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Kentucky House Democrats Offer Legislative Redistricting Plan

Kentucky House Democrats have advanced their legislative redistricting plan today which would see Democrat and Republican incumbents competing in the same districts. This comes a week after GOP legislators revealed their proposal.  Democratic Representative Tommy Thompson said their plan follows the “one person, one vote” mandate.  But, he said he knows some of his colleagues will be unhappy with the idea of having to run against someone in their own party.

"But I'm confident that we're going to have a map that's constitutionality supported and constitutionally valid and that we'll be able to get our work done in five days and have new districts relative to the 2014 elections," said Thompson.

The proposed plan would pair off Republicans Jim DeCesare of Warren County and C-B Embry Jr. of Butler County in one district and Ben Waide of Hopkins County and Myron Dosset of Christian in another. The plan also includes two sets of Democratic incumbents pitted against each other in Eastern Kentucky.  The General Assembly will meet Monday in special session to set the new boundaries, which are required to account for population changes recorded in the last census.

Rob Canning is a native of Murray, KY, a 2015 TV Production grad of Murray State. At MSU, he served as team captain of the Murray State Rowing Club. Rob's goal is to become a screenwriter, film director or producer and looks to the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie for inspiration. He appreciates good music, mainly favoring British rock n' roll, and approves of anything with Jack White's name on it. When not studying, rowing or writing, Rob enjoys spending his free time with a book or guitar.
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