Democrat wins Kentucky state Senate special election

Source: The hill

Democrat Gary Clemons has won a special election to a fill a Kentucky state Senate seat, according to Decision Desk HQ.

Clemons, president of United Steelworkers Local 1693 and an Army veteran, beat back challenges from Republican Calvin Leach, an Army veteran and former state Senate candidate, and Libertarian candidate Wendy Higdon, who founded the Louisville Tea Party in 2009.

Democrats were expected to hold on to the seat, which is located in southwest Louisville and leans blue. Their victory Tuesday comes after a recent spate of special election wins that saw them flip a number of seats in conservative areas of the country.

Clemons will serve the remainder of interim Jefferson County Clerk David Yates’s (D) term. Yates resigned from his role after he was tapped for his current position.

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