Kentucky's 6th congressional district | |||
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Population (2022) | 754,485 [2] | ||
Median household income | $62,298 [2] | ||
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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.
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]
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% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ernie Fletcher* | 115,622 | 71.95 | |
Independent | Gatewood Galbraith | 41,753 | 25.98 | |
Libertarian | Mark Gailey | 3,313 | 2.06 | |
Total votes | 160,688 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
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 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
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 | Stacy Abner | 2,388 | 0.80 | |
Libertarian | Mark Gailey | 1,758 | 0.59 | |
Total votes | 299,217 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
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 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Andy Barr | 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 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Andy Barr* | 147,404 | 59.99 | |
Democratic | Elisabeth Jensen | 98,290 | 40.00 | |
Total votes | 245,694 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Andy Barr* | 202,099 | 61.09 | |
Democratic | Nancy Jo Kemper | 128,728 | 38.91 | |
Total votes | 330,827 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Andy Barr (incumbent) | 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 | Rikka Wallin | 1,011 | 0.33% | N/A | |
Independent | 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 | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Andy Barr (incumbent) | 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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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