The mayor’s race is set in Owensboro. WNIN’s John Gibson has more on Kentucky’s primary election:
Incumbent Tom Watson and City Commissioner Pamela Smith-Wright will face off in the Owensboro mayoral election in November.
Watson was the top vote-getter in Tuesday’s primary with Smith-Wright finishing a close second, to advance to the general election.
They topped a ballot of five mayoral hopefuls.
In Henderson County, voters approved a referendum allowing alcohol sales in the community of Niagara.
The measure passed by a more than two-to-one margin.