Chandler won the election to fill out the rest of Fletcher's unexpired term. This was a symbolic victory for Democrats considering that the man Chandler succeeded was the same one he lost to in the Gubernatorial election months earlier. Though Kerr was able to out raise and out spend Chandler, it was not enough to overcome his popularity, who in addition to having served as state Attorney General was also the grandson of Happy Chandler, a former Governor, U.S. Senator, and Commissioner of Baseball, in this conservative, but generally ticket-splittingLexington centered District, which supported Fletcher with 71% in 2002, and George W. Bush over Al Gore by a smaller but nonetheless substantial 55% to 42% margin in the Presidential election of 2000.[2]
Election results
Kentucky's 6th congressional district special election, 2004[3]
Government