Kentucky's 6th congressional district
Kentucky's 6th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 754,485[2] | ||
Median household income | $62,298[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+9[3] |
Kentucky's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Based in Central Kentucky, the district contains the cities of Lexington (including its suburbs), Richmond, and Georgetown. The district is currently represented by Republican Andy Barr.
Characteristics
Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 2023[4] | |||||
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Party | Number of voters | Percentage | |||
Democratic | 266,161 | 45.96% | |||
Republican | 248,054 | 42.83% | |||
Other | 35,772 | 6.18% | |||
Independent | 29,121 | 5.03% | |||
Total | 579,108 | 100% |
Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.[5] The Kentucky voter registration card does not explicitly list anything other than Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Other, with the "Other" option having a blank line and no instructions on how to register as something else.[6]
Recent statewide elections
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Bush 56–42% |
2004 | President | Bush 58–41% |
2008 | President | McCain 55–43% |
2012 | President | Romney 56–42% |
2015 | Governor | Conway 49–46% |
2016 | President | Trump 56–38% |
Senate | Gray 51–49% | |
2019 | Governor | Beshear 54–44% |
Attorney General | Cameron 53–47% | |
2020 | President | Trump 55–44% |
Senate | McConnell 52–44% | |
2022 | Senate | Paul 54–46% |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
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District created March 4, 1803 | |||||
George M. Bedinger (Blue Licks Springs) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
8th 9th |
Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Retired. |
1803–1813 Bourbon, Fleming, Floyd, Mason, and Nicholas counties |
Joseph Desha (Mays Lick) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813 |
10th 11th 12th |
Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 4th district. | |
Solomon P. Sharp (Bowling Green) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
13th 14th |
Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election. |
1813–1823 Barren, Butler, Cumberland, Logan, and Warren counties |
David Walker (Russellville) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1817 – March 1, 1820 |
15th 16th |
Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Died. | |
Vacant | March 1, 1820 – November 13, 1820 |
16th | |||
Francis Johnson (Bowling Green) |
Democratic-Republican
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November 13, 1820 – March 3, 1823 |
16th 17th |
Elected to finish Walker's term. .
Also elected in 1820 to the next term. Redistricted to the 10th district | |
David White (New Castle) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th | Elected in 1822. Retired. |
1823–1833 Franklin, Gallatin, Henry, Owen, and Shelby counties |
Joseph Lecompte (New Castle) |
Jacksonian
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March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 |
19th 20th 21st 22nd |
Re-elected in 1831 .Retired. | |
Thomas Chilton (Elizabethtown) |
Anti-Jacksonian
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March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd | Elected in 1833 .Retired. |
1833–1843 [data missing] |
John Calhoon (Hardinsburg) |
Anti-Jacksonian
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March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
24th 25th |
Re-elected in 1837 .Retired. | |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | ||||
Willis Green (Green) |
Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
26th 27th |
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John White (Richmond) |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | re-elected in 1843 .Retired. |
1843–1853 [data missing] |
Prestonburg )
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Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
29th | Elected in 1845 .Retired. | |
Green Adams (Barbourville) |
Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | Elected in 1847 .Retired. | |
Daniel Breck (Richmond) |
Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | Elected in 1849 .Retired. | |
Addison White (Richmond) |
Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | Elected in 1851 .Retired. | |
Prestonburg )
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Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 |
33rd 34th 35th |
Re-elected in 1857 .Retired. |
1853–1863 [data missing] |
Green Adams (Barbourville) |
Opposition | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th | Elected in 1859 .Retired. | |
George W. Dunlap (Lancaster) |
Unionist | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | Elected in 1861 .Retired. | |
Green C. Smith )
(Covington |
Unconditional Unionist | March 4, 1863 – July 13, 1866 |
38th 39th |
Governor of Montana Territory .
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1863–1873 [data missing] |
Vacant | July 13, 1866 – December 3, 1866 |
39th | |||
Andrew H. Ward (Cynthiana) |
Democratic | December 3, 1866 – March 3, 1867 |
Elected to finish Smith's term .Retired. | ||
Thomas L. Jones )
(Newport |
Democratic | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 |
40th 41st |
Re-elected in 1868 .Retired. | |
William E. Arthur (Covington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 |
42nd 43rd |
Re-elected in 1872 .Retired. | |
1873–1883 [data missing] | |||||
Thomas L. Jones )
(Newport |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | Elected in 1874 .Retired. | |
John G. Carlisle (Covington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – May 26, 1890 |
45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st |
elected U.S. senator .
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1883–1893 [data missing] | |||||
Vacant | May 26, 1890 – June 21, 1890 |
51st | |||
William W. Dickerson )
(Williamstown |
Democratic | June 21, 1890 – March 3, 1893 |
51st 52nd |
Re-elected in 1890 .Lost renomination. | |
Albert S. Berry (Newport) |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1901 |
53rd 54th 55th 56th |
Re-elected in 1898 .Lost renomination. |
1893–1903 [data missing] |
Daniel Linn Gooch (Covington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905 |
57th 58th |
Re-elected in 1902 .Lost renomination. | |
1903–1913 [data missing] | |||||
Joseph L. Rhinock (Covington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 |
59th 60th 61st |
Re-elected in 1908 .Retired. | |
Arthur B. Rouse (Burlington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1927 |
62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th |
Re-elected in 1924 .Retired. | |
1913–1923 [data missing] | |||||
1923–1933 [data missing] | |||||
Orie S. Ware )
(Covington |
Democratic | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929 |
70th | Elected in 1926 .Retired. | |
J. Lincoln Newhall (Covington) |
Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 |
71st | Elected in 1928 .Lost re-election. | |
Brent Spence (Fort Thomas) |
Democratic | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
72nd | . | |
District inactive | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
73rd | |||
Virgil Chapman (Paris) |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949 |
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th |
Re-elected in 1946. .
