2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the six U.S. Representatives from the state of Kentucky, one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

Overview

Popular vote

Republican			59.59%
Democratic			39.05%
Other			1.36%

House seats

Republican			83.33%
Democratic			16.67%

By district

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky by district:^[1]

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result
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	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	172,167	68.59%	78,849	31.41%	0	0.00%	251,016	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 2	171,700	66.72%	79,964	31.07%	5,681	2.21%	257,345	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 3	101,930	36.57%	173,002	62.07%	3,788	1.36%	278,720	100.0%	Democratic Hold
District 4	162,946	62.24%	90,536	34.58%	8,330	3.18%	261,812	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 5	172,093	78.94%	45,890	21.05%	34	0.02%	218,017	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 6	154,468	51.00%	144,736	47.79%	3,684	1.22%	302,888	100.0%	Republican Hold
Total	935,304	59.58%	612,977	39.05%	21,517	1.37%	1,569,798	100.0%

District 1

The incumbent is Republican James Comer, who has represented the district since 2016. Comer elected with 73% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Alonzo Pennington, musician^[2]
Paul Walker, professor^[3]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Walker	51,094	74.6
	Democratic	Alonzo Pennington	17,398	25.4
Total votes			68,492	100.0

Republican primary

James Comer, incumbent

General election

Results

Kentucky's 1st congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Comer (incumbent)	172,167	68.6
	Democratic	Paul Walker	78,849	31.4
Total votes			251,016	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

The incumbent is Republican Brett Guthrie, who has represented the district since 2009. Guthrie was re-elected unopposed in 2016.

Democratic primary

Hank Linderman, musician^[4]
Brian Pedigo^[5]
Rane Eir Olivia Sessions^[6]
Grant Short^[7]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hank Linderman	14,516	30.0
	Democratic	Brian Pedigo	13,866	28.7
	Democratic	Rane Eir Olivia Sessions	10,501	21.7
	Democratic	Grant Short	9,470	19.6
Total votes			48,353	100.0

Republican primary

Brett Guthrie, incumbent

General election

Results

Kentucky's 2nd congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brett Guthrie (incumbent)	171,700	66.7
	Democratic	Hank Linderman	79,964	31.1
	Independent	Thomas Loecken	5,681	2.2
Total votes			257,345	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

The incumbent is Democrat John Yarmuth, who has represented the district since 2007. Yarmuth was re-elected with 63% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

John Yarmuth, incumbent

Republican primary

Mike Craven
Vickie Yates Glisson, lawyer^[8]
Rhonda Palazzo, realtor

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vickie Yates Glisson	11,239	49.1
	Republican	Mike Craven	6,163	26.9
	Republican	Rhonda Palazzo	5,511	24.0
Total votes			22,913	100.0

General election

Results

Kentucky's 3rd congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Yarmuth (incumbent)	173,002	62.1
	Republican	Vickie Yates Glisson	101,930	36.6
	Libertarian	Gregory Boles	3,788	1.4
Total votes			278,720	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4

The incumbent is Republican Thomas Massie, who has represented the district since 2012. Massie was re-elected with 71% of the vote in 2016.

Democratic primary

Seth Hall
Christina Lord^[9]
Patti Piatt, business executive^[10]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Seth Hall	17,859	40.8
	Democratic	Patti Piatt	16,441	37.5
	Democratic	Christina Lord	9,509	21.7
Total votes			43,809	100.0

Republican primary

Thomas Massie, incumbent

General election

Results

Kentucky's 4th congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Massie (incumbent)	162,946	62.2
	Democratic	Seth Hall	90,536	34.6
	Independent	Mike Moffett	8,318	2.2
	Independent	David Goodwin (write-in)	12	0.0
Total votes			261,812	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

The incumbent is Republican Hal Rogers, who has represented the district since 1981. Rogers was re-elected unopposed in 2016.

