Rep. Stubblefield in the primary 51-49. Hubbard then went on to hold the office reasonably unchallenged until a scandal involving the House bank. After that term, Hubbard was defeated in the primary 45-48 by an unlikely Tom Barrlow. Since the redistricting of the 90's the district has become more Republican. In the 1994 election, the republican candidate, and current Rep., Republican Edward Whitfield won 70% of the votes in the counties added by redistricting, to pull off a 51-49 victory.The second district has very similar voting patterns to those of the first. The T-shaped section of Kentucky has also been a historically conservative democratic district. This district is a very rural area, going form Bluegrass country in the north, down to the Bowling Green local, and up to the rural outskirts of Frankfort. The boundaries of the Kentucky 2nd include people who still claim loyalties, to the north and to the south almost equally, from the Civil War. Conservative democrats appeal to this region for this reason of mixed loyalties. Former Rep. William H. Natcher held the Kentucky 2nd seat from 1952 until 1994, and was one of the House's "most hard-working and conscientious members" a fact which kept him in office for so long. He has managed to stay in office for so long while spending over 10,000 dollars twice in his campaigning. Natcher was also a prominent member of the appropriations committee for most of his tenure. In March of 1994, however, William Natcher died, forcing a special election. The Democrats thought this would be an easy victory. But, locally, the constituents had become more and more conservative. Along with that, Ron, Lewis, the Republican candidate, had begun his campaigning earlier than his Democratic candidate, Joe Prather. Both of these factors led to the Republican take over of a district that had in the hands of a Democrat for over 40 years. The city of Louisville and a few of its suburbs make u...
