Kentucky's 6th Congressional District election, 2026

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Kentucky's 6th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: January 9, 2026
Primary: May 19, 2026 General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting in Kentucky
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
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All U.S. House districts, including the 6th Congressional District of Kentucky, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. The primary is May 19, 2026. The filing deadline is January 9, 2026. For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• Kentucky's 6th Congressional District election, 2026 (May 19 Democratic primary)
• Kentucky's 6th Congressional District election, 2026 (May 19 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

• Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
• Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

General election

The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6

Zach Dembo, David Kloiber, Erin Petrey, and Cherlynn Stevenson are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
		Zach Dembo
		David Kloiber
	Submit photo	Erin Petrey
		Cherlynn Stevenson

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6

Ralph Alvarado, Ryan Dotson, and Deanna Frazier Gordon are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
		Ralph Alvarado
		Ryan Dotson
		Deanna Frazier Gordon

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Andy Barr (R)

Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Kentucky

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Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Zach Dembo	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
David Kloiber	Democratic Party	$138,795	$3,703	$135,092	As of June 30, 2025
Erin Petrey	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Cherlynn Stevenson	Democratic Party	$210,069	$42,353	$167,892	As of June 30, 2025
Ralph Alvarado	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Ryan Dotson	Republican Party	$95,675	$1,476	$94,199	As of June 30, 2025
Deanna Frazier Gordon	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: Kentucky's 6th Congressional District election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	9/16/2025	9/9/2025	9/2/2025	8/26/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Likely Republican	Likely Republican	Likely Republican	Likely Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2024

See also: Kentucky's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 6

Incumbent Andy Barr defeated Randy Cravens in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Barr (R)	63.4	220,883
		Randy Cravens (D)	36.6	127,536

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 348,419
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6

Randy Cravens defeated Todd Kelly, Shauna Rudd, Jonathan Richardson, and Don B. Pratt in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randy Cravens	26.0	9,305
		Todd Kelly	25.4	9,104
		Shauna Rudd	24.1	8,627
		Jonathan Richardson	12.4	4,433
	Submit photo	Don B. Pratt	12.1	4,335

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,804
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Andy Barr advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6.

2022

See also: Kentucky's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 6

Incumbent Andy Barr defeated Geoff M. Young, Randy Cravens, and Maxwell Froedge in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Barr (R)	62.7	154,762
		Geoff M. Young (D)	33.6	83,005
		Randy Cravens (D) (Write-in)	3.6	8,970
	Submit photo	Maxwell Froedge (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	81

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 246,818
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6

Geoff M. Young defeated Christopher Preece in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Geoff M. Young	51.7	25,722
		Christopher Preece	48.3	24,007

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 49,729
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Scott Etter (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6

Incumbent Andy Barr defeated Derek Leonard Petteys in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 6 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Barr	87.8	47,660
		Derek Leonard Petteys	12.2	6,593

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,253
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2020

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

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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District analysis

This section will contain facts and figures related to this district's elections when those are available.

See also

Kentucky	2026 primaries	2026 U.S. Congress elections
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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)

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