Kentucky's 6th congressional district explained

State:	Kentucky
District Number:	6
Image Caption:	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative:	Andy Barr
Party:	Republican
Residence:	Lexington
Distribution Ref:	^[1]
Percent Urban:	72.6
Percent Rural:	27.4
Population:	754,485^[2]
Population Year:	2022
Median Income:	$62,298
Percent White:	78.5
Percent Hispanic:	6.2
Percent Black:	8.4
Percent Asian:	2.2
Percent More Than One Race:	4.2
Percent Other Race:	0.6
Cpvi:	R+9^[3]

Kentucky's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Based in Central Kentucky, the district contains the cities of Lexington (including its suburbs), Richmond, and Georgetown. The district is currently represented by Republican Andy Barr.

Characteristics

Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 2023^[4]
Party		Number of voters	Percentage
	Democratic	266,161	45.96%
	Republican	248,054	42.83%
	Other	35,772	6.18%
	Independent	29,121	5.03%
Total		579,108	100%

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.^[5] The Kentucky voter registration card does not explicitly list anything other than Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Other, with the "Other" option having a blank line and no instructions on how to register as something else.^[6]

Recent statewide elections

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 56–42%
2004	President	Bush 58–41%
2008	President	McCain 55–43%
2012	President	Romney 56–42%
2015	Governor	Conway 49–46%
2016	President	Trump 56–38%
2016	Senate	Gray 51–49%
2019	Governor	Beshear 54–44%
2019	Attorney General	Cameron 53–47%
2020	President	Trump 55–44%
2020	Senate	McConnell 52–44%
2022	Senate	Paul 54–46%
2023	Governor	Beshear 59–41%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1803
align=left	George M. Bedinger		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807		Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Retired.	1803–1813 Bourbon, Fleming, Floyd, Mason, and Nicholas counties
align=left	Joseph Desha		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813		Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Redistricted to the .
align=left	Solomon P. Sharp		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817		Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Lost re-election.	1813–1823 Barren, Butler, Cumberland, Logan, and Warren counties
align=left	David Walker		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1817 – March 1, 1820		Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Died.
Vacant		nowrap	March 1, 1820 – November 13, 1820
align=left	Francis Johnson		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	November 13, 1820 – March 3, 1823		Elected to finish Walker's term. Also elected in 1820 to the next term. Redistricted to the .
align=left	David White		Democratic-Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Elected in 1822. Retired.	1823–1833 Franklin, Gallatin, Henry, Owen, and Shelby counties
align=left	Joseph Lecompte		Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833		Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Retired.
align=left	Thomas Chilton		Anti-Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835		Elected in 1833. Retired.	1833–1843
align=left rowspan=2	John Calhoon		Anti-Jacksonian	nowrap	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837		Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Retired.
	Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839				Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Retired.
align=left	Willis Green		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843		Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Redistricted to the .
align=left	John White		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1843. Retired.	1843–1853
align=left	John P. Martin		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847		Elected in 1845. Retired.
align=left	Green Adams		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849		Elected in 1847. Retired.
align=left	Daniel Breck		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851		Elected in 1849. Retired.
align=left	Addison White		Whig	nowrap	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853		Elected in 1851. Retired.
align=left	John M. Elliott		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859		Elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Retired.	1853–1863
align=left	Green Adams		Opposition	nowrap	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861		Elected in 1859. Retired.
align=left	George W. Dunlap		Unionist	nowrap	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863		Elected in 1861. Retired.
align=left	Green C. Smith		Unconditional Unionist	nowrap	March 4, 1863 – July 13, 1866		Elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. Resigned to become Governor of Montana Territory.	1863–1873
Vacant		nowrap	July 13, 1866 – December 3, 1866
align=left	Andrew H. Ward		Democratic		nowrap	December 3, 1866 – March 3, 1867	Elected to finish Smith's term. Retired.
align=left	Thomas L. Jones		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871		Elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. Retired.
William E. Arthur	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875		Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired.
1873–1883				Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Retired.
	align=left	Thomas L. Jones		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877		Elected in 1874. Retired.
	John G. Carlisle	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – May 26, 1890		Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Resigned when elected U.S. senator.
1883–1893
	Vacant		nowrap	May 26, 1890 – June 21, 1890
	align=left	William W. Dickerson		Democratic	nowrap	June 21, 1890 – March 3, 1893		Elected to finish Carlisle's term. Re-elected in 1890. Lost renomination.
align=left	Albert S. Berry		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1901		Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Lost renomination.	1893–1903
Daniel Linn Gooch	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905		Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Lost renomination.				1893–1903
1903–1913				Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Lost renomination.
	align=left	Joseph L. Rhinock		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911		Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Retired.
	Arthur B. Rouse	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1927		Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Retired.
1913–1923
1923–1933
	align=left	Orie S. Ware		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929		Elected in 1926. Retired.
	align=left	J. Lincoln Newhall		Republican	nowrap	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931		Elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
	align=left	Brent Spence		Democratic	nowrap	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933		Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the .
District inactive		nowrap	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Virgil Chapman	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1949		Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1935–1943
1943–1953
	align=left	Thomas R. Underwood		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1949 – March 17, 1951		Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.
	Vacant		nowrap	March 17, 1951 – April 4, 1951
	John C. Watts	Democratic	April 4, 1951 – September 24, 1971		Elected to finish Underwood's term. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Died.
1953–1963
1963–1973
	Vacant		nowrap	September 24, 1971 – December 4, 1971
	align=left	William P. Curlin Jr.		Democratic		nowrap	December 4, 1971 – January 3, 1973	Elected to finish Watts's term. Retired.
align=left	John B. Breckinridge		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979		Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Lost renomination.	1973–1983
Larry Hopkins	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993		Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Retired.				1973–1983
1983–1993
align=left	Scotty Baesler		Democratic	nowrap	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999		Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1993–2003
Ernie Fletcher	Republican	January 3, 1999 – December 8, 2003		Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Resigned after being elected Governor of Kentucky.				1993–2003
2003–2013
	Vacant		nowrap	December 8, 2003 – February 17, 2004
	align=left	Ben Chandler		Democratic	nowrap	February 17, 2004 – January 3, 2013		Elected to finish Fletcher's term. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Lost re-election.
Andy Barr	Republican	January 3, 2013 – present		Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.	2013–2023
2023–present

Recent election results

2022

References

Book: Martis, Kenneth C.. The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. 1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York.
Book: Martis, Kenneth C.. The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. 1982. Macmillan Publishing Company. New York.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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Notes and References

Web site: Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) . United States Census Bureau . 2018-02-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170717230259/https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html . 2017-07-17 . dead .
Web site: My Congressional District. US Census Bureau. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP). www.census.gov.
Web site: 2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List. 2023-01-10. Cook Political Report. en.
Web site: Registration Statistics. Kentucky State Board of Elections. January 2022.
Web site: Kentucky Administrative Regulations 31KAR4:150. Kentucky Legislative Research Commission. November 2005. 2014-02-06.
Web site: Register To Vote. Kentucky State Board of Elections. August 2003. 2014-02-06.