SHE WON'T GO!
While we wait for Judge Shepherd’s ruling on the State House/State Senate redistricting madness, the other fight — over Congressional redistricting — is still boiling. Already delayed one week, today’s filding deadline may get pushed back still further with Dems and Repubs in Frankfort still jockeying for positing. Stumbo says three or four more days may be needed.
The new “compromise” map of Kentucky’s six congressional district includes concessions made by all sides.
Democrats wanted to move Owensboro from the 2nd District to the 1st District, and that’s not going to happen. And Republicans wanted to avoid moving Ashland and the surrounding counties from the 4th District to the 5th, and at least part of that area will.
But since details of the proposed map have dripped out, the strongest opposition has come from Central Kentucky Republicans. Andy Barr, the Lexington lawyer who is making his second run for the 6th District, and state Sen. Damon Thayer of Georgetown, have come out strongly against the map because it would move several conservative counties out of the southwest corner of the 6th District and into the 2nd District.
Here’s a hilarious quote from Damon Thayer, who redrew the State Senate map to remove Kathy Stein’s 13th District seat and damage Central Kentucky.
“I can’t support it in its current form,” said Thayer, a Georgetown Republican. “It makes drastic changes to the current congressional lines that I feel are unnecessary, and in particular, since I live in Central Kentucky, it really does great damage to the Central Kentucky compact nature of the 6th congressional district.
Just precious, Damnon.
Let’s do that again, but in video, thanks to Alessi’s CN|2:
KentuckyElection.org
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