2004 Kentucky's 6th congressional district special election
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County results Chandler: 50–60% 60–70% Kerr: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Kentucky |
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Government |
The 2004 United States House of Representatives special election in Alice Kerr over state Representatives Stan Lee and Lonnie Napier and Lexington city councilman Charles Ellinger II as their nominee[1] while Democrats chose former state Attorney General and 2003 Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ben Chandler.
Chandler won the election to fill out the rest of Fletcher's unexpired term. This was a symbolic victory for Democrats considering that the man Chandler succeeded was the same one he lost to in the
Commissioner of Baseball, in this conservative, but generally ticket-splitting Lexington centered District, which supported Fletcher with 71% in 2002, and George W. Bush over Al Gore by a smaller but nonetheless substantial 55% to 42% margin in the Presidential election of 2000.[2]
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Ben Chandler | 84,168 | 55.16 | |||
Republican | Alice Kerr | 65,474 | 42.91 | |||
Libertarian | Mark Gailey | 2,952 | 1.93 | |||
Total votes | 152,594 | 100.00 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
References
- ^ "Our Campaigns - KY District 06 - R Special Convention Race - Dec 13, 2003". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ Vlahos, Kelley Beaucar (June 7, 2004). "Chandler's Love of Competition Will Come in Handy". foxnews.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2007.
- ^ "Official Elections Results for the Special Election Held on 2-17-04" (PDF). elect.ky.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2004.