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The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments in September 2023 in a suit alleging that the state legislature violated the state constitution by creating a partisan gerrymander in the state's congressional map by moving the state capital Frankfort to the heavily Republican 1st district. On December 14, 2023, the court affirmed a lower court ruling ...
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.
The 2024 Kentucky House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 21. Following the 2022 election, Republicans and Democrats held 80 and 20 seats, respectively. [1] The deadline for candidates to file was January 5, 2024. [2]
See live updates of Kentucky election results from the 2024 election, including Senate and House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.
Current districts of the Supreme Court. The Kentucky Supreme Court consists of 7 justices elected in non-partisan elections to staggered eight-year terms. District 5, occupied by chief justice Laurance B. VanMeter, was the only seat up for election in 2024. [4] The district is composed of 8 counties in the Lexington area.
Each state is responsible for the redistricting of districts within their state, while several states have one "at-large" division. Redistricting must take place if the number of members changes following a re-apportionment, or may take place at any other time if demographics represented in a district have changed substantially.
Following Barr’s narrow victory over McGrath, in 2022, the Republican-controlled Kentucky General Assembly redrew the state’s congressional district map, notably removing Franklin County ...
On February 26, 2024, the New York State Legislature rejected the maps drawn by the commission and instead passed its own map resulting in the 3rd, 18th, and 22nd congressional districts becoming more Democratic leaning while the 1st becomes more Republican leaning. Kathy Hochul signed the map later that day. [118] [119] 2 2 North Carolina