Results from around the state: A glimpse at three state legislative elections

It wasn't just Federal races that were contested yesterday throughout Kentucky. Here is a look at a few state legislative races of note.

State Senate - 11th District:

Former US Marshall and Boone County Jailer John Schickel (R-Union) squeaked out a win over former state Representative Charlie Walton (R-Florence) in a hotly contested northern Kentucky Republican primary for  the 11th state Senate seat left open by retiring incumbent Dick Roeding (R-Lakeside Park).

With 100 percent of precints reporting, Shickel won by just 24 votes over Walton - 4,341 to 4,317.

Shickel raised nearly $50,000 for his bid, while Walton took in over $38,000. It was Walton's second bid for the 11th, after he lost to Roeding in 2004. This year, Roeding backed Shickel in a move Walton attributed to residual "bad blood" between himself and the incumbent.

Schickel will now head to the legislature in Frankfort next year, as he is uncontested from the Democratic side in the November general election.

State House - 55th District:

Incumbent Milward Dedman (D-Harrodsburg) lost his bid for a third-term against Kent Stevens (D-Lawrenceburg) in a primary that tested the Democratic electorate's tolerance of former Republican who recently discovered his Democratic clothes.

Dedman made the leap from the GOP to the Democratic majority in the state House just last September, saying he could retain his conservative values in that party while enjoying the benefits of serving in the majority party.

He won't be returning, as Stevens beat him by nearly 11 percent, 55.1 percent to 44.9 percent.

Stevens will face Timothy Gray (R-Harrodsburg) in November in a district offering a nearly 40 percent registration advantage to Democrats.

State House - 63rd District:

Former state Homeland Security director Alecia Webb-Edgington (R-Fort Wright) was propelled into office after winning the blessing of the Kenton County GOP in December to run in a January special election.

Despite this victory, she still had to run in a Republican primary yesterday against Kenton County Clerk's office employee Will Terwort (R-Fort Mitchell) to keep her seat next year.

Webb-Edgington handed Terwort a solid defeat yesterday, trouncing him across the northern Kentucky district, 62.3 percent to 37.7 percent.

Terwort had a well-funded campaign, raising $33k for the race to Webb-Edgington's $23.5.

Webb-Edgington will now face Lakeside Park attorney and City Council member Ken Padgett in November.