LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With more than one million Kentuckians casting a "No" vote on Amendment 2, voters Tuesday made their position on the subject clear. The ballot measure, which has been at the forefront of this year’s election cycle has failed to pass.

“They tried to change the Constitution, it didn’t work. That is it, that’s the end of the conversation,” Congressman Morgan McGarvey, D-Louisville, said Tuesday night.

Top Democrats in the state, including McGarvey, have opposed the amendment since it was passed by state lawmakers earlier this year. McGarvey, who easily secured his reelection Tuesday night, says the state is unified in its opposition to allowing state dollars to flow into non-public schools.

“We’ve seen legislation get struck down by the courts. Now we’ve seen the people of Kentucky. There is no urban-rural divide here. The people of Kentucky have said what we want is we want a solid investment in our public schools,” McGarvey said.

Logan Gatti, chair of the Louisville Democratic Party, also cheered on the Amendment’s defeat.

“You know, we were never going to be able to cover the full cost of tuition for a private school, so really it was a tax break for wealthier individuals and I think that people realized that, and that’s why it was so soundly defeated,” Gatti stated.

Amendment 2 supporters campaigned on the ballot measure, providing families more choices when it comes to educating children.

Kentucky Republican Party spokesperson Andrew Westberry told Spectrum News the work to ensure kids succeed is far from over.

“Unfortunately for a lot of folks in my party who were firmly behind the constitutional amendment, they didn’t get the results that they wanted this evening. But that’s okay, that’s the democratic process, it’s how this works, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose,” Westberry said.

Kentucky’s other ballot measure, Amendment 1, garnered more than 60% of the vote. It adds a line to the state constitution explicitly barring non-citizens from voting in state elections.