Kentucky's 6th congressional district
Kentucky's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The district is in the middle part of the state. The cities of Lexington, Richmond, and Frankfort which is the state capital are in the district. In the district there are more people who are like the Democratic Party then the Republican Party but the district is a Republican district. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Andy Barr.
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 Kentucky's 6th congressional district – since January 3, 2013. | |||
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| Distribution |
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| Population (2019) | 780,800[1] | ||
| Median income | $55,613[1] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+9[2] | ||
Election history
| Election results from presidential 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% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 55 - 39% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 54 - 45% |
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Ernie Fletcher* | 115,622 | 71.95 | |
| [[Independent (politician)|Template:Independent (politician)/meta/shortname]] | Gatewood Galbraith | 41,753 | 25.98 | |
| Libertarian | Mark Gailey | 3,313 | 2.06 | |
| Total votes | 160,688 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 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 | ||||||
| Democrat gain from Republican | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democrat | Ben Chandler* | 175,355 | 58.61 | |
| Republican | Tom Buford | 119,716 | 40.01 | |
| [[Independent (politician)|Template:Independent (politician)/meta/shortname]] | Stacy Abner | 2,388 | 0.80 | |
| Libertarian | Mark Gailey | 1,758 | 0.59 | |
| Total votes | 299,217 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democrat hold | ||||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democrat | Ben Chandler* | 158,869 | 85.46 | |
| Libertarian | Paul Ard | 27,024 | 14.54 | |
| Total votes | 185,893 | 100.00 | ||
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| Democrat hold | ||||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democrat | Ben Chandler* | 203,764 | 64.66 | |
| Republican | Jon Larson | 111,378 | 35.34 | |
| Total votes | 315,142 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democrat hold | ||||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 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 | ||||
| Democrat hold | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Republican | Andy Barr | 153,222 | 50.57 | |||
| Democrat | 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 Democrat | ||||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Andy Barr* | 147,404 | 59.99 | |
| Democrat | Elisabeth Jensen | 98,290 | 40.00 | |
| Total votes | 245,694 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Andy Barr* | 202,099 | 61.09 | |
| Democrat | Nancy Jo Kemper | 128,728 | 38.91 | |
| Total votes | 330,827 | 100.00 | ||
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| Republican hold | ||||
2018
| Kentucky's 6th Congressional District, 2018[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | |||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Andy Barr (incumbent) | 216,948 | 57.3 | |
| Democrat | Josh Hicks | 155,011 | 41.0 | |
| Libertarian | Frank Harris | 6,491 | 1.7 | |
| Total votes | 378,450 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Kentucky's 6th Congressional District Media
Kentucky's 6th congressional district (since 2023)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) - Geography - U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
- ↑ "UNOFFICIAL RESULTS". Kentucky State Board of Elections. November 7, 2018.
- ↑ "November 3, 2020 - Official 2020 General Election Results" (PDF). Kentucky Secretary of State. November 20, 2020. p. 12–19. Retrieved November 21, 2020.