By Linda Blackford | Editor
The end is almost near, about 12 hours from now, if you’re reading this first thing in the morning. The texts and fundraiser requests will stop … for a bit. It’s Election Day, and according to the Secretary of State, voters seem pretty excited, at least all of those who voted early.
Nationally all eyes will be on Kentucky because our polls close so early and the 6th District race is so close.
We will post all results as soon as they are confirmed, and Lantern reporters will be at various victory/concession parties to see what the candidates have to say in person. You can find us on our website www.kentuckylantern.com, on Bluesky @kentuckylantern.com, on Facebook, and on Instagram @kentuckylantern.
We’ll leave you with some commentary from historian Berry Craig about why it’s good to keep politics civil.
By McKenna Horsley
Early voting was up across Kentucky in comparison to the last midterm election in 2022.
During Kentucky’s early voting period between Thursday and Saturday, 377,269 Kentuckians cast ballots. Most of them were Democrats, 180,541. Republicans had 170,304 voters.
The assassination of General Bull Nelson by General Jefferson C. Davis. (Cover of New York Illustrated News, Saturday, October 18, 1862 via Wikipedia)
COMMENTARY
By Berry Craig
Holy Warrior Pete Hegseth has declared holy war on “fatties, trannies, beardos” and “weirdos” in the military.
History, which I taught in a community college for two dozen years, instructs that in combat, corpulence and competence are not mutually exclusive.
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