In Our View: Vote Tuesday

The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky.
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Kentucky will have the primary election this Tuesday. Candidates have their yard signs out, their Facebook pages updated, and have attended various functions throughout the area.

In Ashland, 13 candidates are running for city commissioner. The top eight vote-getters will compete for the four commission seats in November. All the incumbents are running except Josh Blanton. He’s running for mayor and will face former Mayor Chuck Charles in the November election.

Also in Boyd County, voters will vote for President. That race seems to be set between President Joe Biden in a rematch with former President Donald Trump.

Boyd, Carter and Lawrence County voters will pick one of four candidates for Congress. Congressman Hal Rogers is the favorite but votes must be counted first. Part of Carter County is in the 4th Congressional District, which has three Republican candidates competing.

Greenup and Lewis Counties have a competitive race between three candidates running for Commonwealth’s Attorney. Also in Greenup County and a small part of Boyd County, four candidates are running for state representative on the Democratic side. The Republican candidate for state representative is unopposed in the primary.

Greenup and Lewis County Republican voters have a choice of three candidates running for Congress.

Kentuckians vote one week after the hotly contested, ultra-expensive West Virginia primary. After Tuesday, politics will take a short break before the first presidential debate scheduled for June 27 in Atlanta.

Voters need to take their ID with them to the polls. It’s your civic duty to vote this Tuesday. Make your vote count by voting.