Democrats Pick Up-seat home in Kentucky
Ben Chandler, a Democrat from Kentucky, was elected Tuesday to a house space, so that his party a rare victory in a Congress of choices and leadership in the fight psychological climb still the majority in the Assembly.
Mr. Chandler, a former attorney general of the state, the Governor has lost the race despite a November behalf of the famous family of public policies, defeated Alice Forgy Kerr, a Republican senator. They are fighting for the open seat of Ernie Fletcher, the Republican representative, Mr. Chandler defeated the governor of the competition.
According to a Kentucky State Board of Elections tally to 100 percent of the precincts report, Mr. Chandler won easily with 55 percent to Ms. Kerr’s 43 percent.
Democrats, not yet made a seat in a Republican election since 1991, the portrait that the result of the expression of a national political mood. She said they showed Democrats could compete in the south, where President Bush is very popular.
“Ben Chandler’s victory Kentucky tonight should be a clear message to the arrogant Republican government in Washington that Americans are ready for a change,” said Robert T. Representative Matsui of California, is the chairman of the Democratic Congress campaign.
But Republicans rejected the national efforts for a message of the race around the headquarters, Lexington and surrounding counties.
“If you look at the issues of this race, it is very local finished,” said Carl Forti, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Both nationally and Republican parties and democratic knowledge that the first competitive race home of the 2004 campaign cycle attracted considerable attention as an important resource for the race. The Republican group spent about $ 700000, and the Democratic Congress campaign committee to invest approximately $ 1.3 million.
All have said that if the money by both candidates, it will be added over $ 4 million has been invested in the house to win a seat, which is again in November claw.
Assistance supports quality. Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, Republican of Illinois, visited the territory of Ms. Kerr’s behalf, and Senator Mitch McConnell, a Republican political power in Kentucky, screams. Democratic Kentucky traveled chief on behalf of Mr. Chandler. Both parties are working as voluntary workers.
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