McLean County Coroner Kathy Davis said she is thrilled with the support given her by voters in a victory over two other opponents in the Republican Primary. Davis said she hopes that this was a referendum on professional qualifications for that office holder.
"I really want to elevate it to more of a medical law type vision of it where we can save lives, where we can bring it up to the forefront. And that being the Coroner is not something that everybody keeps secret, but that something that everybody knows about, that it is an important job," she said.
Davis handily defeated Gary Morefield and Ryan Gibson. Davis was appointed to fill a vacancy in the office. She is a nurse practitioner. She says she believes there was so much opposition because it is a desirable county wide office that people believe in. She said former Coroner Beth Kimmerling had the the post for so long that other people wanted to take a shot.
