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Democrats Finally Lost Their Last State House Seat in Rural Kentucky

Eastern Kentucky Democrats used to brag that when the 1972 results came in, Richard Nixon had won nearly everywhere except for Massachusetts and Floyd County. It’s been a long, long way down for Appalachian and rural Democrats since then. On Tuesday—as Dems made massive gains nearly everywhere in the country—they quietly lost the state House

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