Mike Craven

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Mike Craven

Republican Party

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Last election

November 5, 2024

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Mike Craven (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Mike Craven was born and lives in Louisville, Kentucky. Craven's career experience includes working with Ford Motor Company. He has served with the United Crescent Hill Food Pantry, Golden Arrow Women's and Children's Center, and Habitat for Humanity.

Elections

2024

See also: Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Incumbent Morgan McGarvey defeated Mike Craven, Daniel Cobble, and Jared Randall in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Morgan McGarvey (D)	61.9	203,100
		Mike Craven (R)	38.0	124,713
		Daniel Cobble (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	27
		Jared Randall (D) (Write-in)	0.0	24

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 327,864
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Incumbent Morgan McGarvey defeated Geoff M. Young and Jared Randall in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Morgan McGarvey	84.1	44,275
		Geoff M. Young	11.2	5,875
		Jared Randall	4.7	2,491

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,641
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Mike Craven defeated Denny Ormerod in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Craven	75.2	15,397
	Submit photo	Denny Ormerod	24.8	5,074

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,471
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Craven in this election.

Pledges

Craven signed the following pledges.

• U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Morgan McGarvey defeated Stuart Ray and Daniel Cobble in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Morgan McGarvey (D)	62.0	160,920
		Stuart Ray (R)	38.0	98,637
		Daniel Cobble (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	30

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 259,587
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Morgan McGarvey defeated Attica Scott in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Morgan McGarvey	63.3	52,157
		Attica Scott	36.7	30,183

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 82,340
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stuart Ray	29.5	9,703
		Rhonda Palazzo	29.4	9,645
		Mike Craven	19.7	6,488
		Gregory Puccetti	9.1	2,980
		Daniel Cobble	4.7	1,539
	Submit photo	Justin Gregory	3.9	1,293
		Darien Barrios Moreno	3.7	1,212

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,860
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert DeVore Jr. (R)

2020

See also: Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Incumbent John A. Yarmuth defeated Rhonda Palazzo in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John A. Yarmuth (D)	62.7	230,672
		Rhonda Palazzo (R)	37.3	137,425

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 368,097
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent John A. Yarmuth advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Rhonda Palazzo defeated Mike Craven and Waymen Eddings in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rhonda Palazzo	42.4	19,806
		Mike Craven	42.1	19,676
	Submit photo	Waymen Eddings	15.6	7,275

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 46,757
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2018

See also: Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Incumbent John A. Yarmuth defeated Vickie Yates Glisson and Gregory Boles in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John A. Yarmuth (D)	62.1	173,002
		Vickie Yates Glisson (R)	36.6	101,930
	Submit photo	Gregory Boles (L)	1.4	3,788

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 278,720
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Incumbent John A. Yarmuth advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		John A. Yarmuth

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Vickie Yates Glisson defeated Mike Craven and Rhonda Palazzo in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vickie Yates Glisson	49.1	11,240
		Mike Craven	26.9	6,163
		Rhonda Palazzo	24.0	5,510

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 22,913
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Waymen Eddings (R)

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Mike Craven did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Craven's campaign website stated the following:

“	Here are some of the issues that Mike Craven will champion in Congress! TERM LIMITS- 4 term 8 year limit on House of Representatives BALANCING THE BUDGET- Getting our nations debt under control by reducing wasteful spending PROTECTNG OUR 1st & 2nd AMENDMENT RIGHTS-Along with protecting our religious liberties LOWERING TAXES AND REDUCING WASTE IN GOVERNMENT DEFUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD & OPPOSING LATE TERM ABORTIONS Promoting a strong National Defense and the fight against Terrorism Promoting school choice and charter schools to reform our educational system OPPOSING OBAMACARE- Promote Group Coops Insurance plans to reduce costs and allow people to buy insurance across state lines. Mike Craven is a strong conservative. pro-life. pro marriage Republican.	”
—Mike Craven's campaign website (2022)

2020

Mike Craven did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Mike Craven campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Kentucky District 3	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Kentucky District 3	Lost primary	$110,759	$110,759
2020	U.S. House Kentucky District 3	Lost primary	$104,359	$103,966
2018	U.S. House Kentucky District 3	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$215,118	$214,725
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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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)