Todd McMurtry

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Todd McMurtry

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Last election

June 23, 2020

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Todd McMurtry (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Kentucky's 4th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 23, 2020.

Elections

2020

See also: Kentucky's 4th Congressional District election, 2020

Kentucky's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)

Kentucky's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 4

Incumbent Thomas Massie defeated Alexandra Owensby in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Massie (R)	67.1	256,613
		Alexandra Owensby (D)	32.9	125,896

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 382,509
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 4

Alexandra Owensby defeated Shannon Fabert in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 4 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alexandra Owensby	58.4	41,531
		Shannon Fabert	41.6	29,557

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,088
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 4

Incumbent Thomas Massie defeated Todd McMurtry in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 4 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Massie	81.0	68,591
		Todd McMurtry	19.0	16,092

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 84,683
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Candidate profile

Todd McMurtry

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: Fort Wright city commissioner (2008-2012)

Biography:  McMurtry graduated from Centre College in 1984 and later received his J.D. from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. He began practicing at Hemmer DeFrank Wessels PLLC in 2015 with a focus on civil litigation, social media, defamation, and business divorce law.

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Key Messages

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McMurtry said, "Simply voting 'No' on everything accomplishes nothing. We need a problem solver," and argued that Massie did not deliver results for the 4th District.

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McMurtry said he would help President Donald Trump and argued that Massie's procedural opposition to the 2020 CARES Act showed that Massie opposed the president.

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McMurtry discussed his role representing a Covington Catholic High School student in a defamation lawsuit against CNN.

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Sources: McMurtry 2020 campaign website, "Issues," accessed April 6, 2020, YouTube, "Blowtorch," April 2, 2020, YouTube, "Support Trump. Dump Massie," February 4, 2020, Courier-Journal, "Attorney in Covington Catholic case challenges Rep. Thomas Massie in GOP primary," January 10, 2020, McMurtry 2020 campaign website, "About Todd," accessed April 6, 2020; LinkedIn, "Todd McMurtry," accessed April 6, 2020, Hemmer DeFrank Wessels, "Todd V. McMurtry," accessed April 6, 2020

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Kentucky District 4 in 2020.

Campaign themes

2020

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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)