Kentucky's 6th Congressional District elections, 2014

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Kentucky's 6th Congressional District
General Election Date
November 4, 2014
Primary Date
May 20, 2014
November 4 Election Winner:
Andy Barr Republican Party
Incumbent prior to election:
Andy Barr Republican Party
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Race Ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid R[1]

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe R[2]

Fairvote's Monopoly Politics: Safe R[3]
Kentucky U.S. House Elections
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The 6th Congressional District of Kentucky held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.

Incumbent Andy Barr (R), who was first elected in 2012, defeated challenger Elisabeth Jensen (D) in the 2014 general election.[4] He defeated Democratic incumbent Ben Chandler in the 2012 general election to win the seat.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
January 28, 2014
May 20, 2014
November 4, 2014

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Kentucky utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[5][6][7]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by April 21, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 6, 2014.[8]

See also: Kentucky elections, 2014

Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Andy Barr (R), who was first elected in 2012.

Kentucky's 6th Congressional District is based in central Kentucky and contains the cities of Lexington (including its suburbs), Richmond, and Frankfort, the state capital. Anderson, Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Franklin, Madison, Menifee, Montgomery, Nicholas, Powell, Robertson, Scott, Wolfe, and Woodford counties, as well as portions of Harrison and Jessamine counties, are included in the district.[9]

Candidates

General election candidates


May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Failed to file

Withdrew from race

Election results

General election results

The 6th Congressional District of Kentucky held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Andy Barr (R) defeated challenger Elisabeth Jensen (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 6 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngAndy Barr Incumbent 60% 147,404
     Democratic Elisabeth Jensen 40% 98,290
Total Votes 245,694
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

Primary results

U.S. House, Kentucky District 6 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngElisabeth Jensen 60.9% 46,727
Geoff Young 39.1% 30,035
Total Votes 76,762
Source: Kentucky State Board of Elections

Media

Elisabeth Jensen

Jensen's April 2014 radio ad, "Times."

Elisabeth Jensen launched a radio ad in April 2014 that embraced the work of Gov. Steve Beshear with healthcare through Kentucky Kynect. She also challenged Mitch McConnell and Andy Barr in the ad for their repeated attempts to undermine Kentucky Kynect for people who had no insurance.[16]

In the ad Jensen said, “I often say Kentucky moms like me get more done by noon than Congress gets done in a week. So when I learned Congressman Andy Barr voted 19 times to repeal healthcare reform I was disappointed. Thanks to Governor Beshear, Kentucky Kynect provides healthcare to Kentuckians who had no insurance. But Barr, along with Mitch McConnell, voted to end Kynect and let insurance companies drop coverage, deny care and charge women more.”[16]

Key votes

Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.

HR 676

See also: Boehner's lawsuit against the Obama administration

Yea3.png On July 30, 2014, the U.S. House approved a resolution 225 to 201 to sue President Barack Obama for exceeding his constitutional authority. Five Republicans—Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Paul Broun of Georgia, Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Walter Jones of North Carolina and Steve Stockman of Texas—voted with Democrats against the lawsuit.[17] Barr joined the other 224 Republicans in favor of the lawsuit. All Democrats voted against the resolution.[18][19]

Government shutdown

See also: United States budget debate, 2013

Yea3.png On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[20] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[21] Andy Barr voted to approve the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[22]

Nay3.png The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[23] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Andy Barr voted against HR 2775.[24]

Campaign contributions

Andy Barr

Elisabeth Jensen

Michael Coblenz

Geoff Young

Geoff Young (2014) Campaign Finance Reports
ReportDate FiledBeginning BalanceTotal Contributions
for Reporting Period		ExpendituresCash on Hand
April Quarterly[36]April 15, 2014$0$50,600$(1,300)$49,464
Pre-Primary[37]May 13, 2014$49,464$203$(20,532)$29,135
Running totals
$50,803$(21,832)

District history

Candidate ballot access
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2012

On November 6, 2012, Andy Barr (R) won election to the United States House. He defeated Ben Chandler and Randolph Vance in the general election.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 6 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngAndy Barr 50.6% 153,222
     Democratic Ben Chandler Incumbent 46.7% 141,438
     Independent Randolph Vance 2.8% 8,340
Total Votes 303,000
Source: Kentucky Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals"

2010

On November 2, 2010, Ben Chandler won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Garland "Andy" Barr, (R), C. Wes Collins (Write-In) and Randolph S. Vance (Write-In) in the general election.[38]

U.S. House, Kentucky District 6 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBen Chandler incumbent 50.1% 119,812
     Republican Garland "Andy" Barr 49.8% 119,164
     Write-in C. Wes Collins 0.1% 225
     Write-in Randolph S. Vance 0% 22
Total Votes 239,223

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 7, 2014
  2. ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 7, 2014
  3. ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 7, 2014
  4. ↑ Politico, "House Elections Results," accessed November 11, 2014
  5. ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," February 06, 2024
  6. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
  7. ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections,"Key Information," accessed July 26, 2024
  8. ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections, "Voter Information Guide," accessed January 3, 2014
  9. ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
  10. ↑ Kentucky.com "Education advocate Elisabeth Jensen to challenge U.S. Rep. Andy Barr" accessed June 19, 2013
  11. ↑ Pure Politics, "Lexington Democrat Geoff Young first to file to run for Congress," accessed December 4, 2013
  12. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State Elections Division, "Candidate List," accessed January 29,l 2014
  13. ↑ CN|2 "Democrat Michael Coblenz announces candidacy for 6th Congressional District race" accessed July 19, 2013
  14. ↑ Kentucky.com, "Joe Palumbo withdraws from Central Kentucky congressional race," accessed November 11, 2013
  15. ↑ CN|2 "Joe Palumbo running for Democratic nomination for 6th Congressional District" accessed July 19, 2013
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Elisabeth for Kentucky, "Jensen Takes on Barr and McConnell for Trying to Repeal Kentucky Kynect," accessed April 15, 2014
  17. ↑ U.S. House, "House Resolution 676," accessed July 30, 2014
  18. ↑ Associated Press, "Suing Obama: GOP-led House gives the go-ahead," July 31, 2014
  19. ↑ Washington Post, "House clears way for lawsuit against Obama," accessed July 30, 2014
  20. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
  21. ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
  22. ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
  23. ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
  24. ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
  25. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
  26. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
  27. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 28, 2013
  28. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 17, 2014
  29. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
  30. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 30, 2013
  31. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed November 7, 2013
  32. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed March 3, 2014
  33. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed May 15, 2014
  34. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-Primary," accessed May 15, 2014
  35. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed November 11, 2013
  36. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed May 15, 2014
  37. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-Primary," accessed May 15, 2014
  38. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
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