A Butler County state Representative says he's strongly considering a run for a Senate seat following today's signing of new redistricting maps. The newly drawn boundaries place Morgantown Republican C.B. Embry, Jr., in the same district as Warren County Republican Jim DeCesare.
Embry gave his reaction to WKU Public Radio earlier Friday afternoon.
"Now I'm not fixing to announce or anything, but I'm leaning toward running for the sixth Senatorial district next year. That would be Butler, Ohio, Muhlenberg, and Hopkins counties," said Embry.
The sixth Kentucky Senate district is currently represented by Madisonville Democrat Jerry Rhoads. Embry admits it would be a tough challenge to take on Rhoads, given that the voter registration in the sixth Senate district is majority Democratic.
Warren County Representative Jim DeCesare told WKU Public Radio today that he plans to run for the 17th District House seat.
Correction: A previous version of this story stated the Rep. DeCesare had said he would run for Kentucky's 21st House District seat next year. In fact, he said he would run for the 17th District seat. We sincerely regret the error.
