Kentucky 2003

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Say, does anyone know when Kentucky elects its state legislators?  Neither the State Senate nor State House of Representatives were up for election this year.  Perhaps they are elected for 4 year terms 2 years after the governorship election, but I do not know the answer.

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Demrepdan,
My thanks to you for your thorough research.  When I was in college at U Ky in the late 60s (the last time they elected a Republican to the governorship, by the way), the legislative elections were held in odd numbered years.  It is interesting that they moved them to even numbered years, but I am sure it has improved turnout, especially for the vote that used to occur mid-way between governorship races.  I also recall that they used to elect about twice as many cabinet offices as they do today.

It is interesting how the partisan balance of the two chambers is so starkly different.  (http://www.ncsl.org/ncsldb/elect98/partcomp.cfm?yearsel=2003)  It is kind of like New York in terms of the magnitude of the difference.

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If Bush can't carry Virginia in 2004, he might as well close up shop.  Even Ford carried Virginia, the only Southern state Carter lost that year (1976).