LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Stuart Ray remained the GOP nominee for Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District after the Jefferson County Clerk’s office held a re-canvass Thursday.
A re-canvass is a process where election officials add up all the vote tallies from every machine used in the election to make sure the numbers are correct.
“We just make sure there were no technical errors, no glitches, and at this time, we’re not aware of anything being different,” Jefferson County Clerk’s spokesperson Erran Huber said.
The re-canvass showed Ray still had a 58 vote lead over Rhonda Palazzo. The vote total in another race, the Democratic primary for Louisville Metro Council District 5, also remained the same.
“That is the outcome that we expected,” Huber said. “We have full faith and confidence in the integrity of our election, and this re-canvass really showed that there were no technical glitches, nothing was missing, all the vote totals aligned the exact same way.”
Palazzo was there for the re-canvass but said little afterwards, outside of thanking the clerk’s staff. She said she wasn’t sure if she plans to file for a recount, where election officials count every individual ballot again, or any other action contesting the election.
“We don’t know,” she said. “I have to meet with my team.”
The Kentucky Board of Elections will formally certify the election results on June 3. Ray now moves on to face Democrat Morgan McGarvey in the race to replace retiring U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth.