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WKMS has a roundup of results from the 2026 Election for Kentucky's westernmost counties from federal, state and local races.
- News Briefs
- Tennessee GOP newcomer Charlie Hatcher to take Andy Ogles’ seat in Congress
- Longtime KET CEO and executive director dies
- Analysis finds SEEK formula funding is expected to go down at nearly all Ky. school districts
- McCracken County Extension Office to hold event Oct. 14 to trade Bradford pear trees for native plants
- Beshear relaxes rules on red-dyed diesel to help farmers
- Former Graves County teacher facing grooming charge again after judge previously dismissed case
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Republicans will still hold a dominant supermajority in Frankfort next year, but Kentucky Democrats were able to knock off nine GOP incumbents in suburban legislative districts. -
Lucy VanMeter defeated incumbent Kentucky Court of Appeals Judge Will Moynahan, overcoming intervention in the race by Gov. Andy Beshear. -
In a surprising upset, Democrat Zach Dembo beat Republican Ralph Alvarado to flip a U.S. House seat. -
GOP Congressman Andy Barr beat Democrat Charles Booker to become Kentucky’s junior U.S. senator as Sen. Mitch McConnell’s 42-year career comes to an end. -
Voters approved a ballot measure to amend Kentucky’s constitution, limiting the clemency powers of governors in the final three months of their term. -
View results from the 2026 Election across Illinois.
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The Bronx emcee's unpredictable set features a laundry list of guest appearances and hits from across three decades. -
Some Americans squeezed by high prices are relying more on their local libraries for things like books, streaming services and high-priced items like musical instruments and sewing machines. -
The American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American pope at the Vatican during a break between concert dates in Italy. The Vatican said the encounter was brief. -
Wong was sentenced for his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law, in a case that critics say reflects the crackdown on the city's once-thriving pro-democracy movement. -
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anna Greenberg, a Democratic pollster, about what polls captured (and underestimated) after Democrats performed stronger than expected in midterm elections.
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Voters in dozens of states considered 146 statewide ballot measures this midterm cycle, on topics spanning LGBTQ rights, wealth taxes, abortion, redistricting, guns and more.
