A Campbell County commissioner whose primary election win was vacated last month filed an appeal on Thursday. Commissioner Brian Painter narrowly won renomination in the District 1 Republican primary on May 17, but his defeated rival David Fischer challenged that win. Ruling that Painter violated Kentucky’s electioneering laws and the Corrupt Practices Act, Jefferson County […]
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Campbell Co. Commissioner’s Republican primary win vacated by judge
Campbell County Commissioner Brian Painter, who narrowly won renomination in the District One Republican primary on May 17, has seen his victory vacated by a Louisville judge following a challenge by his defeated GOP rival David Fischer. Fischer, the judge ordered, will now replace Painter on the November ballot. “The court found that Commissioner Brian […]
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Judge requests more info as lawsuit wants incumbent Campbell commissioner booted from ballot
After a hour-long hearing, there is not yet resolution in a lawsuit attempting to have the winner of a local Republican primary removed as the party’s nominee in November. Dave Fischer sought to oust incumbent Campbell County District One Commissioner Brian Painter in last month’s GOP primary but lost by 106 votes. Jefferson County Circuit […]
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See who’s running in Kenton Co.’s nonpartisan/non-primary races
The last day to file as a candidate for the 2022 election in races that are nonpartisan and do not require a primary was Tuesday at 4 p.m. While partisan races like state representative or county judge/executive require a primary, and some municipalities like Covington and Newport do (if enough candidates file), other offices like […]
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See who’s running in Campbell Co.’s nonpartisan/non-primary races
The last day to file as a candidate for the 2022 election in races that are nonpartisan and do not require a primary was Tuesday at 4 p.m. While partisan races like state representative or county judge/executive require a primary, and some municipalities like Covington and Newport do (if enough candidates file), other offices like […]
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In Campbell commissioner’s race, lawsuit seeks to reverse outcome of primary election
A lawsuit filed this week seeks to remove incumbent Campbell County First District Commissioner Brian Painter as the Republican Party’s nominee in the November general election. Painter defeated challenger Dave Fischer by 106 votes in the GOP primary on May 17. Fischer filed suit alleging multiple violations. “As a result of the egregious, unlawful, corrupt […]
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The Kentucky Side: Analyzing the NKY primary; ‘Shift’ coming to local real estate market?
On this week’s edition of The Kentucky Side with Michael Monks: Three prominent Northern Kentucky Republican lawmakers and a county commissioner all lost to primary challengers on May 17. What led up to this historic defeat of powerful incumbents? LINK nky politics and government reporter Mark Payne and local attorney, author and commentator Rick Robinson […]
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What voters decided in Pendleton, Grant, Gallatin, Owen and Mason counties 2022 primary results
While much of Northern Kentucky was focused on key primary races in Boone, Kenton, and Campbell counties, here are results in some of the more rural, southern areas in Pendleton, Grant, Gallatin, Owen and Mason counties. PENDLETON COUNTY Sheriff Winner: Jared Brewer (R) 1,007 votes, 61.48 percent Edwin Quinn (R) 631 votes, 38.52 percent District […]
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Boone clerk says office will ‘fine tune’ plan for November election
The Boone County Clerk’s Office faced challenges both in the field with voting machines and online when trying to publish election results in Tuesday night’s primary. Posts circulating on social media reported a malfunctioning voting machine at the Scheben Library voting location in Union, and one post said a polling location in Florence ran out […]
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Terri King Schoborg outpaces rivals in Kenton Family Court judge race
Terri King Schoborg advanced to the November election in the Kenton County family court judge race with more than double the votes of the next highest vote-getter, Carl. E. Knochelmann, Jr. King Schoborg won Tuesday night’s three-way primary with 10,391 votes and will face Knochelmann head-to-head in November. Knochelmann received 4,282 votes. Ben Dusing, who […]
