Josh Hicks (Kentucky)

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Josh Hicks

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Morehead State University, 2008

Law

University of Kentucky College of Law, 2011

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps

Years of service

1999 - 2003

Personal

Profession

Attorney

Contact

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Josh Hicks (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Kentucky's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

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Biography

Hicks earned a bachelor's degree from Morehead State University in 2008 and a law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 2011. His career experience includes working as an attorney in Lexington, Kentucky, and as a former police officer in Maysville, Kentucky. He served in the United States Marine Corps, where he obtained the rank of Sergeant, from 1999 to 2003.

Hicks has been affiliated with the following organizations:

• American Bar Association (member)
• Kentucky Bar Association (member)
• Fayette County Bar Association (member)
• American Association for Justice (member)
• Kentucky Justice Association (member)
• Fraternal Order of Police
• Limestone Lodge #5 (member)

Elections

2020

See also: Kentucky's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 6

Incumbent Andy Barr defeated Josh Hicks and Frank Harris in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Barr (R)	57.3	216,948
		Josh Hicks (D)	41.0	155,011
		Frank Harris (L)	1.7	6,491

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 378,450
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6

Josh Hicks defeated Daniel Kemph in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Josh Hicks	72.4	81,305
		Daniel Kemph	27.6	31,064

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 112,369
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6

Incumbent Andy Barr defeated Chuck Eddy and Geoff M. Young in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Barr	90.7	62,706
		Chuck Eddy	5.3	3,636
		Geoff M. Young	4.0	2,765

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,107
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kentucky District 6

Frank Harris advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on March 7, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Frank Harris (L)

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2018

See also: Kentucky House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 45

Incumbent Stan Lee defeated Josh Hicks in the general election for Kentucky House of Representatives District 45 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stan Lee (R)	51.2	11,789
		Josh Hicks (D)	48.8	11,250

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,039
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 45

Josh Hicks advanced from the Democratic primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 45 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Josh Hicks

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 45

Incumbent Stan Lee advanced from the Republican primary for Kentucky House of Representatives District 45 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Stan Lee

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Campaign themes

2020

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Ballotpedia survey responses

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Josh Hicks completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hicks' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I grew up on a farm in Fleming County, Kentucky. I went to Georgetown College to play football, but dropped out. I worked construction as an iron worker and a rigger for a year, and then decided I wanted to accomplish something on my own.

I served for four years on active duty as a US Marine. After two deployments with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I moved my family back to Kentucky. I went to work at the Maysville Police Department and spent five years as a patrol officer.

I arranged my schedule so that I could work nights and weekends while attending classes at Morehead State University. After three years, I graduated with honors. I attended the University of Kentucky College of Law, and my wife, Bethany, and I moved our two children here to Lexington. I established my own law practice, and have been practicing law all over Kentucky ever since.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Leadership is important to a functioning democracy and we currently lack real leadership in Washington D.C.
• There are a lot of Kentuckians who feel left behind, forgotten, and disconnected from their government. It's time that we restore faith in our government by electing leaders who focus less on the team-score games of national politics and focus instead on getting things done for the people who need it.
• Our politics are broken and rhetoric, often inflammatory, has replaced policy and compromise. We have to get back to demanding, from candidates and electeds alike, accountability in their commitment to public service.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

What I care about is real people problems. Making sure people can put gas in their truck and pay their rent - and go see the doctor when they're sick. Getting rural broadband in place so that all of us have internet access. Legalizing medical marijuana for those who are suffering and need that relief.

We need to get the cost of healthcare down and put in place safeguards to make sure that health insurance plans are fair and cover the treatment people need. Providing a public option so that coverage is affordable for everyone. Lowering prescription drug prices by allowing Medicare to negotiate, just like every other organization in the world.

We need to get real solutions in place to address the opioid epidemic. We have a generation of children being brought up without their parents. The companies who have made billions of dollars by sending billions of pills into Kentucky and creating a generation of addicts - it's time for them to pay for what they've done. Penalties for those bad actors should be used to fund treatment centers right here in Kentucky.

I'll also focus on ending corruption in Washington and making Congress work for the people. That means ending Citizens United, stopping gerrymandering by setting up independent, non-partisan commissions, and putting in place term limits. We need representatives who care about people, not corporations. That's why I've pledged I won't take a cent of corporate PAC money.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look up to my parents who taught me the values that I hold dear to this day -- including hard work, compassion, empathy, and integrity.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Empathy, inclusiveness, integrity, transparency.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I'd like to leave a legacy that makes my parents and my children proud by being of service to our community.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Creeker - Tyler Childers

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Over the next decade, some of our greatest challenges will be healing the rhetorical and political divide in this county and debunking the myth that government is an entity separate and apart from the people of the United States. We must all realize that our democracy depends on our engagement, our voices, our votes, and that if we dislike the path the government is leading us down it is our duty to change that path and correct its course.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

I am in favor of term limits because I don't believe politics was ever designed to be a career. I think we are much better served if our government is made up of public servants who understand that their service is finite and that an election isn't a career.

Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

I've heard lots of stories from folks around this district, but the one that stands out to me currently is from the teacher in a rural part of our district who told me a third of her children were being left behind during nontraditional instruction because they don't have internet, and the best they can do is try to get on their dad's cell phone when he gets home from work, to try and get their schoolwork done on a cell phone. That's not an equal chance for these children, and it's not okay.

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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)