Election results: 2022 midterm elections in Kentucky and Indiana - WLKY Louisville

SOON AS THEY START COMING IN. AND WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU TONIGHT OF THE BIGGEST RACES LOCALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS, LOUISVILLE VOTERS WILL ELECT A NEW MAYOR. MARK VANDERHOFF ANDREW GARDNER ARE COVERING THAT RACE FOR US AND SHAQUILLE LORD IS TRACKING THE U.S. SENATE RACE, WHICH FEATURES INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN RAND PAUL AGAINST DEMOCRAT CHARLES BOOKER GLADYS BULLITT EAST IS COVERING THE THIRD DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL RACE, WHICH HAS DEMOCRAT MORGAN MCGARVEY AND REPUBLICAN STUART RAY VYING FOR THE SEAT VACATED BY JOHN YARMUTH. AND WE’LL START WITH LOUISVILLE’S MAYOR. RACE MARK VANDERHOFF JEFF IS LIVE RIGHT NOW FROM THE GALT HOUSE WHERE DEMOCRAT GREG GREENBERG WILL BE TONIGHT. MARK, WHAT HAS GREENBERG’S MESSAGE TO VOTERS ABOUT? WELL, JENNIFER, RICK, YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF CHANGED OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAMPAIGN. AT FIRST, GREENBERG REALLY KIND OF PLAYED IT SAFE, VERY MODERATE, DIDN’T REALLY GO AFTER DEER SO MUCH. BUT IN RECENT WEEKS, HE’S REALLY SOUGHT TO REMIND VOTERS THAT HE IS THE DEMOCRAT IN THIS RACE. AND VOTERS HAD BETTER CHOOSE CAREFULLY BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT AT STAKE. GREENBERG IS TOUTING HIS SUPPORT FOR ABORTION RIGHTS, TRYING TO TAP INTO WHAT MANY BELIEVE WILL BE A BIG FACTOR THIS YEAR. AND HE’S TALKED ABOUT EDUCATION AND FIGHTING POVERTY. AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE IN AN UNCERTAIN ECONOMY. BUT PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE’S MADE PUBLIC SAFETY A TOP PRIORITY, HOPING TO COUNTER THE REPUBLICAN STRATEGY TO HAMMER DEMOCRATS ON CRIME. HE VOTED THIS MORNING WITH HIS WIFE AND SON. WELL, IT’S GREAT TO BE AT THE END. WE’VE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY ARE WORKING. MY MIND IS IS JUST BEGINNING. BUT WE’VE LEARNED A LOT. I THINK THE VOTERS IN LOUISVILLE HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE CLEAR CHOICE IN THIS ELECTION FOR MAYOR. AND HERE’S ONE MORE INTERESTING THING ABOUT GREENBERG’S STRATEGY RECENTLY. HE’S REALLY TRIED TO TIE DEER TO SOME FIGURES WHO ARE, LET’S JUST SAY, KIND OF UNPOPPED. IN LOUISVILLE, REPUBLICANS LIKE U.S. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL AND FORMER GOVERNOR MATT BEVIN LIVE AT THE COURTHOUSE MARK VANDERHOFF WLKY NEWS. THANK YOU, MARK. AND OUR DREW GARDINER PICKS UP OUR TEAM COVERAGE FROM THE HENRY CLAY DOWNTOWN. THAT IS WHERE REPUBLICAN BILL DEREK IS HOPING TO CELEBRATE VICTORY TONIGHT. DREW. WELL, RICK AND JENNIFER, RIGHT NOW, SETUP IS STILL UNDERWAY. NONE OF THE CANDIDATES HAVE ARRIVED YET. GUESTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN HERE SHORTLY AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED AT SIX. BUT THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN, DEREK HAS REALLY SAID THAT THE PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY FOR A CHANGE AND HE HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO SELL VOTERS ON HIS EXPERIENCE AS BEING THE BEST VEHICLE TO TAKE LOUISVILLE IN A NEW DIRECTION. NOW, DEREK HAS SERVED THREE TERMS AS GEORGETOWN MAYOR, AND HE WAS ON THE JAY TOWN CITY COUNCIL FOR TEN YEARS. PRIOR TO THAT, HE HAS MADE REDUCING THE CITY’S VIOLENT CRIME HIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IF HE IS ELECTED TO OFFICE. HE HAS ALSO SAID HIS EXPERIENCE WILL HELP HIM LEAD IN ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES TO THE CITY AS WELL AS JOB RETENTION. NOW, DEREK CAST HIS BALLOT ABOUT A WEEK AGO WHEN EARLY VOTING FIRST GOT UNDERWAY HERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, WHERE LOUISVILLE GOES IN THE FUTURES VERY IMPORTANT. SO THE NEXT MAYOR DOWNTOWN HAS TO BE SOMEBODY WITH A PROVEN EXPERIENCE. AND I WANTED TO START TODAY THAT FIRST DAY OF THE EXTENT OF VOTING TO SAY WE HAVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE