Christian County’s 16 voting centers closed at 6 p.m. Tuesday, concluding the 2022 general election for several federal, state and local races — and two state constitutional amendments.
Here are the unofficial election totals for Christian County as reported by the County Clerk’s Office.
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2022 General Election results
- Judge-Executive
- County Attorney
- County Clerk
- Sheriff
- Jailer
- Surveyor
- PVA
- Coroner
- Magistrates
- Constables
Christian County School Board
Kentucky General Assembly
State Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
District Court
Family Court
City of Oak Grove
City of Crofton
City of Lafayette
City of Pembroke
*Incumbent
Christian County
Judge-Executive
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Jerry W. Gilliam (R) | 8,186 | 53.0% |
| Steve Tribble* (D) | 7,269 | 47.0% |
Christian County Attorney
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Lincoln Williams Foster (I) | 9,637 | 100% |
County Clerk
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Melinda A. Humphries (R) | 7,933 | 51.7% |
| Walter G. Cummings (D) | 7,414 | 48.3% |
Sheriff
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Tyler DeArmond* (R) | 12,378 | 100% |
Jailer
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Adam Smith (R) | 11,962 | 100% |
County Surveyor
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Wm. J. “Bill” Chaudoin Jr.* (R) | 11,617 | 100% |
PVA
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Angie M. Strader* (D) | 10,096 | 100% |
Coroner
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Scott Daniel* (R) | 12,115 | 100% |
County Magistrate – 1st District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Magaline Ferguson* (D) | 868 | 100% |
County Magistrate – 2nd District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Josh Turner (R) | 924 | 53.9% |
| Mark Wells* (D) | 789 | 46.1% |
County Magistrate – 3rd District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ George Barnett (R) | 1,386 | 56.0% |
| Mark E. Cansler* (D) | 1,088 | 44.0% |
County Magistrate – 4th District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ J.E. Pryor (R) | 2,210 | 100% |
County Magistrate – 5th District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| A.J. Rogers (R) | 834 | 44.4% |
| ✔ Rich G. Liebe* (D) | 1,043 | 55.6% |
County Magistrate – 6th District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Phillip Peterson* (R) | 903 | 100% |
County Magistrate – 7th District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Russ Guffey (R) | 1,454 | 68.5% |
| David Fernandez (D) | 670 | 31.5% |
County Magistrate – 8th District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ John M. Bruce (R) | 1,477 | 69.1% |
| Terry Bowman (D) | 660 | 30.9% |
Constable – 1st District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Eddie R. Cannon (D) | 841 | 100% |
Constable – 2nd District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Patricia “Pat” Gresham (D) | 1,081 | 100% |
Constable – 3rd District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Joshua Gydesen (R) | 1,485 | 63.2% |
| Thomas Gilliland III (D) | 864 | 36.8% |
Constable – 4th District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Larry Bailey (R) | 2,139 | 100% |
Constable – 5th District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Glenn Rickard (R) | 2,139 | 56.1% |
| James “Jim” Smith (D) | 793 | 43.9% |
Constable – 6th District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Sherry Byerline (R) | 700 | 62.2% |
| James “Gene” Glass (D) | 425 | 37.8% |
Constable – 7th District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Richard F. Leavell III (D) | 1,374 | 100% |
Constable – 8th District
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Mike “Bubba” Haddock* (R) | 1,583 | 75.3% |
| Joshua Logan Newton (D) | 520 | 24.7% |
City of Hopkinsville
Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ James R. Knight Jr. (R) | 5,018 | 60.8% |
| Alethea West (D) | 3,233 | 39.2% |
City Council – Ward 1
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Natasha Sophia Francis* (R) | 4,244 | 54.6% |
| Vance D. Smith (D) | 3,529 | 45.4% |
City Council – Ward 2
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Bruce Smiley (R) | 5,687 | 100% |
City Council – Ward 3
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Donald Marsh (R) | 4,246 | 53.9% |
| Karen Bass (D) | 3,634 | 46.1% |
City Council – Ward 4
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Chuck Crabtree* (R) | 5,619 | 100% |
City Council – Ward 5
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Amy Craig* (R) | 5,633 | 100% |
City Council – Ward 6
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Travis W. Martin* (R) | 4,823 | 60.2% |
