Democrats Lose Seat In Kentucky Special Election

Phillip Wheeler (R) won a special election to fill a vacancy in Kentucky’s 31st state Senate district, WSAZ reports.

Wheeler will replace former state Sen. Ray Jones (D), a Democrat who resigned his seat for another office.

The Hill: “The district reflects the remnants of historically Democratic coal country that, over the course of the last two decades, has slowly inched to the right as unions have lost power and the coal industry has struggled. More than 6 in 10 voters in the district are registered Democrats, and Jones never had trouble holding his seat — even though President Trump won almost 80 percent of the vote there in 2016.”