Incumbents prevailed across the board in Kentucky’s U.S. House primaries on May 17.
In Congressional District , neither Rep. Jamie Comer (R-Ky.) nor Democrat Jimmy Ausbrooks faced primary opponents Tuesday.
Comer is a former two-term Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner, 12-year state lawmaker, and gubernatorial candidate. He is the ranking Republican on the House Oversight Committee and an ardent advocate of former President Donald Trump.
Ausbrooks is a mental health counselor. He ran, but withdrew, from the U.S. Senate race in 2020 and is otherwise a relative political newcomer not expected to seriously challenge Comer in November.
Congressional District 2
In Congressional District 2, seven-term Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) scored 75 percent of the vote with 38 percent of the districts reporting at 8:54 p.m., according to Decision Desk HQ. He ran against challengers Brent Feher and Lee Watts in the GOP primary for the district….