| Nichelle “Niecy” Hillis (D) | 3,191 | 39.8% |
City Council – Ward 7
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Doug Wilcox (R) | 4,650 | 59.1% |
| William L. Coleman (D) | 3,221 | 40.9% |
City Council – Ward 8
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Robert Terry Meek (R) | 4,512 | 57.5% |
| Twyla Dillard (D) | 3,338 | 42.5% |
City Council – Ward 9
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Jamie Lynn Lienberger (R) | 4,371 | 55.5% |
| Patricia A. Waddell-Bell* (D) | 3,508 | 44.5% |
City Council – Ward 10
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Steve Keel* (R) | 5,640 | 100% |
City Council – Ward 11
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Jason Bell* (R) | 5,202 | 66.5% |
| Jose Quinonez (D) | 2,625 | 33.5% |
City Council – Ward 12
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Matthew Handy (R) | 4,157 | 52.9% |
| Phillip Brooks* (D) | 3,695 | 47.1% |
Christian County School Board
District 3
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Lindsey Clark* (NP) | 1,081 | 60.1% |
| Felicia Howard (NP) | 719 | 39.9% |
District 5
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Tom Bell* (NP) | 2,149 | 54.2% |
| Dan Mason (NP) | 1,816 | 45.8% |
Kentucky General Assembly
State Representative – District 8
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Walker Wood Thomas* (R) | 4,191 | 62.4% |
| Pam Dossett (D) | 2,521 | 37.6% |
State Representative – District 9
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Myron Dossett* (R) | 5,123 | 68.6% |
| Bianca L. Crockam (D) | 2,349 | 31.4% |
State Representative – District 16
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Jason Petrie* (R) | 1,222 | 100% |
State Supreme Court
1st Division
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Christopher Shea Nickell | 9,250 | 100% |
Court of Appeals – 1st Appellate District
1st Division
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Chris McNeill | 9,175 | 100% |
2nd Division
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Donna Dixon | 9,211 | 100% |
Circuit Court – 3rd Judicial District
Division 1
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Andrew C. Self (NP) | 10,718 | 100% |
Division 2
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ John L. Atkins (NP) | 9,082 | 68.7% |
| Stephanie Bolen (NP) | 4,130 | 31.3% |
District Court – 3rd Judicial District
1st Division
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ John Lindsey Adams | 10,113 | 100% |
2nd Division
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ J. Foster Cotthoff | 10,096 | 100% |
Family Court – 3rd Judicial District
Division 3
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Jason Shea Fleming (NP) | 10,031 | 100% |
Division 4
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Katherine Hicks Demps (NP) | 8,038 | 63.9% |
| Judy Hall (NP) | 4,546 | 36.1% |
City of Oak Grove
Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Jackie Oliver (NP) | 350 | 61.8% |
| Theresa Jarvis* (NP) | 216 | 38.2% |
City Council (Vote for 6)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Richard Baker (NP) | 314 | 13.9% |
| ✔ Janet Edwards* (NP) | 338 | 15.0% |
| Lloyd “Andy” Walters (NP) | 237 | 10.5% |
| ✔ Jean Leavell* (NP) | 262 | 11.6% |
| ✔ John Campbell (NP) | 271 | 12.0% |
| ✔ Isaiah Spencer* (NP) | 270 | 12.0% |
| ✔ Edward T. Cook (NP) | 306 | 13.5% |
| Rakim Barrett Jr. (NP) | 261 | 11.6% |
City of Crofton
Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Daniel F. Lacy (NP) | 138 | 100% |
City Council (Vote for 6)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Wanda Croft (NP) | 117 | 18.5% |
| ✔ Anthony G. Durham (NP) | 99 | 15.6% |
| ✔ Gregory Paul Owen (NP) | 107 | 16.9% |
| ✔ Wendall R. Alexander (NP) | 103 | 16.2% |
| ✔ Reta Renee Fleming (NP) | 105 | 16.6% |
| ✔ James E. Grace (NP) | 103 | 16.2% |
City of Lafayette
Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Jared Donald Thatcher* (NP) | 42 | 100% |
City Commission (Vote for 4)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn Nichole Hamilton (NP) | 21 | 12.8% |
| Jacob Mason (NP) | 19 | 11.6% |
| ✔ Norma Banks* (NP) | 22 | 13.4% |
| ✔ Sandra K. Torres* (NP) | 30 | 18.3% |
| ✔ Stephen C. Stites* (NP) | 33 | 20.1% |
| ✔ Timothy Hancock* (NP) | 39 | 23.8% |
City of Pembroke
Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Jeanette W. Aldridge (NP) | 204 | 100% |
City Commission (Vote for 4)
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| ✔ Whitley Grace (NP) | 162 | 24.2% |
| ✔ Joe T. Rives (NP) | 128 | 19.1% |
| ✔ Walter W. Bell* (NP) | 140 | 20.9% |
| Joseph Wayne Stealy (NP) | 98 | 14.6% |
| ✔ Karen Mitchell Pyle* (NP) | 141 | 21.1% |
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