO BE HEARD. I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE MY VOTE WITH PEOPLE AND VOTE FOR DEMOCRACY. DURING THE 2022 MIDTERM PRIMARY ELECTIONS, MORE THAN 130,000 PEOPLE VOTED IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. AND A REMINDER, POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 6:00 TONIGHT. SO AS LONG AS YOU’RE IN LINE AT SIX, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO CAST YOUR VOTE. IF YOU HAVE ANY LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR COMPLETE VOTER GUIDE RIGHT NOW ON THE WLKY HOME PAGE AND ON OUR FREE MOBILE APP. AND OF COURSE, STA