Overview
- Unofficial returns from the Jefferson County Clerk's Office show Clemons received 3,752 of 5,178 ballots cast.
- The victory follows a vacancy created when David Yates became Jefferson County clerk after Bobbie Holsclaw’s death.
- Clemons defeated Republican Calvin Leach and Libertarian Wendy Higdon, preserving Democratic control of the south Louisville seat.
- A U.S. Army veteran and president of United Steelworkers Local 1693, he represents workers at Louisville's American Synthetic Rubber Company.
- The Kentucky Democratic Party says Clemons is the first union leader elected to the state’s General Assembly.