With GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell's blockbuster reelection race set to take center stage in Kentucky and nationally, the Bluegrass State's House races are likely to play second fiddle in 2014. Democrats got the redistricting map they wanted in 2012, but it wasn't enough to save Rep. Ben Chandler in the Lexington 6th CD. Now Democrats are taking aim at his successor, freshman GOP Rep. Andy Barr, but getting the seat back looks like a long shot.KY-01: Ed Whitfield (R) – West: Paducah Solid Republican. First elected in the GOP wave of 1994 after serving in the state legislature as a Democrat, Whitfield mirrors this Western Kentucky seat's shift from a Yellow Dog Democratic bastion to a safe Republican stronghold. President Obama took just 30 percent here in 2012, and Democrats gave up on winning this seat back a long time ago.KY-02: Brett Guthrie (R) – West central: Owensboro, Bowling GreenSolid Republican. Democrats made strong pushes for this seat as recently as 2006 and 2008. In the latter year, GOP Rep. Ron Lewis retired and Guthrie faced spirited opposition from fellow
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