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Amendment 2 would have added this language to the state’s foundational document: “To protect human life, nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion.”
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Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate said the Kentucky Constitution doesn’t block lawmakers from taking politics into account when drawing the maps.
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Kentucky’s official voter turnout report isn't yet available. But Secretary of State Michael Adams says the Commonwealth is on track to hit or surpass a 50% turnout.
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The Associated Press called the race for “No” voters at 8:20 a.m. Wednesday. With 86% of votes counted, those opposing the amendment led supporters by more than 67,000 votes.
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Voters have chosen a Kentucky Appeals Court judge to join the state Supreme Court. Kelly Thompson won the 2nd district seat, which encompasses 17 counties stretchingnorth from the Tennessee border to the Ohio River.
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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is headed back to Washington for a third term. The Bowling Green Republican easily defeated Democratic challenger Charles Booker of Louisville in Tuesday's election. Paul used his victory speech to continue his attack on the nation’s top infectious disease expert.
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Longtime Democratic Congressman John Yarmuth is not seeking reelection to the seat, which he has held since 2006. This is the first open election for the Louisville-area seat since 1994.
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Incumbent Republican Sen. Rand Paul defeated his Democratic opponent Charles Booker and will head back to Washington, D.C. for a third six-year term.
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Election Day: Voters decide local races, constitutional amendments, control of U.S. House and SenateVoters in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, are among those casting ballots Tuesday on Election Day. More than 253,000 Kentuckians took advantage of the state's early in-person voting period last week and have already had their say.
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The region was so partial to Democrats that the writer Irvin Cobb, originally from Paducah, dubbed western Kentucky’s congressional district as the “Gibraltar of Kentucky Democracy” with Democrats winning consistently in the region. But now Republicans dominate elections across the region.