Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Mayor of Bowling Green comes out of a private room after discussing his victory with friends during his 2024 Election watch party the White Squirrel Brewery in Bowling Green on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Photo by Dominic Di Palermo.
Mayor Todd Alcott was reelected as Bowling Green mayor Tuesday evening
According to WBKO, Alcott defeated former Patti Minter, state representative and WKU history professor, by a 5.4% margin.
Alcott was first elected Bowling Green mayor in 2020 when former mayor Bruce Wilkerson chose not to run for reelection and endorsed Alcott’s campaign.
Kentucky citizens voted a majority no on Amendment 2 Tuesday,according to the Associated Press.
Amendment 2 would’ve allowed the Kentucky General Assembly to pass legislation that provides private school families with financial support through public funding.
Voters stand outside Living Hope Baptist Church in the early morning hours before the polling location opened on Election Day, 2024.
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More than 50 people lined up to cast their ballots by 5:30 a m Tuesday at Living Hope Baptist Church
When the polls opened at 6 a.m., Warren County voters flooded in to select a presidential candidate, weigh in on state bills and choose local representatives
After voting, several expressed their experiences and opinions experiences opinions to Herald reporters This is what they had to say
Bennett Gatewood, 76, and his sister, Patricia Tillman, 74, step out of their car and walk toward the Living Hope Baptist Church polling location on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Photo by Adin Parks
Herald photographers traveled around Bowling Green on Election Day to document scenes of Election Day 2024.
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