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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 ...
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]
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).
Given the general nature and common perception of the two parties, "red state" implies a conservative region or a more conservative American, and "blue state" implies a more liberal region or a more liberal American. But the distinction between the two groups of states is less simplistic.
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.
Churchill Downs, the Jefferson County Teachers Association and the Kentucky Hospital Association are among the top funders of the biggest spender this cycle, Commonwealth Conservative Coalition PAC.
Breathitt County, Clay County, and Estill County: William Owsley, Kentucky Secretary of State and later Governor of Kentucky (1844–48) 4,001: 198 sq mi (513 km 2) Pendleton County: 191: Falmouth: 1798: Campbell County and Bracken County: Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803), member of the Continental Congress: 14,810: 280 sq mi (725 km 2) Perry ...
The Kentucky Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Kentucky.It is currently the minority party in the state, as the rival Republican Party of Kentucky overwhelmingly dominates in the state legislature, congressional delegation, and presidential elections.