by Tracy McCue, Sumner Newscow — In the lone locally contested race in Sumner County, Anita Judd-Jenkins unseated Kasha Kelley, for the Republican nomination of the 80th District. Judd-Jenkins scored the victory with a 1,283 vote tally to Kelley’s 1,143. The victory margin was 52.8 percent to 47.2.

Anita Judd-Jenkins

Sumner County, which took longer to tally the votes, would push the Ark City business woman over the top with 405 votes to Kelly’s 283 with 58.87 to 41.13 percent winning margin.

This was the only local Republican race. All Sumner County Republican incumbents were unopposed. There were no contested Democrat races and the 116th District which encompasses much of western Sumner County is still left to be played out between Republican incumbent Kyle Hoffman and Democrat challenger Jo Roitman. 

We will have more details of the election tomorrow.

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