Calvin Sidle

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Calvin Sidle

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2016

Contact

Personal website

Calvin Sidle was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 4th Congressional District of Kentucky.

Elections

2016

See also: Kentucky's 4th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Thomas Massie (R), the only Republican to file in the race, won re-election to his third term in 2016. He faced Calvin Sidle, the only Democrat to file, in the general election. The primary elections took place on May 17, 2016. The general election took place on November 8, 2016.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 4 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Thomas Massie Incumbent	71.3%	233,922
	Democratic	Calvin Sidle	28.7%	94,065
Total Votes				327,987
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Sidle's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Climate Change: Our environment is being affected by our behavior. We are experiencing the warmest years on record and unless we act soon we could cause irreparable harm. Transportation: Our national infrastructure is crumbling beneath our feet. We need to invest real money into our roads, bridges, electrical grid, and broadband capabilities to be able to attract business and maintain safety. Drugs: Across the state there is a significant problem of drug abuse. From heroin to prescription medication, it seems that everyone has felt the personal sting of the drug crisis. We need to create more pathways from addiction to freedom. Education: There has been a lot of change in education, even in just the last ten years. While stagnation is never good, too much change too quickly becomes turmoil. Health & Human Services: We need to do more to make sure that every American has the ability to afford to see the doctor and pay for their care. There are many different mechanisms from private insurance to Medicaid that are useful and need to be fully supported so that no citizen of this great country feels like their health is at risk to poverty.	”
—Calvin Sidle's campaign website, http://www.calvinsidle.com/platform/

Recent news

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Calvin Sidle - Google News

See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Kentucky's 4th Congressional District election, 2016
• Kentucky's 4th Congressional District

External links

Suggest a link

• Campaign website
• Facebook page
• Twitter feed

Footnotes

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Kentucky's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mitch McConnell (R)

Rand Paul (R)

Representatives

District 1

James Comer (R)

District 2

Brett Guthrie (R)

District 3

Morgan McGarvey (D)

District 4

Thomas Massie (R)

District 5

Hal Rogers (R)

District 6

Andy Barr (R)

Republican Party (7)

Democratic Party (1)