Insurance man wins GOP nomination for Comer's seat

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Tompkinsville insurance man Bart Rowland will be the Republican nominee for a House seat left vacant when former Rep. James Comer was elected state agriculture commissioner.

Rowland was nominated Thursday evening by the Republican executive committees of Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe and Monroe counties.

The special election is set for Feb. 7.

Democrats are scheduled to select their nominee on Monday.