Kentucky has demonstrated well the ebbs and flows of winner-take-all, single-member district elections. In 1992, Democrats held four of six seats. In 1998, they were down to one seat, when Ken Lucas was a surprise victor in an open seat race. This transition has occurred even as the state as a whole has been relatively balanced -- Bill Clinton narrowly won Kentucky in 1996.

With our multi-seat house plan, with two districts with three-members replacing six one-seat districts, most Kentucky voters would be assured of electing a candidate they support. Each party would be certain to win one seat in the two districts, while the third seat would be toss-up, if leaning Republican in both cases.