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109th Lineup: 5 R, 1 D
108th Lineup: 5 R, 1 D
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Kentucky's 1991 redistricting plan, drawn by Democrats after the state lost one House seat in the 1990 Census, was intended to protect Democratic incumbents, but instead produced a delegation that was 5-1 Republican by 1996. Party control of the legislature in 2001 was split. House Democrats prepared a plan that would have chopped off the east end of the 1st District and added Owensboro to it, making it more difficult for Republican Ed Whitfield. Senate Republicans were prepared to pass the incumbent Republicans' plan that would have added heavily Republican Oldham County to the 3d District to strengthen Anne Northup. The impasse continued through January 2002, delaying the January 29 filing deadline for candidates. On February 1, the legislature finally adopted a compromise plan that changed the lines very little. With one important exception: It removed increasingly Republican suburban Shelby County from the 4th District and added three and one-half traditionally Democratic counties.