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==Politics==
==Politics==
Kentucky is generally considered a [[conservative]] state. Republicans [[Mitch McConnell]] and [[Rand Paul]] are their U.S. [[Senators]]. Senator McConnell is [[Minority Leader of the Senate]]. McConnell's wife, [[Elaine Chao]], was [[United States]] [[Secretary of Labor]] under President [[George W. Bush]]. However, Democrat [[Steve Beshear]] is the current Governor. Since World War II, Kentucky has elected only two Republcian governors, [[Louie B. Nunn]], the chief executive from 1967 to 1971, and [[Ernie Fletcher]], who served from 2003 to 2007. Kentucky is allowed to seat six representatives in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], and these seats are held by Republicans Ed Whitfield, Geoff Davis, and Hal Rogers, and Democrats John Yarmuth and Ben Chandler.
Kentucky is generally considered a [[conservative]] state. Republicans [[Mitch McConnell]] and [[Rand Paul]] are their U.S. [[Senators]]. Senator McConnell is [[Minority Leader of the Senate]]. McConnell's wife, [[Elaine Chao]], was [[United States]] [[Secretary of Labor]] under President [[George W. Bush]]. However, Democrat [[Steve Beshear]] is the current Governor. Since World War II, Kentucky has elected only two Republcian governors, [[Louie B. Nunn]], the chief executive from 1967 to 1971, and [[Ernie Fletcher]], who served from 2003 to 2007, until he was unseated by Beshear. Beshear handily won reelection in 2011 over the Republican State Senate President David Williams.
Kentucky is allowed to seat six representatives in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], and these seats are held by Republicans Ed Whitfield, Brett Guthrie, Geoff Davis, and Hal Rogers, and Democrats John Yarmuth and Ben Chandler, a grandson of the late baseball commissioner and Democratic Governor [[Happy Chandler]].
The Kentucky State Senate has 22 Republicans, 15 Democrats, and one Independent. The Kentucky House, however, has 58 Democrats and 42 Republicans.
The Kentucky State Senate has 22 Republicans, 15 Democrats, and one Independent. The Kentucky House, however, has 58 Democrats and 42 Republicans.