Former President Donald Trump has again won Kentucky’s eight electoral votes. The Associated Press called Kentucky for the Republican presidential nominee shortly after polls closed Tuesday in the state’s Central Time Zone.

Votes for Donald Trump increased in every Kentucky county over four years ago — a trend that did not go unnoticed by political experts and leaders

The election was mostly smooth and a big part of that was thanks to early voting, according to Secretary of State Michael Adams.

Former President Donald Trump has won Kentucky, according to The Associated Press, in an early election night win for Republicans.

An Appalachian mayor has won an 11-candidate scramble for a Kentucky Senate seat left vacant by the Republican incumbent's death two weeks before Election Day

Republicans will maintained their supermajorities in Kentucky’s Legislature when the new session begins in January.

The defeat means state lawmakers will not be able to fund a "school choice" program, which they've been blocked from implementing in the past.

According to unofficial results from Kentucky.gov, just over 2,087,000 ballots were cast in the commonwealth through the election. With around 3,548,000 voters registered, turnout was just below 59%.Trump received 65% of the state's votes, and Kentucky was the first to be called for him again this year. Harris earned 34% of the vote.

Winners in five House races and one Senate race have not been called as of Wednesday afternoon. Here's when to expect final results.

In Senate districts around Louisville, several candidates ran unopposed: Democrats Cassie Chambers Armstrong, Gerald Neal and Keturah Herron. See results for two contested races in Louisville Metro, as well as one to watch in Eastern Kentucky, below.

A newly elected local councilwoman was featured in a satirical political show on HBO, and Gov. Andy Beshear published a guest essay in the New York Times.