A final political column from H-L’s Ryan Alessi

Ryan Alessi with the Herald-Leader offers some parting thoughts today about his year’s election season in Kentucky in the final edition of his political notebook column. 
Alessi has covered politics and government for the Herald-Leader for nearly six years, and is moving on from the Frankfort bureau to cover the state’s colleges and universities along with [...]

Wednesday’s front pages

The Poynter Institute has compiled a look at the front pages of various newspapers on Wednesday following Tuesday’s historic election of Democrat Barack Obama as the country’s first black president. 
It’s an interesting look to see what words and images resonated, at least with newspaper folk, during Election Night. 
Here’s are a couple of examples, from The Kansas [...]

AP: McConnell brought Dems on board to win fifth term

Republican Mitch McConnell won his fifth term on Tuesday with help in part from Democratic voters, even those who don’t back Bush or the $700 billion financial markets bailout plan, according to an Associated Press poll. 
Joe Biesk with the AP has a piece this morning looking at what an exit poll of more than 1,400 [...]

WKU offers analysis of Tuesday’s results

Looking for another take on the results from Tuesday’s election? Members of Western Kentucky University’s political science department have posted their thoughts today on the university’s blog.
Check out the post to read what four professors have to say about races from the presidential contest on down the ticket.
Since I’ve been particularly interested in the 2nd [...]

A closer look at the election in Daviess County

The Daviess County Clerk’s office has posted the precinct-by-precinct results from yesterday’s election and here’s a listing of the precinct locations. 
I haven’t taken a closer look at how Daviess County voted, but hope to make some observations when I have a chance to look through the numbers. Feel free to make your own comments below about [...]

Running update on Kentucky’s 2nd District race

Democrat David Boswell has an early lead in the 2nd District race over Republican Brett Guthrie as results just begin coming in in the 21-county district. 
Boswell has won handily in Marion County, the first county in the expansive district to complete their count. 
Here are the results from the state Board of Elections site in Marion [...]

CNN, Associated Press call Kentucky for McCain

CNN and the Associated press have already predicted a win for Republican John McCain in Kentucky as the vote just begins to be counted. 
As of 6:30 p.m. CST, the state Board of Elections had just over 15 percent of precincts reporting in the state and showed McCain ahead of Democrat Barack Obama by 57 percent [...]

Tales from the polls in Owensboro

I went to the Sportscenter to cast my vote this morning about 6:30 a.m., and had to only wait a few minutes in line. 
That’s certainly the earliest I’ve headed out to vote, but wanted to make sure I had time for any lines I might find.
While I was in and out quickly, that wasn’t the [...]

Voters sound off about presidential choices at SayHear.org

The attention tonight once the polls close will be on what voters are saying when they cast their ballots for who should be the next President of the United States. 
SayHear.org is a project providing even more of a voice to those voters by allowing them to call in and record a message explaining their choice [...]

Some looking to Kentucky to see how election goes for Republicans

Roll Call has a look at some of the key races tonight, and lists Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race between Republican leader Mitch McConnell and Democrat Bruce Lunsford along with Kentucky’s 2nd District race as two early indicators of how the night might go for Republicans. 
Here’s reporter Nathan Gonzales’s take on the 2nd District race where [...]