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Gay Man Denied Marriage License by Kim Davis Loses Bidto Challenge Her for Kentucky County ClerkshipBy MAHITA GAJANAN May 22, 2018A gay man seeking to challenge GOP county clerk Kim Davis in Kentucky losthis bid for the Democratic nomination to run against her, three years after shedenied him a marriage license.David Ermold, right, æles to run for Rowan County Clerk in Kentucky as Clerk Kim Davis, left, looks on AdamBeam/AP/REX/ShutterstockGET TIME MAGAZINE FOR AS LOW AS58¢ PER ISSUE REDEEM MY OFFERDavid Ermold, who bid for the Democratic nomination in the primary race onTuesday in Rowan County, Kentucky, lost despite raising out-raising fellowDemocratic candidate Elwood Caudill by at least $200,000. Caudill will nowface Davis, the Associated Press reports.Ermold, his now-husband and several other gay couples were denied marriagelicenses by Davis in 2015, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling thatlegalized same-sex marriage. Davis later spent a week in jail after refusing ajudge’s order to issue the marriage licenses.The AP reports that Rowan County residents worried that Ermold’s bid for thenomination would bring back the heavy media attention the area received in2015, as protests against Davis grew. Republicans in Rowan County have evensuggested they may not vote for Davis after she brought so much negativeattention to the county.

Gay Man Denied Marriage License by Kim Davis Loses Bid to Challenge Her for Kentucky County Clerkship

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Gay Man Denied Marriage License by Kim Davis Loses Bid to Challenge Her for Kentucky County Clerkship

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