Grant Short

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Grant Short

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May 22, 2018

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Grant Short (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on May 22, 2018.

Short was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Kentucky. Short was defeated by Jim Gray in the Democratic primary.

Biography

Grant Short managed the Bernie Sanders headquarters in Owensboro, Kentucky during the 2016 presidential election.

Elections

2018

See also: Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 2

Incumbent Brett Guthrie defeated Hank Linderman and Thomas Loecken in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brett Guthrie (R)	66.7	171,700
		Hank Linderman (D)	31.1	79,964
	Submit photo	Thomas Loecken (Independent)	2.2	5,681

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 257,345
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 2

Hank Linderman defeated Brian Pedigo, Rane Eir Olivia Sessions, and Grant Short in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 2 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hank Linderman	30.0	14,517
		Brian Pedigo	28.7	13,866
		Rane Eir Olivia Sessions	21.7	10,501
		Grant Short	19.6	9,470

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 48,354
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 2

Incumbent Brett Guthrie advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 2 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Brett Guthrie

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2016

See also: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Kentucky's U.S. Senate race as safely Republican. Incumbent Rand Paul (R) defeated Jim Gray (D) and Billy Ray Wilson (Write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Paul defeated James Gould and Stephen Howard Slaughter in the Republican primary, while Gray defeated six other challengers to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on May 17, 2016.

U.S. Senate, Kentucky General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rand Paul Incumbent	57.3%	1,090,177
	Democratic	Jim Gray	42.7%	813,246
	N/A	Write-in	0%	42
Total Votes				1,903,465
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Kentucky Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Rand Paul Incumbent	84.8%	169,180
James Gould	8.3%	16,611
Stephen Slaughter	6.9%	13,728
Total Votes		199,519
Source: Kentucky State Board of Elections

U.S. Senate, Kentucky Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jim Gray	58.7%	240,598
Sellus Wilder	12.9%	52,729
Ron Leach	9.5%	39,026
Tom Recktenwald	5.3%	21,910
Grant Short	5.3%	21,558
Jeff Kender	4.9%	20,237
Rory Houlihan	3.3%	13,585
Total Votes		409,643
Source: Kentucky State Board of Elections

Campaign themes

2016

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

“	Women's Right: Keep Government away from woman's health care and their bodies'. Social Security Improvements: Increased benefits for seniors KY: Retraining for KY Coal Workers impacted by market forces Tax Reform and Fairness: We tax huge companies less than individuals. This is one reason we can't afford to repair the roads large companies destroy. LGBT Fairness: Workplace, Civil, Criminal: Kim Davis doesn't represent all Kentuckians. Most of us are loving and welcoming.	”
—Grant Short's campaign website, http://www.grant4senate.com/#!platform/c1flq

See also

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• United States House of Representatives
• Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018
• Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District
• United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2016

External links

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• Campaign website
• Campaign Facebook page
• Campaign Twitter page

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)