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The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments in September 2023 in a suit alleging that the state legislature violated the state constitution by creating a partisan gerrymander in the state's congressional map by moving the state capital Frankfort to the heavily Republican 1st district. On December 14, 2023, the court affirmed a lower court ruling ...
The 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 21. Following the 2022 election, Republicans and Democrats held 80 and 20 seats, respectively. [1]
Current districts of the Supreme Court. The Kentucky Supreme Court consists of 7 justices elected in non-partisan elections to staggered eight-year terms. District 5, occupied by chief justice Laurance B. VanMeter, was the only seat up for election in 2024. [3] The district is composed of 8 counties in the Lexington area.
Here are some key down-ballot races to watch on Election Day. House District 88: Grossl vs. Stevenson. ... Kentucky state races to watch on Election Day. Show comments. Advertisement.
Amendment 1 asks voters to consider revising the state constitution to ban noncitizens from voting in Kentucky elections. The ballot measure is part of a national trend, with voters in eight ...
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Kentucky, one from each of the state's six congressional districts.
In 2023, Kentucky's Supreme Court upheld Republican-drawn boundaries for the state's congressional districts, finding that while the map represented a partisan gerrymander by the Republican-controlled legislature, the state's constitution does not "explicitly forbid"’ the advancement of partisan interests through redistricting. [1]
The legislature in 1980 took it a step further by granting cities latitude to act without state legislative authority across a wide range of topics and functions.