Kentucky: Chris Thieneman

LOUISVILLE -- Louisville developer Chris Thieneman lost his bid to win the Republican nomination in Kentucky's 3rd Congressional district this evening to former Congresswoman Anne Northup, but he remained upbeat in an interview with PolitickerKY.com on election night.

"I knew it was going to be an uphill battle," said Thieneman.

With 99 percent of precints reporting, Northup took 76.9 percent of the vote to Thieneman's 21.4 percent.

Word from the campaign of Chris Thieneman is that the candidate is waiting out election results for his bid for the Republican nomination in Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District.

"[Thieneman] made a few phone calls this morning," said David Toborowsky, Thieneman's campaign consultant. "We've done all we can do and we'll let the voters decide."

Toborowsky praised the tone of the campaign, which was largely positive once Thieneman revived his candidacy in late April. 

[img_assist|nid=622|title=Congressional candidate Anne Northup|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=191|height=200]The campaign of 3rd District Republican candidate Anne Northup received a huge boost today going into tomorrow's primary election, announcing they raised $40,000 in the last twenty-four hours.

"We're encouraged by the groundswell of support that's apparent in our fundraising today, and will be apparent in the election results tomorrow night," said Northup in a statement released today.

The notorious 'they' say that a day is a lifetime in politics. For one Congressional candidate in the 3rd U.S. House district race in Kentucky, a day is at least enough to decide that "definitely not" instead means "definitely will."

Louisville property manager Corley Everett will, in fact, drop out of the 3rd district race and endorse Republican primary opponent Chris Thieneman just one day after telling PolitickerKY.com he would not.