Kentucky's 5th Congressional District

Kentucky's 5th Congressional District

Incumbent

Hal Rogers

Assumed office: January 3, 1981

Kentucky's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Hal Rogers (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Kentucky representatives represented an average of 751,557 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 725,101 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Kentucky's 5th Congressional District election, 2024

Kentucky's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 5

Incumbent Hal Rogers won election in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hal Rogers (R)	100.0	261,407

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 261,407
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5

Incumbent Hal Rogers defeated Dana Edwards, Brandon Monhollen, and David Kraftchak in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hal Rogers	81.8	39,423
		Dana Edwards	10.6	5,112
		Brandon Monhollen	5.5	2,673
		David Kraftchak	2.1	997

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,205
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Stephan Mazur (R)

2022

See also: Kentucky's 5th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 5

Incumbent Hal Rogers defeated Conor Halbleib and Stephan Mazur in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hal Rogers (R)	82.2	177,712
		Conor Halbleib (D)	17.8	38,549
		Stephan Mazur (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	9

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 216,270
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Conor Halbleib advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5

Incumbent Hal Rogers defeated Gerardo Serrano, Jeannette Andrews, Brandon Monhollen, and Richard Van Dam in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hal Rogers	82.6	77,050
		Gerardo Serrano	5.9	5,460
	Submit photo	Jeannette Andrews	4.5	4,160
		Brandon Monhollen	4.1	3,831
		Richard Van Dam	3.0	2,784

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 93,285
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2020

See also: Kentucky's 5th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 5

Incumbent Hal Rogers defeated Matthew Ryan Best in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hal Rogers (R)	84.2	250,914
	Submit photo	Matthew Ryan Best (D)	15.8	47,056

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 297,970
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• William Hibbitts (Independent)
• John Wells (L)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Matthew Ryan Best advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5

Incumbent Hal Rogers defeated Gerardo Serrano in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5 on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hal Rogers	91.1	76,575
		Gerardo Serrano	8.9	7,436

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 84,011
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2018

See also: Kentucky's 5th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 5

Incumbent Hal Rogers defeated Kenneth Stepp in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hal Rogers (R)	78.9	172,093
		Kenneth Stepp (D)	21.0	45,890
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	34

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 218,017
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5

Kenneth Stepp defeated Scott Sykes in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kenneth Stepp	58.7	33,602
		Scott Sykes	41.3	23,644

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 57,246
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5

Incumbent Hal Rogers defeated Gerardo Serrano in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 5 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Hal Rogers	84.2	75,601
		Gerardo Serrano	15.8	14,216

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 89,817
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2016

See also: Kentucky's 5th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Hal Rogers (R) faced no Democratic opposition in the general election on November 8, 2016. Rogers, who has served in Congress since 1981, defeated challenger John Burk Jr. in the Republican primary on May 17, 2016.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 5 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Hal Rogers Incumbent	100%	221,242
Total Votes				221,242
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

U.S. House, Kentucky District 5 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Hal Rogers Incumbent	82.4%	35,984
John Burk	17.6%	7,669
Total Votes		43,653
Source: Kentucky State Board of Elections

2014

See also: Kentucky's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 5th Congressional District of Kentucky held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Hal Rogers (R) defeated challenger Kenneth Stepp (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 5 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Hal Rogers Incumbent	78.3%	171,350
	Democratic	Kenneth Stepp	21.7%	47,617
Total Votes				218,967
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

General election candidates

• Hal Rogers - Incumbent
• Kenneth Stepp

May 20, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

• Hal Rogers - Incumbenta

Democratic Primary

• Kenneth Steppa
• Billy Ray Wilson

2012

See also: Kentucky's 5th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 5th Congressional District of Kentucky held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Hal Rogers won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 5 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Hal Rogers Incumbent	77.9%	195,406
	Democratic	Kenneth Stepp	22.1%	55,447
Total Votes				250,853
Source: Kentucky Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Hal Rogers won re-election to the United States House. He defeated James E. "Jim" Holbert (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 5 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Hal Rogers incumbent	77.4%	151,019
	Democratic	Jim Holbert	22.6%	44,034
Total Votes				195,053

2008
On November 4, 2008, Hal Rogers won re-election to the United States House. He defeated James E. "Jim" Holbert (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 5 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Hal Rogers incumbent	84.1%	177,024
	Democratic	Jim Holbert	15.9%	33,444
Total Votes				210,468

2006
On November 7, 2006, Hal Rogers won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kenneth Stepp (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 5 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Hal Rogers incumbent	73.8%	147,201
	Democratic	Kenneth Stepp	26.2%	52,367
Total Votes				199,568

2004
Rogers ran unopposed for re-election in 2004.

2002
On November 5, 2002, Hal Rogers won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Sidney Jane Bailey (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 5 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Hal Rogers incumbent	78.3%	137,986
	Democratic	Sidney Jane Bailey	21.7%	38,254
Total Votes				176,240

2000
On November 7, 2000, Hal Rogers won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Sidney Jane Bailey (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 5 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Hal Rogers incumbent	73.6%	145,980
	Democratic	Sidney Jane Bailey	26.4%	52,495
Total Votes				198,475

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Kentucky after the 2020 census

Kentucky adopted new congressional district boundaries on January 20, 2022, after the general assembly overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s (D) veto of legislation establishing the state’ new congressional map. Beshear vetoed Senate Bill 3 —the congressional redistricting legislation —on January 19, 2022. The vote to override the governor’s veto was 26-8 in the state Senate with 23 Republicans and three Democrats in favor and five Democrats and three Republicans opposed. The override vote was 64-24 in the state House, with all votes in favor by Republicans and 21 Democrats and three Republicans voting to sustain Beshear’s veto.

Senate Bill 3 was introduced in the Kentucky State Senate on January 4, 2022. The Senate voted 28-4 in favor of the map on January 6 followed by the House voting 65-25 in favor on January 8.

Greg Giroux of Bloomberg Government wrote that the "congressional map [is] designed to preserve a 5–1 Republican advantage in Kentucky’s U.S. House delegation." Giroux added, "The map most notably boosts Rep. Andy Barr (R), whose central 6th District in and around Lexington will become more Republican-friendly in part by transferring the state capital of Frankfort to the western 1st District of Rep. James Comer (R)."

How does redistricting in Kentucky work? In Kentucky, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the state legislature. District maps may be vetoed by the governor.

Guidelines adopted in 1991 stipulate that congressional districts ought to be contiguous. In addition, county lines and communities of interest should be maintained if possible. These guidelines are not statutory; consequently, they may be amended by the legislature at its discretion.

The Kentucky Constitution requires that state legislative districts "be contiguous ... and preserve whole counties where possible."

Kentucky District 5
until January 2, 2023

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Kentucky District 5
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2010-2011

This is the 5th Congressional District of Kentucky after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Kentucky after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Kentucky State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+32. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 32 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Kentucky's 5th the 2nd most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 79.1%-19.7%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+32. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 32 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Kentucky's 5th the 2nd most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 19.7% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 79.1%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+31. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 31 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Kentucky's 5th Congressional District the fourth most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.07. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.07 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Kentucky
• Kentucky's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
• Kentucky's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
• Kentucky's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
• Kentucky's 5th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 5

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)