Frankfort Democrat Erika Hancock will face Republican Kyle Thompson in November for the open House District 57 seat after winning her primary Tuesday night.

Hancock  bested Kristie Powe with 67% of the vote. Voter turnout in Franklin County was nearly 30%, high for a Kentucky primary election.

After Democratic Minority Floor Leader Derrick Graham announced his retirement in December, Hancock and Powe threw their hats in the ring.

Hancock is a local State Farm insurance agent well known in the community. Powe serves as chairperson of the Frankfort Human Rights Commission and previously worked with the nonpartisan Legislative Research Commission as a constituent services analyst.

Hancock outraised Powe by approximately $52,00, according to the latest campaign finance reports.

Hancock said her win came down to hard work and sticking to her campaign strategy. While she thinks funding played a role, it wasn’t handed to her, she said.

“That was making the phone calls and putting the time in,” she said. “I mean, there’s a couple hours a day of just calling and having that money in there. The campaign is a business, it takes money to run a successful one.”

She ran on getting state workers and retirees raises and funded pensions, affordable and safe childcare and supporting local growth. Hancock said she’s a “unifier by nature.”

“We all have different experiences that have gotten us to a place in our lives, and to tell somebody that their experiences and their vision for things are incorrect based on their own experiences is just not something that I believe in,” Hancock said in a pre-primary interview.

“…So I think that that’s what I’ll bring up there too, is just the civility and the integrity to talk to each other again.”

Powe ran on a similar platform, focused on women’s health, state worker raises and affordable housing.

Powe was not immediately available for comment.