Democratic primary

Kenneth Stepp, attorney
Scott Sykes

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kenneth Stepp	33,584	58.7
	Democratic	Scott Sykes	23,637	41.3
Total votes			57,221	100.0

Republican primary

Hal Rogers, incumbent
Gerardo Serrano

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hal Rogers (incumbent)	75,405	84.2
	Republican	Gerardo Serrano	14,177	15.8
Total votes			89,582	100.0

General election

Results

Kentucky's 5th congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Hal Rogers (incumbent)	172,093	78.9
	Democratic	Kenneth Stepp	45,890	21.0
	Independent	Bill Ray (write-in)	34	0.1
Total votes			218,017	100.0

District 6

Republican Andy Barr, who has represented the district since 2013, was re-elected to a third term with 61% of the vote in 2016.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee included Kentucky's 6th congressional district on its initial list of Republican-held seats considered targets in 2018.^[11]^[12]

Democratic primary

Jim Gray, mayor of Lexington^[13]
Theodore Green^[14]
Daniel Kemph, business analyst
Amy McGrath, retired U.S. Marine^[15]
Reggie Thomas, state senator^[16]
Geoff Young^[17]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Amy McGrath	48,859	48.7
	Democratic	Jim Gray	40,684	40.5
	Democratic	Reggie Thomas	7,226	7.2
	Democratic	Geoff Young	1,574	1.6
	Democratic	Daniel Kemph	1,240	1.2
	Democratic	Theodore Green	835	0.8
Total votes			100,418	100.0

Republican primary

Andy Barr, incumbent
Chuck Eddy

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Barr (incumbent)	40,514	83.8
	Republican	Chuck Eddy	7,858	16.2
Total votes			48,372	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Andy Barr (R)

Federal officials

Donald Trump, President of the United States^[18]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Andy Barr (R)	Amy McGrath (D)	Other	Undecided
NYT Upshot/Siena College	November 1–4, 2018	438	± 4.9%	44%	44%	2%	10%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Barr)	October 6–8, 2018	400	± 4.9%	48%	46%	–	–
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group (D-McGrath)	September 30 – October 2, 2018	501	± 4.5%	44%	51%	–	–
Pulse Opinion Research	September 12–17, 2018	600	± 4.0%	47%	47%	2%	3%
NYT Upshot/Siena College	September 6–8, 2018	506	± 4.9%	47%	46%	–	7%
Fabrizio, Lee & Associates (R-CLF)	September 4–6, 2018	400	± 4.9%	49%	45%	–	6%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group (D-McGrath)	July 7–10, 2018	461	± 4.6%	43%	50%	–	7%
Fabrizio, Lee & Associates (R-CLF)	June 6–7, 2018	400	± 4.9%	38%	51%	–	11%
DCCC (D)	April 30–May 2, 2018	508	± 4.4%	37%	52%	–	8%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group (D-McGrath)	February 5–7, 2018	401	± 5.0%	48%	44%	–	–

Results

Kentucky's 6th congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Barr (incumbent)	154,468	51.0
	Democratic	Amy McGrath	144,736	47.8
	Libertarian	Frank Harris	2,150	0.7
	Independent	Rikka Wallin	1,011	0.3
	Independent	James Germalic	523	0.2
Total votes			302,890	100.0
	Republican hold

