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Ky. Dems dismayed by GOP tactics

By Charles Wolfe
The Associated Press

FRANKFORT - The furor over whether to write a ban on same-sex marriage into the Kentucky Constitution gives Republicans a visceral issue in an unusually significant election year for the General Assembly.

Democrats in the House know they are in the Republican cross hairs. Republicans have taken control of the congressional delegation, the state Senate and the governorship. The Kentucky House is the last outpost of the once-dominant Kentucky Democratic Party.

Democrats hold 64 of the 100 House seats, but all seats are up for election this year and 40 Democratic incumbents have Republican opponents.

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