Clinton wins Kentucky primary following statewide recanvass

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton re-claimed her primary win in Kentucky, as Thursday's statewide recanvass did not overturn the approximately 1,900-vote defeat she handed rival Bernie Sanders on May 17.

Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes announced that the recanvass results remain unchanged from the totals certified by county boards of elections to Grimes last week, as required by law.

Sanders requested the recanvass, but after each of Kentucky's 120 county boards of elections convened Thursday to recheck and recanvass each voting machine, the results remained the same.

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"I'm grateful to our county boards of elections for their work today. Their efforts help ensure confidence in the Primary Election results for both candidates and the electorate," Grimes said in a release distributed to statewide media Thursday afternoon. "The recanvass results did not alter the outcome of the election."

On election night, unofficial results indicated that Clinton led Sanders by a margin of 1,924 votes. Counties later certified and reported results to the Secretary of State's office as required by law, showing a difference of 1,911 votes with 212,534 votes for Clinton and 210,623 votes for Sanders. The 13-vote difference was due to provisional votes and a discrepancy in absentee ballot totals in two counties. Today's recanvass results are consistent with the totals certified to the Secretary of State's office last week as required by law, the release said.

To view the county by county results of the recanvass, click here.

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