LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Democrat Cassie Chambers Armstrong is headed to the Kentucky State Senate after winning a special election in Senate District 19 on Tuesday.

A former Louisville metro councilwoman, Chambers Armstrong defeated Republican Misty Glin with 77% of the vote in the race to fill the seat vacated by former state senator Morgan McGarvey, who left after winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives.

In a statement, Armstrong said she was “honored that the voters have entrusted me to go to the state Senate to stand up for our values and work to solve the problems facing our commonwealth.”

Once the results are certified, she'll be sworn into office to begin serving during the current legislative session.

The Democrat will enter the Kentucky Senate facing a Republican supermajority. 

“Even when we disagree on other things,” Armstrong said, “it’s also important that we bring different perspectives and I am someone who has lived and experienced rural poverty on the other side of the state and now represents one of the most urban areas in my current Metro Council District. And so I think I have a good diversity of perspective on what the challenges are in Kentucky and good ideas about how we can solve those together.”

As a mother of two, Armstrong says family-related issues, such as daycare access, high-quality public education, affordable health care, are a few areas she plans to focus on in the Senate. 

“And really making sure that working families can thrive in our commonwealth,” Armstrong said. “That is how we move Kentucky forward.”

Another special election to fill a Kentucky Senate vacancy in District 28 will take place May 16, the day of the statewide primary election. Republican Ralph Alvarado left the Senate to lead the state health department in Tennessee.