420. A Trivia Quiz to keep you busy while I am away.

Here is a quick entry of some political trivia.

Question: Who (what candidate) in any race is the top vote-getter in Jefferson County?

Question: Who (what candidate) in a partisan race is the top vote-getter running in all the precincts in Jefferson County?

Question: Who (what candidate) in a partisan race is the top vote-getter running in all or part of Jefferson County?

Below are some numbers. They represent the highest vote totals for one person in a race in all or part of Jefferson County. To whom do you think they belong?

1. 229,293 - __________________
2. 222,527 - __________________
3. 203,843 - __________________
4. 198,541 - __________________
5. 197,736 - __________________
6. 196,435 - __________________
7. 195,564 - __________________
8. 173,258 - __________________
9. 171,601 - __________________
10. 170,384 - __________________


Here are a bunch of hints.

The answers include:
a) one who has never held public office,
b) one who has ran as both a Democrat and a Republican,
c) one who has been elected in all three branches in two different governments,
d) two who have served in both the state and the federal legislatures,
e) two women,
f) two who have ran for the old Louisville Board of Aldermen,
g) two blacks,
h) two who have ran for Jefferson County Commissioner,
i) two originally from Okolona,
j) two Jews,
k) two who have ran as Republicans,
l) two who presently serve in the only office to which they’ve ever been elected,
m) two sitting judges,
n) two who commonly go by their middle names,
o) three who won Jefferson County but lost the rest of the state,
p) three whose first name begins with the letter J,
q) five attorneys,
r) eight presently in office,
s) eight Kentuckians (although at least two of them were born in other states),
t) and one is listed twice, but for two different offices.

Finally, the eldest of these elected officials is more than 22 years older than the youngest.

Even if you can’t match up the numbers, at least give me the names. And don't cheat. All the answers are easy to find.

Enjoy.

See you in a few weeks.