Redistricting map would extend 1st District to Frankfort
Associated PressFRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s top Republican lawmakers want to extend an oddly shaped congressional district to add Democratic-leaning Frankfort to the solidly red 1st District in an apparent effort to shore up another district that for decades has swung between both parties. I’m happy to represent Frankfort.” However, the congressional redistricting plan moving through the state’s GOP-dominated legislature would keep Barren and Green counties in the 2nd District. Instead, it would extend the 1st District’s fishhook deeper into central Kentucky to include Franklin and Washington counties and part of Anderson County. The sprawling district’s center of gravity would remain in western Kentucky, though it already reaches into central Kentucky, including a portion of Washington County, about an hour from Frankfort. Under the new plan, Yarmuth’s 3rd District would be largely unchanged and would continue to cover most of Jefferson County, which includes Louisville — the state’s biggest Democratic stronghold.
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