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Primary election, May 20, 2008 in Adair County


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Absentee totals. White Oak.Eunice-Pellyton. Little Cake. East Columbia.Ozark.S. Columbia-Ozark. Glens Fork-Melson Ridge. Gradyville-Nell. Sparksville-Breeding. Milltown. West Columbia. Cane Valley-Holmes. Knifley-Roley. North Columbia. Hurt.

McConnell top vote getter, and margin is 6.7 to 1. Hillary total second highest of night, higher than John McCain. She outpolls Obama 5.4 to 1 here. Winners in Adair County: John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Asa Swan, Hillary Clinton, Bruce Lunsford; Carney wins district wide after Taylor vote included. Campbellsville goes wet. Greensburg alcoholic beverage vote fails
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By Ed Waggener

In the most closely watched race, John "Bam" Carney won the Republican nomination for 51st District Representative, in the balloting on May 20, 2008. But in Adair County, a very strong showing in absentee voting for Asa James Swan, 98-23, and a slightly better than even vote in the 16 Adair County precincts, gave Swan the winner in Adair County.

However, Swan's margin of 82 votes in Adair County was not strong enough to overcome the 376 vote margin Carney received in Taylor County.

Bam Carney carried 7 Adair County precincts; Swan carried 8. The two tied in Cane Valley-Holmes, where the vote was 49 Carney, 49 Swan, 44 Russell Montgomery. Montgomery, the former Adair Countian , former Democrat turned Republican, ran third in Adair County.



The vote overall, in Adair County was:
Republican for 51st District Representative
  1. Asa James Swan, 705
  2. John "Bam" Carney, 623
  3. Russell Montgomery, 423
Carney, the winner, overall, now faces Democrat Doug Mullins for the 51st District Seat being vacated by retiring Representative Russ Mobley.

Republicans vote for John McCain

Adair County Republicans voted overwhelmingly for John McCain, who already has the nomination wrapped up, but a surprising number of votes were cast for others.The vote in Adair County was:
Republican vote President of the United States
  1. John McCain, 1,240
  2. Mike Huckabee, 167
  3. Ron Paul, 75
  4. Mitt Romney, 68
  5. "Uncommitted" 69
  6. Rudy Guiliana, 24
  7. Alan Keyes, 11
McCain carried all 16 precincts plus the absentees.Hillary is second highest vote getter of evening

Hillary Clinton was the overwhelming choice of Democrats, carrying every precinct and the absentees on the way to amassing 1,255 votes in Adair County, 15 more than John McCain got from the Republicans, and second to the total received by Mitch McConnell.
Democratic vote for President in Adair County
  1. Hillary Clinton, 1,255
  2. Barack Obama, 232
  3. "Uncommitted, 31
  4. John Edwards, 24
Mitch McConnell biggest vote getter night here

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell proved the biggest vote-getter of the evening, amassing 1,454 votes.In the race for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, the vote was:
Republican vote United States Senator
  1. Mitch McConnell, 1,454
  2. Daniel Essek, 218
McConnell carried all 16 precincts and the absentee vote.

Lunsford runs ahead for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate

Bruce Lunsford carried all 16 Adair County precincts and the absentees to be the overwhelming favorite of the Adair County Democrats.
Adair County Democratic Primary for U.S. Senator
  1. Bruce Lunsford, 619
  2. Greg Fischer, 323
  3. David Williams, 235
  4. Michael Cassaro, 71
  5. James E. Rice, 48
  6. David Wylie, 19
  • Kenneth Step, 16
  • Local option votes a split

    Local option balloting was a split in neighboring Greensburg and Campbellsville. Greensburg's Historic District voted 178-163 to remain dry. But Campbellsville's city wide vote was 1,224 to have by the drink sales in restaurants, to 1,144 to remain bone dry.


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    Primary Election 2008: At White Oak Precinct



    2008-05-20 - Corner of Sano and Lee Bob Carter Roads - Photo By Ed Waggener.
    WHITE OAK PRECINCT has one of the prettiest settings for a voting house in Adair County. The dedicated polling place is located on a large shaded lawn at the corner of Sano and Lee Bob Carter Roads. Friendly poll workers on hand to help voters on Tuesday, May 20, were, from left, Eva Adamson, Clarene Kelsay, Sue Carter, and Deltris Cravens.

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    On the phone to Cousin Bam Carney



    2008-05-20 - Adair County Annex Building - Photo By Ed Waggener.
    SHANNON THOMAS, a Cousin of Bam Carney, the winner of the Republican nomination for the 51st District House of Representatives nomination, talked with her Carney to compare notes on the votes in Adair and Taylor County. Carney narrowly lost Adair County, by 82 votes, but his 376 vote margin in Taylor County more than made the difference. Strong family ties in the precincts above Green River paid off for Carney, and work by Shannon Thomas and other Adair County cousins helped offset big Lindsey Wilson College student voting and a youth oriented campaign by Asa Swan in Adair County. In the reflection in window, right, is Adair County Court Clerk Sheila Blair.

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