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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Kentucky’s primary election is officially over. While there is still the general election to look forward to in November there may be some loose ends to tie up.

In Floyd County there were three races that were too close for comfort.

Come January, Floyd County will see a new county judge executive. James “Jimmy” Rose overcame incumbent Ben Hale. That doesn’t mean it was an easy feat … Rose had 34.9% of the votes while Hale had 34.6%. That means Rose won by 31 votes.

In the Magistrate’s race in District 2, George Ousley won by 52 votes.

And in the contest for Magistrate in District 3, Mike Tackett beat Warren Jarrell by a whopping five votes.

“I’ve had some races that were two vote differences and small vote differences,” said Floyd County Clerk Chris Waugh. “But never had three races all be that close.”

Waugh says this is another reason why voting matters.

“A person can have more people for them and still lose,” added Waugh. “The only thing that matters and the only thing that counts is who came in to vote on that day.” 

Even though nothing is in writing, yet, county officials are expecting there to be at least one re-canvass in Floyd County.

“A re-canvass … basically all you’re doing is going back and making sure there wasn’t any clerical errors or anything like that.”

Once there is a re-canvass, candidates may ask for a recount, which then goes through the court system. Candidates have until Tuesday at 4 o’clock to request a re-canvass.