The Democrats get the 2004 election off to a great start: Soundly defeated in last year's governor's race, former state attorney general Ben Chandler on Tuesday easily won the House seat of the man who beat him, ending a long Democratic losing streak in congressional special elections. Chandler, scion of one of Kentucky's most prominent political families, defeated Republican Alice Forgy Kerr. He will fill the remainder of Gov. Ernie Fletcher's term in the central Kentucky district that includes Lexington and the state capital of Frankfort. With 100 percent of precincts counted, Chandler had 83,890 votes, or 55 percent. Kerr had 65,300 or 43 percent. A third-party candidate trailed.