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That year Republican John McCain won Kentucky, carrying it 57 percent to 41 percent, but lost the national popular and electoral votes to Democrat Barack Obama. Further hampering Kentucky's status as a bellwether state, 116 of Kentucky's 120 counties supported Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 election, who lost to Barack Obama nationwide. [3] [4]
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is served by the following area codes: 270/364, which serve western Kentucky and the western half of South Central Kentucky; 502, which serves the Louisville and Frankfort areas; 606, which serves eastern Kentucky, including the Eastern Coalfield; 859, which serves the Lexington area and Northern Kentucky
Six counties or county equivalents have voted Republican for president in every election since they came into existence: Doniphan County, Kansas (since 1864), Leslie County, Kentucky (since 1880), Colonial Heights, Virginia (since 1952), Poquoson, Virginia (since 1976), Chugach Census Area, Alaska (since 2020) and Copper River Census Area, Alaska (since 2020).
Sec. of State Attorney General Treasurer State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. Senator (Class III) U.S. House; 1792 Isaac Shelby (DR) no such office: James Brown (DR) George Nicholas (F) John Logan: DR majority DR majority John Brown (AA) John Edwards (AA) 2AA Washington/ Jefferson [a] (I) 1793 John Breckinridge (DR) 1794 1795 ...
Because today's largest county by area, Pike County, is 788 square miles (2,041 km 2), it is only still possible to form a new county from portions of more than one existing county; McCreary County was formed in this manner, from parts of Wayne, Pulaski and Whitley counties. Kentucky was originally a single county in Virginia, created in 1776 ...
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Houston has voted Democratic for more than a decade and is currently liberal leaning, despite being historically conservative. Currently, the majority of Houston elected officials are Democrats, and the city’s mayors have been Democrats for over 40 years. [ 4 ]
A movement in a myriad of rural counties across deep blue states such as Illinois and California to split off and form new states appears to be gaining some steam in the wake of the Nov. 5 election.