# Dem wins coin toss to break election tie, then takes home the quarter

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dem-wins-coin-toss-to-break-election-tie-then-takes-home-the-quarter/
- Published: 2026-11-08T20:37:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T21:34:13+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/08/us-news/dem-wins-coin-toss-to-break-election-tie-then-takes-home-the-quarter/
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- A quarter settled a 91–91 election tie in Kentucky.
- Democrat Kristen Fryman won the magistrate judge seat.
- Her win keeps Democrats in control of the county fiscal court.

## Summary

Democrat Kristen Fryman won a magistrate judge seat on Robertson County’s fiscal court after a coin toss broke her tie with Republican Benny Ray Renner. The unusual result matters because it keeps Democrats in the majority on the county board, which sets local budgets and tax rates.

Both candidates received 91 votes. Renner called heads when the county clerk flipped a quarter borrowed from the sheriff; it landed tails, and Fryman took the coin home. The result came in a county that Donald Trump won by about 80 per cent in 2024, and where Republican Andy Barr received nearly 70 per cent of the vote in his Senate race.

---
Summarised by TalkFuse (https://talkfuse.com/). Quote the original publisher for the reporting and link this page for the summary and discussion.