HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – Just under 30% of registered voters in Christian County decided to participate in the Nov. 3 general election, which had several key local decisions along with important senate and congress votes.
Out of the 46,398 registered voters in Christian County, only 29.44% of them showed up to the polls with 13,659 ballots cast. Comparatively, there are just over 70,000 residents in the county.
- 56.74% were registered as Republican
- 41.54% were registered as Democrat
Hopkinsville’s Republican lean was visible with the election of Magistrate Russ Guffey as the new mayor. He received just over 1,400 more votes than the Democrat candidate Markeeta Wilkerson, and over four times as many votes as the Independent candidate Deasepa Vansuawa.
Christian County voters also backed the Republicans Andy Barr for Senate and James Comer for Congress.
Of the five contested Hopkinsville City Council seats that were on the ballot, three new female Democrat candidates took the win; Monike Love, Sharon E. Manning and Angelita O. Atkins. Republican Jason Bell kept his Ward 11 seat and newcomer Stephen Crisp was also elected.
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