Both Democrats and Republicans were watching the prosecutor's race to see if recent Democratic gains in the now-blue county would extend to an office Republicans have held for decades. Powers, a former judge and assistant prosecutor,

Poll watchers are ordinary citizens who volunteer to observe elections on behalf of an organization. Many of them do so on behalf of a specific political party.

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Results are starting to trickle in from the first few counties in Indiana and Kentucky! However, they're incomplete, and it's far too early to draw any conclusions from them. My general rule of thumb is to wait until at least 10% of the expected vote is reporting before taking those numbers seriously.