United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, 2016
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The 2016 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Kentucky took place on November 8, 2016. Voters elected 6 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 6 congressional districts.
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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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.[1][2][3]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 8 election, the Republican Party held five of the six congressional seats from Kentucky.
| Members of the U.S. House from Kentucky -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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| Party | As of November 2016 | After the 2016 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Republican Party | 4 | 5 | |
| Vacancy | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2016 election, the incumbents for the six congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
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| Ed Whitfield | 1 | |
| Brett Guthrie | 2 | |
| John Yarmuth | 3 | |
| Thomas Massie | 4 | |
| Hal Rogers | 5 | |
| Andy Barr | 6 |
Margin of victory for winners
The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100 percent.
| District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Vote | Top Opponent |
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| District 1 | 45.2% | 299,001 | Sam Gaskins | |
| District 2 | 100% | 251,825 | Unopposed | |
| District 3 | 27% | 334,494 | Harold Bratcher | |
| District 4 | 42.6% | 327,987 | Calvin Sidle | |
| District 5 | 100% | 221,242 | Unopposed | |
| District 6 | 22.2% | 330,827 | Nancy Jo Kemper |
Candidates
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District 1
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic |
Republican Miles Caughey Jr.[6] James Comer- Agriculture commissioner[7] Michael Pape - District director for Ed Whitfield[8] |
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Not running: |
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Withdrew: Tom Osborne (D)[6][10] |
District 2
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic |
Republican |
District 3
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic |
Republican Everett Corley[6] Robert DeVore Jr.[6] |
District 4
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic |
Republican |
District 5
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic |
Republican John Burk Jr.[6] |
District 6
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General election candidates: |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic Geoff Young[6] |
Republican Roger Brill[6] |
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Withdrew: Michael Coblenz (D)[6] |
Important dates and deadlines
- See also: Kentucky elections, 2016
The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in Kentucky in 2016.
| Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016 | |||
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| Deadline | Event type | Event description | |
| January 26, 2016 | Ballot access | Candidate filing deadline for candidates running in the primary election | |
| April 1, 2016 | Ballot access | Deadline for independent, political organization and political group candidates to file statements of candidacy (federal candidates and municipal candidates of cities in the second to sixth classes) | |
| August 9, 2016 | Ballot access | Candidate deadline for filing petitions, certificates, or statements | |
| April 15, 2016 | Campaign finance | 32-day pre-primary report due | |
| May 2, 2016 | Campaign finance | 15-day pre-primary report due | |
| May 17, 2016 | Election date | Primary election | |
| June 16, 2016 | Campaign finance | 30-day post-primary report due | |
| July 16, 2016 | Campaign finance | 60-day post-primary report due | |
| October 7, 2016 | Campaign finance | 32-day pre-general report due | |
| October 24, 2016 | Campaign finance | 15-day pre-general report due | |
| November 8, 2016 | Election date | General election | |
| December 8, 2016 | Campaign finance | 30-day post-general report due | |
| January 7, 2017 | Campaign finance | 60-day post-general report due | |
| Sources: Kentucky State Board of Elections, "2016 Kentucky Election Calendar," accessed June 12, 2016 Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, "Candidate Reporting Dates," accessed June 12, 2015 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
- United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2016
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2016
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016
- U.S. House primaries, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," February 06, 2024
- ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
- ↑ Kentucky State Board of Elections,"Key Information," accessed July 26, 2024
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
- ↑ Sam Gaskins for Congress, "Home," accessed October 1, 2015
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 Kentucky Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings with the Office of the Secretary of State," accessed January 27, 2016
- ↑ The Courier-Journal, "Comer to run for Whitfield's 1st District seat," October 1, 2015
- ↑ WKMS, "Rep. Ed Whitfield Isn't Running in 2016, But His District Director Is," September 29, 2015
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ cn2, "Yarmuth will seek re-election to Congress for sixth term, hopes for immigration reform, infrastructure funds," June 22, 2015
- ↑ Roll Call, "In Kentucky, Andy Barr Challenger Won’t Shy Away From Obama Policies," January 22, 2016
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For information about public policy issues in the 2016 elections, see: Public policy in the 2016 elections!