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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.
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.[2][3]
Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.[4] 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.[5]
List of representatives
Representative |
Party |
Years |
District Residence |
Notes |
District created
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March 4, 1803 |
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75px George M. Bedinger |
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March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
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Joseph Desha |
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March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813 |
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Redistricted to the 4th district |
Solomon P. Sharp |
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March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
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David Walker |
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March 4, 1817 – March 1, 1820 |
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Died |
Francis Johnson |
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November 13, 1820 – March 3, 1823 |
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Redistricted to the 10th district |
David White |
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March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
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Joseph Lecompte |
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March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 |
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Thomas Chilton |
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March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
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75px John Calhoon |
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March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
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March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
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Willis Green |
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March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
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Redistricted to the 2nd district |
John White |
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March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
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Redistricted from the 9th district |
John P. Martin |
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March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
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Green Adams |
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March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
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Daniel Breck |
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March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
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Addison White |
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March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
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John M. Elliott |
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March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 |
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Green Adams |
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March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
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75px George W. Dunlap |
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March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
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Green C. Smith |
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March 4, 1863 – July, 1866 |
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Resigned after being appointed Governor of Montana Territory |
Andrew H. Ward |
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December 3, 1866 – March 3, 1867 |
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Thomas L. Jones |
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March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 |
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William E. Arthur |
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March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 |
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Thomas L. Jones |
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March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
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John G. Carlisle |
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March 4, 1877 – May 26, 1890 |
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Speaker of the House from 1883 -1889, Resigned after being elected to U.S. Senate |
William W. Dickerson |
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June 21, 1890 – March 3, 1893 |
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75px Albert S. Berry |
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March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1901 |
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75px Daniel Linn Gooch |
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March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905 |
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Joseph L. Rhinock |
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March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 |
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75px Arthur B. Rouse |
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March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1927 |
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Orie S. Ware |
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March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929 |
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J. Lincoln Newhall |
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March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931 |
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Brent Spence |
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March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 |
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Redistricted to the at-large district |
District redistricted to at-large district |
March 4, 1933 |
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District re-established from at-large district |
January 3, 1935 |
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Virgil Chapman |
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January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949 |
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Redistricted from the At-large district |
Thomas R. Underwood |
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January 3, 1949 – March 17, 1951 |
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Resigned |
John C. Watts |
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April 4, 1951 – September 24, 1971 |
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Died |
William P. Curlin, Jr. |
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December 4, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
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75px John B. Breckinridge |
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January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 |
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75px Larry Hopkins |
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January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 |
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Scotty Baesler |
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January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 |
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Ernie Fletcher |
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January 3, 1999 – December 8, 2003 |
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Resigned after being elected Governor of Kentucky |
Ben Chandler |
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February 17, 2004 – January 3, 2013 |
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Defeated for re-election |
Andy Barr |
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January 3, 2013 – Present |
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Incumbent |
Recent election results
2002
2004
2006
2008
Kentucky's 6th Congressional District Election (2008) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Democratic |
Ben Chandler* |
203,764 |
64.66 |
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Republican |
Jon Larson |
111,378 |
35.34 |
Total votes |
315,142 |
100.00 |
Voter turnout |
% |
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Democratic hold |
2010
Kentucky's 6th Congressional District Election (2010) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Democratic |
Ben Chandler* |
119,812 |
50.08 |
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Republican |
Andy Barr |
119,165 |
49.81 |
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No party |
C. Wes Collins |
225 |
0.09% |
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No party |
Randolph S. Vance |
22 |
0.01% |
Total votes |
239,224 |
100.00 |
Voter turnout |
% |
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Democratic hold |
2012
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
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