Kentucky's 4th congressional district

"KY-4" redirects here. For Kentucky Route 4, see New Circle Road.

Kentucky's 4th congressional district
Representative	Geoff Davis R–Hebron
Distribution	59.79% urban 40.21% rural
Population (2000)	673,588
Median household income	40,150
Ethnicity	95.8% White 2.3% Black 1.1% Hispanic 0.5% Asian 0.2% Native American 0.0% other
Cook PVI	R+14

Kentucky's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in Northern Kentucky, it is a long district that follows the Ohio River. The majority of voters live in the booming suburban Cincinnati counties of Boone, Kenton and Campbell, which includes such suburbs as Covington, Florence, Newport, and Fort Thomas.

The district is represented currently represented by Republican Geoff Davis.

Characteristics

As is the case in many Southern states, Kentucky's 4th Congressional District has transitioned to supporting Republicans in the last decade, but Democrats have made inroads in the rural counties.

As of November 7, 2006, there was a total of 476,480 registered voters. Of these, 250,986 (52.67%) identified as Democrats, 184,705 (38.76%) identified as Republicans, and 40,789 (8.56%) identified as "Others."

As of February 2010, there were 491,021 registered voters: 254,878 Democrats (51.91%), 193,121 (39.33%) Republicans, and 44,014 (8.96%) "All Others." Among all the others included 36,922 Others, 6,646 Independents, 317 Libertarians, 91 Greens, 20 Constitutionalists, 12 Reforms, and 6 Socialists.

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican. A number of counties are still not properly tracking this information.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District Residence	Note
District created March 4, 1803
Thomas Sandford	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1807
Richard M. Johnson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 - March 3, 1813		Redistricted to the 3rd district
Joseph Desha	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1819		Redistricted from the 6th district
Thomas Metcalfe	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1823		Redistricted to the 2nd district
Robert P. Letcher	Adams-Clay D-R	March 3, 1823 - March 3, 1825
	Adams	March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1833
Martin Beaty	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835
Sherrod Williams	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837
	Whig	March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1841
Bryan Owsley	Whig	March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843
George Caldwell	Democratic	March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845
Joshua F. Bell	Whig	March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847
Aylette Buckner	Whig	March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849
George Caldwell	Democratic	March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851
William T. Ward	Whig	March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853
James Chrisman	Democratic	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855
Albert G. Talbott	Democratic	March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1859
William C. Anderson	Opposition	March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861
Aaron Harding	Unionist	March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1865
	Democratic	March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867
J. Proctor Knott	Democratic	March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1871
William B. Read	Democratic	March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1875
J. Proctor Knott	Democratic	March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1883
Thomas A. Robertson	Democratic	March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1887
Alexander B. Montgomery	Democratic	March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1895
John W. Lewis	Republican	March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897
David H. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1907
Ben Johnson	Democratic	March 4, 1907 - March 3, 1927
Henry D. Moorman	Democratic	March 4, 1927 - March 3, 1929
John D. Craddock	Republican	March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1931
Cap R. Carden	Democratic	March 4, 1931 - March 3, 1933		Redistricted to the At-large district
District redistricted to At-large district March 4, 1933
District re-established January 3, 1935 from At-large district
Virgil Chapman	Democratic	January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1937		Redistricted from the At-large district, Redistricted to the 6th district
Edward W. Creal	Democratic	January 3, 1937 - October 13, 1943		Redistricted from the 2nd district, Died
Chester Carrier	Republican	November 30, 1943 - January 3, 1945
Frank Chelf	Democratic	January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1967
Gene Snyder	Republican	January 3, 1967 - January 3, 1987
Jim Bunning	Republican	January 3, 1987 - January 3, 1999
Ken Lucas	Democratic	January 3, 1999 - January 3, 2005
Geoff Davis	Republican	January 3, 2005 - Present

Recent Election Results

2002

Kentucky's 4th Congressional District Election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ken Lucas*	87,776	51.11
	Republican	Geoff Davis	81,651	47.55
	Libertarian	John Grote	2,308	1.34
Total votes			171,735	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2004

Kentucky's 4th Congressional District Election (2004)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Geoff Davis	160,982	54.40
	Democratic	Nick Clooney	129,876	43.89
	Independent	Michael Slider	5,069	1.71
Total votes			295,927	100.00
Turnout
	Republican gain from Democratic

2006

Kentucky's 4th Congressional District Election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Geoff Davis*	105,845	51.69
	Democratic	Ken Lucas	88,822	43.38
	Libertarian	Brian Houillion	10,098	4.93
Total votes			204,765	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

Kentucky's 4th Congressional District Election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Geoff Davis*	190,210	63.03
	Democratic	Michael Kelley	111,549	36.97
Total votes			301,759	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

Kentucky's 4th Congressional District Election (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Geoff Davis*	151,774	69.48
	Democratic	John Waltz	66,675	30.52
Total votes			218,449	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present