AND WE HAVE TO DO IT TODAY TO FIND OUT, BECAUSE TONIGHT. THAT, OF COURSE, WE ARE LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE POLLS CLOSING, AND WE WILL START TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHETHER DEREK’S EXPERIENCE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SOME OF THOSE INDEPENDENT AND DEMOCRAT VOTERS. IF HE DOES, IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT A REPUBLICAN WILL OCCUPY THE LOUISVILLE MAYOR’S OFFICE IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS. OF COURSE, WE’LL BE BACK HERE TO UPDATE YOU AS THE PROGRESS WHEN THE POLLS CLOSE AT SIX AND BRING YOU UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. REPORTING LIVE, THE REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS THROUGH GARDNER WLKY NEWS. IT’LL BE A BUSY NIGHT. THANKS, DREW. AND THE RACE FOR U.S. SENATE IS ONE THAT MANY WILL HAVE THEIR EYES ON AS WELL. A FORMER STATE LAWMAKER, CHARLES BOOKER, IS CHALLENGING INCUMBENT RAND PAUL, WHO IS SEEKING HIS THIRD TERM IN OFFICE. WLKY SHAQUILLE LORD IS LIVE AT BOOKER’S WATCH PARTY AT THE LOUISVILLE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER WITH A LOOK AT THE RACE. HEY, SHAQ. WELL, HEY THERE, JENNIFER AND RICK BEGIN AS SUPPORTERS HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY CAN MAKE HISTORY TONIGHT. THEY’RE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP HERE AT HIS WATCH PARTY. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO HEAR SOME OF THAT MUSIC PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND. RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE DOING SOME SOUND LEVEL CHECKS. MEANWHILE, IN BOWLING GREEN, RAND PAUL IS HAVING HIS WATCH PARTY. AND EARLIER TODAY, WE GOT SOME VIDEO OF RAND PAUL AND HIS WIFE IN BOWLING GREEN VOTING NOW, A BIG ISSUE ON HIS CAMPAIGN TRAIL WAS INFLATION. HE’S BLAMING DEMOCRATS FOR OVERSPENDING DURING THE PANDEMIC AND HANDING OUT FREE MONEY TO PEOPLE THAT REMOVE THE INCENTIVE TO WORK. NOW, BOOKER VOTED DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD ABORTION RIGHTS IS ONE OF HIS CORE ISSUES AND SAYS IF ELECTED, HE WOULD VOTE TO CODIFY ROE V WADE. NOW, THE FORMER STATE LAWMAKER IS AWARE THE LAST TIME A DEMOCRAT IN KENTUCKY WAS ELECTED TO THE SENATE WAS BACK IN 1992. FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS, I’VE BEEN TOLD EVERY DAY THERE’S NO CHANCE YOU CAN’T WIN. THINGS AREN’T GOING TO CHANGE. AND WE’VE BUILT A CAMPAIGN INSPIRED BY THE TRUTH OF US COMING TOGETHER. IN THE FACE OF THAT, I THINK WE’RE GOING TO HEAR PRETTY EARLY ON THE RESULTS. I THINK THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A RED WAVE AND I DO THINK THAT WE’RE GOING TO PICK UP THE MAJORITY, NOT ONLY IN THE HOUSE BUT IN THE SENATE. AND I’M EXCITED TO BE PART OF SHAPING A NEW DIRECTION FOR OUR COUNTRY. AND IF ELECTED, BOOKER COULD POSSIBLY MAKE HISTORY TONIGHT. HE WOULD BE THE FIRST BLACK KENTUCKY DEMOCRAT IN THE SENATE. BUT OF COURSE, ALL OF THAT IS LEFT UP TO THE VOTERS TONIGHT. WE HAVE LESS THAN AN HOUR BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH. REPORTING LIVE, I’M SHAQUILLE LORD WLKY NEWS. ALL RIGHT, THANKS, JACK. AND CANDIDATES ARE ALSO VYING TO REPLACE OUTGOING THIRD DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN JOHN YARMUTH. REPUBLICAN BUSINESSMAN STUART RAY IS FACING DEMOCRAT MORGAN MCGARVEY. NOW, WE LEARNED TODAY THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING A THREAT MADE ON WRAY AND HIS KIDS. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THAT AND THE RACE ITSELF COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. AND ANOTHER CONGRESSIONAL SEAT ON THE BALLOT IN INDIANA, REPUBLICAN ERIN HELTON AND DEMOCRAT MATT FIVE ARE VYING IN THE NINTH DISTRICT RACE. IT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL SOUTHERN INDIANA COUNTIES, INCLUDING FLOYD, CLARK, JENNINGS AND JACKSON. INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN TREY HOLLINGSWORTH IS NOT SEEKING REELECTION. WE’LL ALSO HAVE MORE