House Passes Legislative Redistricting Plan

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...The Democratic Kentucky House voted 63-34 Thursday, refusing to change a proposed legislative redistricting plan after rejecting a GOP-generated alternative that would have eliminated some of the oddly shaped districts in which Republicans would be pitted against each other in this year's legislative elections.  Reacting to heated criticism, House Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, said population changes, not politics, necessitated the redistricting plan that could receive a vote by the full Senate as early as next week. Republican Floor Leader Jeff Hoover said a legal challenge is a possibility on constitutional grounds if the measure isn't overhauled in the GOP-controlled Senate where it now goes for consideration.