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A tight Republican race for governor across the state didn't translate to a close one in Butler County.  Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer (Lt. Gov. candidate Chris McDaniel) easily carried Butler County with almost 58 percent of the vote.  Lousiville buisnessman Matt Bevin (Lt. Gov. candidate Jenean Hampton) received 287 votes (23 percent); former Louisville City Council member Hal Heiner (Lt. Gov. candidate K.C. Crosbie) was a distant third with 160 votes (13 percent); and former Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Will T. Scott (Lt. Gov. candidate Rodney Coffey) garnered 69 votes (5.6 percent).  Total number of votes cast in Butler County were 1,45o, or approximately 15.8 percent of eligible voters.
Statewide, Bevin appears to have edged out Comer by the ultra-slim margin of 83 votes.  Bevin received 70,479 votes to Comer's 70,396.  Heiner tallied 57,948 votes and Scott finished with 15,364.  Comer has officially requested a recanvass of votes due to the small margin separating the two candidates.  According to Kentucky Secretary of state Alison Grimes, county boards of elections across the state will meet to conduct the recanvass at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 28, per Kentucky law.  Barring a change in the outcome of the race, Republican Matt Bevin will face off against Democrat Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway in the November General Election. 
The following results are from other contested races in Butler County:

Governor/Lieutenant Governor - Democrat
Geoffrey M. "Geoff" Young/Johnathan D. Master - 40 votes
Jack Conway/Sannie Overly - 174 votes
 * Conway won statewide and will face Republican Matt Bevin in the General Election. 

Attorney General - Republican
Whitney H. Westerfield - 716 votes
Michael T. Hogan - 344 votes
 * Westerfield won statewide and will face Democrat Andy Beshear in the General Election.

State Treasurer - Republican
Kenneth Churchhill Imes - 282 votes
Jon Larson - 322 votes
Allison Ball - 454 votes
 * Ball won statewide and will face Democrat Rick Nelson in the General Election.

State Treasurer - Democrat
Jim Glenn - 33 votes
Daniel B. Grossberg - 18 votes
Richard Henderson - 49 votes
Rick Nelson  - 56 votes
Neville Blakemore - 30 votes
 * Nelson won statewide and will face Republican Allison Ball in the General Election.

Commissioner of Agriculture - Republican
Ryan F. Quarles - 576 votes
Richard Heath - 526 votes
 * Quarles won statewide and will face Democrat Jean-Marie Lawson Spann in the General Election.

Secretary of State - Democrat
Alison Lundergan Grimes - 170 votes
Charles Lovett - 46
 * Grimes won statwide and will face Republican Steve Knipper in the General Election.

The General Election is set for Tuesday, November 3.