Despite facing five opponents, Larry Conder ran away with the Republican bid for the Central County Commission seat in Tuesday’s primary and is now looking ahead to the General Election.
Conder claimed just more than 44% of the vote with 3,565 ballots in his favor. Michael King was second with 1,986 votes, followed by Dianne Mackey (1,366), Darrin Autry (516), Andy Gamblin (339), and Jason Jackson (313).
“The voters showed up to be able to make a good difference for the county for the next four years. That’s what they did,” Conder said. “… And that is just absolutely awesome. I’m looking forward to making sure the county does well for those next four years and I’m ready to go.”
First, he’ll have to face Tyler Sagardoy — the lone Democrat to file for the seat — in the election this fall.
Conder said he is comfortable that the voters will make the “right decision.”
During his campaign, Conder has said that he plans to focus on helping allocate the CARES Act money in ways that are beneficial for the community — like internet service, water service, sewer service, etc.
One of his other areas of focus is also about looking to the future and teaching citizens how to take better care of themselves.
“I will put [the voters’] trust to work and it will be for the people of Daviess County to make sure that that trust happens every day,” Conder said.
Conder is a Daviess County native and spent nearly his entire life here. He started his own natural gas marketing company after leaving Texas Gas in 1995. In 1999 he started to work for the Public Energy Authority of Kentucky, which delivers natural gas to municipalities.
Conder is also actively involved in numerous organizations across the community, and he said he and his wife Rosemary have invested a significant amount of money back into various areas of the city.
Conder served two terms as an Owensboro City Commissioner. He was first elected in 2016 and was re-elected in 2018.
