Moulding defeats Harvey in Jefferson County Attorney race

FAIRFIELD — Jefferson County Attorney Chauncey Moulding has survived a primary challenger in his bid to represent the Democratic Party in November.

Moulding, who won election in 2018 by defeating incumbent Republican Tim Dille, defeated his primary challenger Ed Harvey Tuesday by a 3-votes-to-1 margin. Moulding received 1,107 votes (75 percent) to Harvey’s 361 (25 percent).

Upon learning of his victory, Chauncey released the following statement:

“It appears that the voters of Jefferson County have enough faith in me to nominate me for another term as County Attorney. I am immensely thankful for everyone who supported me in this race, and will work every day to ensure that your trust was not misplaced. Thank you Jefferson County for your confidence.”

Moulding said he did not anticipate Harvey’s run, and that he learned that he would have a primary challenger by seeing Harvey’s yard signs pop up.

“It took me a little time to get into ‘campaign mode’ as I was focused on my duties to the residents of Jefferson County,” Moulding said. “However, once my campaign got spun up, it was a busy campaign these past three weeks or so for sure. I felt like we had a lot of momentum going into June 7, so the win was not unexpected, but the strength of the win was a bit of a surprise.”

Moulding said he was humbled to receive three-quarters of the vote, and was honored that the voters of Jefferson County have shown trust in his leadership.

“I think we do a good job here and am glad that voters see it that way too,” he said. “I will strive every day to ensure that I don’t let them down.”

The race for Jefferson County Attorney was the only countywide contested rice on the Democratic side. In the unopposed races, Jefferson County Supervisor Daryn Hamilton received 1,136 votes (99 percent); County Recorder Kelly Spees received 1,181 (nearly 100 percent); County Treasurer Mark Myers received 1,181 votes (nearly 100 percent).

On the Republican side, Lee Dimmitt received 1,165 votes (99 percent) in the county supervisor race. The Republicans did not have any names on the ballot for county attorney, treasurer or recorder.

According to the unofficial results from the Jefferson County Auditor’s Office, 30 percent of the county’s 9,533 registered voters participated in Tuesday’s primary elections, casting 2,902 ballots. Of those, 52 percent were cast in the Democratic Party primary and 48 percent cast in the Republican Party primary.