References

^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^ "Can Alonzo Pennington Thumbpick His Way into Congress?". LA Progressive. March 10, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ reports, From New Era staff. "Murray man to run for congress, challenge Comer". Kentucky New Era. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ "Hank Linderman running for Congress". TRISTATEHOMEPAGE. January 31, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ "Danville hosts first public forum for Democratic congressional candidates | The Advocate-Messenger". www.amnews.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ wswietek@bgdailynews.com, WES SWIETEK. "Third Democrat files to challenge Guthrie". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ "Four good Democratic candidates for Kentucky's Second District | The Advocate-Messenger". www.amnews.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ "Kentucky Health Official Running for Congress | NewsRadio 840 WHAS". NewsRadio 840 WHAS. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ "Here is the list of candidates for 4th Congressional District and KY House, Senate, from the region | NKyTribune". www.nkytribune.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ "Massie Challenger Looks to Paint a Red District Blue". CityBeat Cincinnati. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ Cheney, Kyle (January 30, 2017). "Amid Democratic doldrums, DCCC identifies 2018 targets". Politico. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
^ Sena, Dan (January 30, 2017). "House Democrats Playing Offense" (PDF). Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
^ Arroyo, Emilie. "Lexington mayor Jim Gray files to run for Congress". Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ "Theodore David Green". Archived from the original on April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ "McGrath will launch first campaign commercial during UK basketball game". Spectrum News. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ Staff, WKYT News. "State Senator Reggie Thomas to run for Congress". Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ "Geoff Young continues suit against Kentucky Democratic Party, even as he seeks its nomination | The State Journal". www.state-journal.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
^ Donald J. Trump. "Heading to the Great State of Kentucky - Big Rally for Congressman Andy Barr - Fantastic guy, need his vote for MAGA! Strong on Crime, Tax Cuts, Military, Vets & 2nd A. His opponent will NEVER vote for us, only for Pelosi. Andy has my Strongest Endorsement!!! See you in Kentucky". Twitter.

External links

Candidates at Vote Smart
Candidates at Ballotpedia
Campaign finance at FEC
Campaign finance at Center for Responsive Politics
Template:Dmoz

Official campaign websites of first district candidates

Official campaign websites of second district candidates

Official campaign websites of third district candidates

Official campaign websites of fourth district candidates

Official campaign websites of fifth district candidates

Official campaign websites of sixth district candidates

[clerk2018-1] Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

[2] "Can Alonzo Pennington Thumbpick His Way into Congress?". LA Progressive. March 10, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[3] reports, From New Era staff. "Murray man to run for congress, challenge Comer". Kentucky New Era. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[4] "Hank Linderman running for Congress". TRISTATEHOMEPAGE. January 31, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[5] "Danville hosts first public forum for Democratic congressional candidates | The Advocate-Messenger". www.amnews.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[6] wswietek@bgdailynews.com, WES SWIETEK. "Third Democrat files to challenge Guthrie". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[7] "Four good Democratic candidates for Kentucky's Second District | The Advocate-Messenger". www.amnews.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[8] "Kentucky Health Official Running for Congress | NewsRadio 840 WHAS". NewsRadio 840 WHAS. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[9] "Here is the list of candidates for 4th Congressional District and KY House, Senate, from the region | NKyTribune". www.nkytribune.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[10] "Massie Challenger Looks to Paint a Red District Blue". CityBeat Cincinnati. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[11] Cheney, Kyle (January 30, 2017). "Amid Democratic doldrums, DCCC identifies 2018 targets". Politico. Retrieved February 11, 2017.

[12] Sena, Dan (January 30, 2017). "House Democrats Playing Offense" (PDF). Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Retrieved February 11, 2017.

[13] Arroyo, Emilie. "Lexington mayor Jim Gray files to run for Congress". Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[14] "Theodore David Green". Archived from the original on April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[15] "McGrath will launch first campaign commercial during UK basketball game". Spectrum News. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[16] Staff, WKYT News. "State Senator Reggie Thomas to run for Congress". Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[17] "Geoff Young continues suit against Kentucky Democratic Party, even as he seeks its nomination | The State Journal". www.state-journal.com. Retrieved April 14, 2018.

[18] Donald J. Trump. "Heading to the Great State of Kentucky - Big Rally for Congressman Andy Barr - Fantastic guy, need his vote for MAGA! Strong on Crime, Tax Cuts, Military, Vets & 2nd A. His opponent will NEVER vote for us, only for Pelosi. Andy has my Strongest Endorsement!!! See you in Kentucky". Twitter.

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