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.
| Kentucky's 6th congressional district | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |
| Representative | |
| Distribution |
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| Population (2023) | 758,888[2] |
| Median household income | $66,269[2] |
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+7[3] |
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Characteristics
edit| Voter registration and party enrollment as of March 2025[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Number of voters | Percentage | |||
| Democratic | 243,076 | 44.47% | |||
| Republican | 239,165 | 43.75% | |||
| Other | 32,913 | 6.02% | |||
| Independent | 31,493 | 5.76% | |||
| Total | 546,647 | 100.00% | |||
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 election results from statewide races
edit| Year | Office | Results[7][8][9] |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | President | McCain 55% - 43% |
| 2012 | President | Romney 59% - 41% |
| 2016 | President | Trump 56% - 38% |
| Senate | Gray 51% - 49% | |
| 2019 | Governor | Beshear 54% - 44% |
| Attorney General | Cameron 53% - 47% | |
| 2020 | President | Trump 54% - 44% |
| Senate | McConnell 52% - 44% | |
| 2022 | Senate | Paul 54% - 46% |
| 2023 | Governor | Beshear 60% - 40% |
| Attorney General | Coleman 52% - 48% | |
| Auditor of Public Accounts | Ball 57% - 43% | |
| Secretary of State | Adams 57% - 43% | |
| Treasurer | Metcalf 52% - 48% | |
| 2024 | President | Trump 57% - 42% |
Composition
editFor the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:[10]
Anderson County (1)
Bath County (0)
- No municipalities or census-recognized places
Bourbon County (3)
- All 3 communities
Clark County (1)
Estill County (2)
Fayette County (1)
Fleming County (3)
- All 3 communities
Garrard County (1)
Jessamine County (3)
- All 3 communities
Madison County (2)
Mercer County (3)
- All 3 communities
- All 3 communities
Nicholas County (1)
Powell County (2)
Scott County (3)
- All 3 communities
Woodford County (2)
List of members representing the district
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Recent election results
edit2000
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ernie Fletcher* | 142,971 | 52.80 | |
| Democratic | Scotty Baesler | 94,167 | 34.77 | |
| Independent | Gatewood Galbraith | 32,436 | 11.98 | |
| Libertarian | Joseph Novak | 1,229 | 0.45 | |
| Total votes | 270,803 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2002
edit| 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
edit| 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 | ||||||
| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Andy Barr* | 147,404 | 59.99 | |
| Democratic | Elisabeth Jensen | 98,290 | 40.01 | |
| Total votes | 245,694 | 100.00 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2016
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
2022
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
2024
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Andy Barr (incumbent) | 222,293 | 63.0 | |
| Democratic | Randy Cravens | 130,345 | 37.0 | |
| Total votes | 352,638 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
- ^ "Registration Statistics by District" (PDF). Kentucky State Board of Elections. March 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::0ec1616e-7ed6-4f84-b20d-dcc51221b2bf
- ^ Kentucky Senate Results by CD. docs.google.com (Report).
- ^ https://lookerstudio.google.com/reporting/75e97d20-411d-4954-9f27-8cc57a80aa96/page/p_zagwlwambd
- ^ https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST21/CD118_KY06.pdf
- ^ "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. 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.
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- 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