Kentucky election decided by coin toss after both candidates scored same number of votes

Kentucky Democrat Kristen Fryman won a county magistrate race after she and Republican Benny Ray Renner each received 91 votes. The coin toss settled the tie under state election rules and helped Democrats retain their majority on the county’s fiscal court, which sets local budgets and tax rates.

Renner called heads, but the county clerk’s coin landed tails; he had the first call because his name appeared first on the ballot. The 182 votes were split evenly, and Fryman kept the quarter used in the toss. A mayoral race in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, was also tied at 1,401 votes per candidate, though a recount could change that result before officials draw a name to decide it.