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Kentucky’s longest serving congressman says he’s confident about re-election bid
SOMERSET, Ky. (WYMT) - Kentucky’s longest serving Congressman cast his ballot in southern Kentucky Friday.
Republican Hal Rogers and his wife voted in Somerset.
The 88-year-old Dean of the House has served in Congress since first being elected in 1980, in the same election that Ronald Reagan was elected president.
Rogers says he is hoping for a big turnout and wants everyone to vote that is legally allowed.
“This is an important off-year election, no doubt about it. I’ve been working for these years, in this office, to recruit jobs in this area,” Rogers said.
He says people are telling him that they are confident he will be elected to another term in Congress.
Rogers is in a race in the fifth congressional district with Democrat Ned Pillersdorf and two Independent candidates, Mikel Wein and Gerardo Serrano.
Pillersdorf voted early Thursday in his hometown of Prestonsburg.
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