What the pro-coal Dems who went along with the War on Coal talking points in WV/KY don't quite realize is that the coal companies want to replace those Dems with Republicans sometime real soon. And with the Rs up to 46 in the West Virginia House, they're very close to pulling that off. They're just pawns in the game.
And while they fell short of taking the chamber outright this year, Republicans are now within striking distance of carrying the Kentucky House as well.
Can anyone explain why they did so well in the West Virginia House, but not in the West Virginia Senate?
I'm not sure why, but the same thing happened in 2010 in west virginia, with the republicans gaining 10 seats in the house, but actually losing one in the senate. Maybe to do with the multiplte member districts, or the power of incumbency in the senate (only one democratic senator lost re election)
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