Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who made headlines after refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple in 2015, lost her re-election bid to her Democratic challenger on Tuesday. Elwood Caudill Jr. will be the new clerk for Rowan County after winning 4,210 votes to Davis’ 3,566, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. Davis garnered national headlines after she refused to issue a marriage license shortly after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, saying she was doing so “under God’s authority.” Her behavior prompted widespread outrage and she was jailed for five days for contempt, but many on the right celebrated her as a defender of religious freedom. David Ermold, one of the gay men Davis initially denied a marriage license to, raised more than $200,000 from donors around the country for the chance to campaign against Davis, but lost the primary to Caudill in May.

Source: Huffington Post November 07, 2018 01:41 UTC