It didn’t take long on Tuesday night for the results to show that Republican Thomas Massie, congressman for Kentucky’s 4th District, had lost his primary battle. Opinion polls and prediction markets were heavily against him winning, so I wasn’t totally surprised. Primary upsets have become fairly common within the Republican Party, and losing Thomas Massie…
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(Not So) Fun Fact: When a Survivor Winner Became a Republican With a Disturbing Bill
Survivor winner Nick Wilson currently serves in the Kentucky Legislature as a Republican. He recently made the news after introducing a bill (which he later withdrawed) that would legalize physical intimacy between two first cousins.
Fun Fact: What My Old Kentucky Home Really Is
My Old Kentucky Home was a plantation owned by U.S. Senator John Rowan and its official name is Federal Hill. It’s now a state park.
Fun Fact: When Kentucky Was Part of Virginia
Kentucky was once part of Virginia, though the Virginia General Assembly allowed Kentucky to become independent. It became the 15th state in 1792.
Fun Fact: Ken Ham’s Noah’s Ark
Lead by the creationist Ken Ham, the Ark Encounter is a “Bible-sized” boat that is a tourist attraction based on the Noah’s Ark story of the Bible which is located in Grant County, Kentucky. While two similar boats have been made in the modern day to replicate the biblical ship, Ken Ham’s is the largest…