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Fletcher may have lost re-election, but is in office until December 11
==Politics==
==Politics==
Kentucky is considered a heavily [[Republican Party|red]] state. Republicans [[Jim Bunning]] and [[Mitch McConnell]] are [[Senators]]. Senator McConnell is [[Minority Leader of the Senate]]. McConnell's wife, [[Elaine Chao]], is the current [[United States]] [[Secretary of Labor]]. Kentucky holds six seats in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], held by Republicans Ed Whitfield, Ron Lewis, Geoff Davis, and Hal Rogers, and Democrats John Yarmuth and Ben Chandler.
Kentucky is considered a heavily [[Republican Party|red]] state. Republican [[Ernie Fletcher]] is the current Governor, while Republicans [[Jim Bunning]] and [[Mitch McConnell]] are [[Senators]]. Senator McConnell is [[Minority Leader of the Senate]]. McConnell's wife, [[Elaine Chao]], is the current [[United States]] [[Secretary of Labor]]. Kentucky holds six seats in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], held by Republicans Ed Whitfield, Ron Lewis, Geoff Davis, and Hal Rogers, and Democrats John Yarmuth and Ben Chandler.
Republican governor [[Ernie Fletcher]] lost his re-election bid to Democrat [[Steve Beshear]] in 2007.
Republican governor [[Ernie Fletcher]] lost his re-election bid to Democrat [[Steve Beshear]] in 2007.