You’re missing an important point: the KY State House is majority Democrat. Because a lot of them play Conservative to get elected.
They’re in a really suck-a** position here. Absolutely no room to maneuver between their Conservative constituencies and the major Progressive power centers in Louisville and Lexington.
I wish we could force more public officials into a position where there was no room to maneuver. It appears the only way to force them to do the right thing.