Democrat wins seat in GOP-dominated Kentucky Senate

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Cassie Chambers Armstrong has won a special election for a seat in the Republican-dominated Kentucky Senate. She’ll succeed the state’s newest member of Congress. Media outlets report that Armstrong, a Louisville Metro councilwoman, won with 77% of the vote in Tuesday’s election. She defeated Republican Misty Glin. Armstrong will succeed Morgan McGarvey, who was elected to Congress last November. McGarvey served 10 years in the state Senate, including four as the chamber’s top-ranking Democrat. Meanwhile, another special election to fill a Kentucky Senate vacancy in District 28 will take place May 16, the day of the statewide primary election.