11-14-12 —   The precincts were busy in Wayne County on Tuesday, November 6, as  

approximately 52 percent of local registered voters went to the  

polls. Voters made decisions in local races, as well as cast ballots  for a United States congressional seat and the next president.

    Barack Obama was re-elected to another term as president, but it was  republican challenger Mitt Romney who was the big winner in Wayne  County. Romney received 5,289 votes in the county compared to 1,855  for Obama.

    That was a victory that was echoed across the state, as Romney took  Kentucky's electoral votes on Tuesday night. Romney received about 60  percent of the vote in Kentucky, compared to 37 percent for Obama.

    Local voters did have a few races of particular interest as well,  including the race for Commonwealth's Attorney for the 57th Judicial  Circuit. Incumbent Matthew Leveridge, a republican, easily won in  Wayne County with 69 percent of the vote. He received 4,722 votes  locally,  compared to 2,101 for democratic challenger David F. Smith.

    Leveridge received 63 percent of the vote in Russell County, and was  re-elected to another term.

    Voters in the City of Monticello re-elected all six members of City  Council to another term. There were eight candidates on the ballot.  

The final vote tally in the council race was: Alvin Sexton, 1,172;  

Phillip Duncan, 1,116; Joe Gibson, 1,098; Allen Hopper, 1,091;  

Charles R. Peters, 1,072; Martin Breeding, 1,011; Lana E. Hoskins,  570; and Joe L. Cowan, 546.

    Jerry Lair was re-elected to the Monticello Board of Education and  received 448 votes. The other seat on the school board was won by  Michelle Flynn, who received 444 votes, defeating incumbent Chris  Dobbs, who  received 424 votes.

    There were six candidates on the ballot for the four Soil and Water  Conservation District Supervisor positions. The four winners in that  race were: Randy Cowan, 2,904; Jason Gregory, 2,974; Jack Roberts,  

2,799; and Barney Tom Denney, 2,259.

    Local voters cast ballots overwhelmingly in favor of Representative  Harold Rogers, who carried Wayne County with 78 percent of the vote  over democratic challenger Kenneth S. Stepp. Rogers received 5,510  votes in Wayne County.

    In the 5th Congressional District, Rogers won handily with about 78  percent of the vote.

    Election day in Wayne County went fairly well, according to Wayne  County Clerk Josephine Gregory. Things were busy in her office and  there were a couple of machine issues that were quickly resolved.

    One precinct did have a scanner that stopped working, but election  officials took a backup scanner to that location, according to Gregory.