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Gay Man Loses Bid to Face Kim Davis in November

Gay Man Loses Bid to Face Kim Davis in November
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By The Associated Press
May. 22, 2018 | ROWAN COUNTY, KY
By The Associated Press May. 22, 2018 | 07:05 PM | ROWAN COUNTY, KY
A gay man in eastern Kentucky has lost his bid to challenge a Republican county clerk who went to jail three years ago for denying him and others marriage licenses.

David Ermold was seeking the Democratic nomination for county clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky. He had hoped to challenge religious conservative Kim Davis.

In 2015 Davis said that "God's authority" prevented her from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in the aftermath of an historic U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Ermold lost to Elwood Caudill in a four-way Democratic primary on Tuesday, despite a campaign that raised more than $200,000 with donations from at least 48 states.

Caudill will face Davis in the November general election. No one challenged Davis for the Republican nomination.
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