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==Politics==

==Politics==

Kentucky is generally considered a [[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]]. However, Democrat [[Steve Beshear]] is the current Governor. Kentucky is allowed to seat six representatives in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], and these seats are held by Republicans Ed Whitfield, Ron Lewis, Geoff Davis, and Hal Rogers, and Democrats John Yarmuth and Ben Chandler.  

Kentucky is generally considered a [[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]], was [[United States]] [[Secretary of Labor]] under President G.W. Bush. However, Democrat [[Steve Beshear]] is the current Governor. Kentucky is allowed to seat six representatives in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], and these seats are 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 Beshear in 2007.  

Republican governor [[Ernie Fletcher]] lost his re-election bid to Beshear in 2007.