Retired to run for U.S. senator |
1935–1943 [data missing] |
1943–1953 [data missing] | |||||
Thomas R. Underwood (Lexington) |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – March 17, 1951 |
81st 82nd |
Re-elected in 1950. .
Resigned when appointed U.S. senator | |
Vacant | March 17, 1951 – April 4, 1951 |
82nd | |||
John C. Watts (Nicholasville) |
Democratic | April 4, 1951 – September 24, 1971 |
82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd |
Re-elected in 1970 .Died. | |
1953–1963 [data missing] | |||||
1963–1973 [data missing] | |||||
Vacant | September 24, 1971 – December 4, 1971 |
92nd | |||
William P. Curlin Jr. (Frankort) |
Democratic | December 4, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
Elected to finish Watts's term .Retired. | ||
John B. Breckinridge (Lexington) |
Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
93rd 94th 95th |
Re-elected in 1976 .Lost renomination. |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
Larry Hopkins (Lexington) |
Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 |
96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Re-elected in 1990 .Retired. | |
1983–1993 [data missing] | |||||
Scotty Baesler (Lexington) |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 |
103rd 104th 105th |
Re-elected in 1996. .
Retired to run for U.S. senator |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
Ernie Fletcher (Lexington) |
Republican | January 3, 1999 – December 8, 2003 |
106th 107th 108th |
. | |
2003–2013 | |||||
Vacant | December 8, 2003 – February 17, 2004 |
108th | |||
Ben Chandler (Lexington) |
Democratic | February 17, 2004 – January 3, 2013 |
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Elected to finish Fletcher's term. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Lost re-election. | |
Andy Barr (Lexington) |
Republican | January 3, 2013 – present |
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
2013–2023 |
2023–present |
Recent election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ernie Fletcher* | 115,622 | 71.95 | |
Independent
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Gatewood Galbraith | 41,753 | 25.98 | |
Libertarian | Mark Gailey | 3,313 | 2.06 | |
Total votes | 160,688 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Ben Chandler | 84,168 | 55.16 | |||
Republican | Alice Forgy Kerr | 65,474 | 42.91 | |||
Libertarian | Mark Gailey | 2,952 | 1.94 | |||
Total votes | 152,594 | 100.00 | ||||
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Democratic gain from Republican |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ben Chandler* | 175,355 | 58.61 | |
Republican | Tom Buford | 119,716 | 40.01 | |
Independent
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Stacy Abner | 2,388 | 0.80 | |
Libertarian | Mark Gailey | 1,758 | 0.59 | |
Total votes | 299,217 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ben Chandler* | 158,869 | 85.46 | |
Libertarian | Paul Ard | 27,024 | 14.54 | |
Total votes | 185,893 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ben Chandler* | 203,764 | 64.66 | |
Republican | Jon Larson | 111,378 | 35.34 | |
Total votes | 315,142 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ben Chandler* | 119,812 | 50.08 | |
Republican | Andy Barr | 119,165 | 49.81 | |
No party | C. Wes Collins | 225 | 0.09 | |
No party | Randolph S. Vance | 22 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 239,224 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Andy Barr
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153,222 | 50.57 | |||
Democratic | Ben Chandler* | 141,438 | 46.70 | |||
No party | Randolph S. Vance | 8,340 | 2.75 | |||
Total votes | 303,000 | 100.00 | ||||
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Republican gain from Democratic |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Andy Barr *
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147,404 | 59.99 | |
Democratic | Elisabeth Jensen | 98,290 | 40.00 | |
Total votes | 245,694 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Andy Barr *
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202,099 | 61.09 | |
Democratic | Nancy Jo Kemper
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128,728 | 38.91 | |
Total votes | 330,827 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Andy Barr (incumbent)
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154,468 | 51.00% | −10.09% | |
Democratic | Amy McGrath | 144,730 | 47.78% | +8.87% | |
Libertarian | Frank Harris | 2,150 | 0.71% | N/A | |
Independent
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Rikka Wallin | 1,011 | 0.33% | N/A | |
Independent
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James Germalic | 522 | 0.17% | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 9,738 | 3.22% | −18.96% | ||
Total votes | 302,881 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Andy Barr (incumbent)
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216,948 | 57.3 | |
Democratic | Josh Hicks | 155,011 | 41.0 | |
Libertarian | Frank Harris | 6,491 | 1.7 | |
Total votes | 378,450 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Andy Barr (incumbent) | 154,762 | 62.7 | |
Democratic | Geoff Young | 83,005 | 33.6 | |
Maurice Randall Cravens (write-in) | 8,970 | 3.6 | ||
Maxwell Keith (write-in) | 81 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 246,818 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
See also
References
- ^ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based)". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 17, 2017. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ a b Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ "Registration Statistics". Kentucky State Board of Elections. January 2022.
- ^ "Kentucky Administrative Regulations 31KAR4:150". Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. November 2005. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ "Register To Vote". Kentucky State Board of Elections. August 2003. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ "UNOFFICIAL RESULTS". Kentucky State Board of Elections. November 7, 2018.
- Kentucky Secretary of State. November 20, 2020. pp. 12–19. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ "November 8, 2022 - Official 2022 General Election Results" (PDF). Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present