Dem wins Kentucky state House seat in district Trump won by 49 points

[corbe]

Dem wins Kentucky state House seat in district Trump won by 49 points

By Brandon Carter and Reid Wilson - 02/20/18 07:46 PM EST

Kentucky Democrats on Tuesday reclaimed a rural district in the state House of Representatives that went heavily for President Trump in 2016.

Linda Belcher (D), a former state legislator who lost her seat in the Trump landslide in Kentucky, reclaimed the Bullitt County district by a more than two-to-one margin, defeating her GOP opponent Rebecca Johnson 68 percent to 32 percent.

The Democrat had lost her seat in 2016 by just 150 votes, or less than 1 percentage point, even as Trump carried the district with 72 percent of the vote there compared to Hillary Clinton's 23 percent. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) also won the district in 2016 with 64 percent of the vote.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/374777-dem-wins-ky-state-house-seat-in-district-trump-won-by-49-points

[txradioguy]

This was a widow v. widow special election to fill the remainder of the term for a Kentucky house member (Dan Johnson) from this area that committed suicide a couple months back...the day after an article came out accusing him of sexual molestation of a 17 year old girl.

Belcher took her husband's seat in 2008 after he died in a car crash.

There will more than likely be a rematch this fall in the mid terms.