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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.
English: Map of the congressional districts of Kentucky, complemented with county boundaries, as well as major roads, water areas, urban areas, and parks in Kentucky, with neighbouring states coloured in gray. These congressional districts are put into effect from 2023, following the 2022 US House elections.
Kentucky's current congressional delegation in the 119th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Republicans, and its six representatives: five Republicans and one Democrat. The current dean of the Kentucky delegation is Representative and Dean of the House Hal Rogers of the 5th district, having served in the House since 1981.
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, with each one representing an average of 761,169 people following the 2020 United States census . [ 1 ]
Kentucky’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Republican-drawn boundaries for state House and congressional districts, rejecting Democratic claims that the majority party's mapmaking amounted to ...
It refers to the Jackson Purchase, which was in the 5th district from 1819 to 1823, the 12th district until 1833, and then the 1st district until the end of the sign's lineage in 1855. Kentucky's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky .
A map showing Kentucky's six congressional districts. Kentucky's two U.S. senators are Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, both Republicans. The state is divided into six congressional districts, represented by Republicans James Comer , Brett Guthrie , Thomas Massie , Hal Rogers , and Andy Barr , and Democrat Morgan McGarvey .
With two of Northern Kentucky's five state senate seats up for grabs, Republicans are fighting for the chance to claim them. Both districts, 11 and 17, are Republican strongholds.