Kentucky's 6th congressional district

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 Frankfort, the state capital. The district is currently represented by Republican Andy Barr.

"KY-6" redirects here. For the state route, see Kentucky Route 6.

Kentucky's 6th congressional district
Kentucky's 6th congressional district – since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Andy Barr R–Lexington
Distribution	72.6% urban[1] 27.4% rural
Population (2016)	765,591[2]
Median income	$52,156[2]
Ethnicity	84.8% white 8.8% black 4.7% Hispanic 2.0% Asian 0.2% Native American
Cook PVI	R+9[3]

Characteristics

As of September 2013, there were 507,252 registered voters: 293,915 (57.94%) Democrats, 171,722 (33.85%) Republicans, and 41,615 (8.20%) "Others". All of the "Others" included 29,934 (5.90%) unclassified Others, 10,760 (2.12%) Independents, 684 (0.13%) Libertarians, 166 (0.03%) Greens, 44 (0.0087%) Constitutionalists, 16 (0.0032%) Reforms, and 11 (0.0022%) Socialist Workers.[4][5]

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.[6] 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.[7]

Recent presidential elections

Election results from presidential races
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%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created		March 4, 1803
George M. Bedinger	Democratic-Republican	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	Democratic-Republican	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	Democratic-Republican	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	Democratic-Republican	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	Democratic-Republican	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	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1822. Retired.	1823–1833 Franklin, Gallatin, Henry, Owen, and Shelby counties
Joseph Lecompte	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833	19th 20th 21st 22nd	Elected in 1824. [data unknown/missing]
Thomas Chilton	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	[data unknown/missing]	1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
John Calhoon	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th	[data unknown/missing]
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Willis Green	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 2nd district.
John White	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1843. [data unknown/missing]	1843–1853 [data unknown/missing]
John P. Martin	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing]
Green Adams	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
Daniel Breck	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
Addison White	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
John M. Elliott	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859	33rd 34th 35th	[data unknown/missing]	1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]
Green Adams	Opposition	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	[data unknown/missing]
George W. Dunlap	Unionist	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
Green C. Smith	Unconditional Unionist	March 4, 1863 – July 1866	38th 39th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become Governor of Montana Territory.	1863–1873 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		July 1866 – December 3, 1866	39th
Andrew H. Ward	Democratic	December 3, 1866 – March 3, 1867		Elected to finish Smith's term. [data unknown/missing]
Thomas L. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	[data unknown/missing]
William E. Arthur	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing]
					1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]
Thomas L. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
John G. Carlisle	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – May 26, 1890	45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st	[data unknown/missing] Resigned after elected U.S. senator.
Vacant		May 26, 1890 – June 21, 1890	51st
William W. Dickerson	Democratic	June 21, 1890 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	Elected to finish Carlisle's term. [data unknown/missing]
Albert S. Berry	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1901	53rd 54th 55th 56th	[data unknown/missing]
Daniel Linn Gooch	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905	57th 58th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph L. Rhinock	Democratic	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing]
Arthur B. Rouse	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1927	62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th	[data unknown/missing]
Orie S. Ware	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929	70th	[data unknown/missing]
J. Lincoln Newhall	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	[data unknown/missing]
Brent Spence	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the at-large district.
District not used.		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Virgil Chapman	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946.
Thomas R. Underwood	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – March 17, 1951	81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing] Re-elected in 1950. Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.
Vacant		March 17, 1951 – April 4, 1951	82nd
John C. Watts	Democratic	April 4, 1951 – September 24, 1971	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected to finish Underwood's term. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Died.
Vacant		September 24, 1971 – December 4, 1971	92nd
William P. Curlin Jr.	Democratic	December 4, 1971 – January 3, 1973		Elected to finish Watts's term. [data unknown/missing]
John B. Breckinridge	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979	93rd 94th 95th	[data unknown/missing] Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. [data unknown/missing]
Larry Hopkins	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	[data unknown/missing] Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. [data unknown/missing]
Scotty Baesler	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999	103rd 104th 105th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. senator.	[data unknown/missing] Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. [data unknown/missing]
Ernie Fletcher	Republican	January 3, 1999 – December 8, 2003	106th 107th 108th	[data unknown/missing] Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Resigned to become Governor of Kentucky.
					2003–2013
Vacant		December 8, 2003 – February 17, 2004	108th
Ben Chandler	Democratic	February 17, 2004 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected to finish Fletcher's term. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Lost re-election.
Andy Barr	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.	2013–Present

Recent election results

2002

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District Election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2004

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District Special Election (February 17, 2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District General Election (2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2006

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District Election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Chandler*	158,869	85.46
	Libertarian	Paul Ard	27,024	14.54
Total votes			185,893	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2008

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District Election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ben Chandler*	203,764	64.66
	Republican	Jon Larson	111,378	35.34
Total votes			315,142	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District Election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2012

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District Election (2012)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2014

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District Election (2014)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Barr*	147,404	59.99
	Democratic	Elisabeth Jensen	98,290	40.00
Total votes			245,694	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2016

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District Election (2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Barr*	202,099	61.09
	Democratic	Nancy Jo Kemper	128,728	38.91
Total votes			330,827	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2018

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District, 2018[8]

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

See also

• Kentucky's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-02-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
4. "Registration Statistics: By Congression District". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
5. "Registration Statistics: Other Political Organizations and Groups". Kentucky State Board of Elections. September 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
6. "Kentucky Administrative Regulations 31KAR4:150". Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. November 2005. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
7. "Register To Vote". Kentucky State Board of Elections. August 2003. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
8. "UNOFFICIAL RESULTS". Kentucky State Board of Elections. November 7, 2018.

• 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

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Ohio's 8th congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the House December 3, 1883 – March 4, 1889	Succeeded by Maine's 1st congressional district