The Republican primary between incumbent Rep. Kim Moser and Karen Campbell was still too close late Tuesday night, with Moser holding onto a slim lead.
The Taylor Mill Republican was first elected in 2016 to represent the 64th District in Kenton County with a 2 percentage point lead over Karen Campbell, according to unofficial results from Decision Desk HQ.
Around midnight, the final count showed Moser with an 84-vote lead over Campbell.
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Moser, a former neonatal intensive care unit nurse and chair of the House Health and Family Services Committee, has made public health policy a priority during her nearly eight years in office. She has been a more moderate voice within her party on certain issues, including expanding Medicaid coverage for pregnant women and new mothers.
Campbell, a real estate agent from Independence, calls himself a “lifelong Republican patriot.” If she wins the Republican nomination, she promises to “defend constitutional freedoms and be a voice against overstepping of government mandates,” and protect “conservative traditional family values, the unborn, the Second Amendment, and religious liberty.”
The winner of Tuesday’s primary will face Democratic challenger Heather Crabbe in the November general election.
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