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Governor Matt Bevin and incoming Speaker Jeff Hoover speaking at GOP victory rally. Taking majority including defeat of Dem House Speaker Greg Stumbo in his House district.

Republican Suzanne Miles appears to have won the 7th [Kentucky] state House District by 112 votes — a landslide compared to the five-vote victory last year by the man Miles will replace, former Rep. John Arnold. Miles, according to unofficial results, received 3,548 votes compared to 3,436 for Democrat Kim Humphrey of Morganfield on Tuesday. Miles got a huge boost in her home county of Daviess, where she and her family, including her father Billy Joe Miles, are well known. She defeated Humphrey 2,564 to 976 in Daviess County. Here are the unofficial splits: ……………….. Miles( R) …………….. Humphrey (D)...

House Democrats moved Thursday to implement reforms to guard against sexual harassment in the Capitol even as more details — including names of other legislators — raised more questions about relationships between staffers and lawmakers. One lawmaker — Rep. Reginald Meeks, who witnessed one of the incidents of assault — said on the House floor Thursday that legislators must move swiftly to change a “culture” that gives a “wink and a nod” to harassing behavior. The behavior of Rep. John Arnold, D-Sturgis, remains at the center of the scandal. Detailed complaints to the Legislative Ethics Commission by two legislative staff...

Republican House candidate Jason Crockett has pumped $90,000 of his own money into his bid to win the open 3rd state House District in Paducah, as a Democratic super PAC airs an ad accusing him of failing to a pay a $100 medical bill. Crockett, a 33-year-old radio station manager in Paducah, said in a telephone interview with Pure Politics on Thursday that the money he has put into the race is essentially his life savings. “Actually, I was saving that money to buy myself a new house. I somehow have convinced myself I should invest it in this race,”...