Close win: Democrat has subpoena for Kentucky House Speaker
Source: Associated Press
Adam Beam, Associated Press
Updated 5:25 pm CST, Friday, December 14, 2018
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky Democrat facing a recount following his one-vote victory in a state House race sought to subpoena the state's incoming Republican speaker on Friday.
Democrat Jim Glenn defeated Republican state Rep. DJ Johnson by one vote in House district 13. The Kentucky State Board of Elections certified those results. But Johnson has asked the state House of Representatives, where Republicans control 61 out of 100 seats, to conduct a recount.
Johnson and his attorneys say the unusual process is a result of a state law that prevents state legislative candidates from asking a judge to oversee a recount, instead handing the decision to the legislature itself in what could be a political process. State law requires the legislature to appoint a board of between five and nine lawmakers to oversee the challenge, but the final decision must be voted on by the full House of Representatives.
Glenn's attorney Anna Whites filed a subpoena with the House Clerk seeking to have Osborne sit for a deposition next Wednesday. Her request reveals how acrimonious the process could be.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Democrat-files-subpoena-for-Kentucky-House-Speaker-13467361.php
