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Not Much Drama in Attorney General, Treasurer Races

Kentucky LRC

State Sen. Whitney Westerfield has won the Republican nomination for Kentucky attorney general.

Westerfield defeated Lawrence County Attorney Michael Hogan in Tuesday's primary election.

The Hopkinsville lawmaker will face Andy Beshear, the son of Gov. Steve Beshear, in the November election for the job as Kentucky's chief law enforcement officer. Beshear was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Westerfield is a former assistant commonwealth's attorney. He touts his chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Westerfield says he helped shape high-profile legislation to combat heroin addiction, revamp the state's juvenile justice system and allow victims of abusive dating relationships to seek emergency protective orders.

Kentucky's current two-term attorney general, Democrat Jack Conway, is running for governor.

Westerfield said he would use the courts to fight what he sees as President Barack Obama's regulatory overreach.

Allison Ball has won the Republican primary for state treasurer in Kentucky, defeating two other candidates.

The treasurer's race was the most crowded primary field of candidates for a statewide office this year in Kentucky. Ball, a Prestonsburg attorney, will face Democratic state Rep. Rick Nelson in November.

Ball defeated Lexington attorney Jon Larson and state Rep. Kenneth Imes of Murray in the GOP primary Tuesday.

Ball says she would apply conservative principles to the office that balances the state's checkbook and handles other financial duties. She says she would work to connect more Kentuckians with their unclaimed property, another role of the treasurer.

Larson was the one candidate who supported doing away with the treasurer's office. Larson said the treasurer's duties can be folded into the Finance and Administration Cabinet.