Every Incumbent in Kentucky Easily Wins Re-Nomination to U.S. House
Full results for all 6 seats in the state's delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Democratic and Republican primaries occurred today in Kentucky to select candidates for the November general election. That included the races for all 6 seats in the state’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives for regular two-year terms.
For the 118th Congress (which runs from January 2023 to January 2025), Kentucky is served by 5 Republicans and 1 Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives. All 6 incumbents ran for re-nomination today. It only takes a plurality of the vote for a candidate to receive their party’s nomination.
For the 1st District:
Erin Marshall won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent James Comer won the Republican primary unopposed.
For the 2nd District:
Hank Linderman won the Democratic primary with 57.3% against William Compton with 42.7%. 21,811 votes counted.
Incumbent Brett Guthrie won the Republican primary unopposed.
For the 3rd District:
Incumbent Morgan McGarvey won the Democratic primary with 84.1% against Geoff Young with 11.2% and Jared Randall with 4.7%. 52,640 votes counted.
Mike Craven won the Republican primary with 75.2% against Denny Ormerod with 24.8%. 20,471 votes counted.
For the 4th District:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Thomas Massie won the Republican primary with 75.9% against Michael McGinnis with 12.6% and Eric Deters with 11.5%. 52,593 votes counted.
For the 5th District:
No candidate qualified for the Democratic primary.
Incumbent Hal Rogers won the Republican primary with 81.6% against Dana Edwards with 10.7%, Brandon Monhollen with 5.6%, and David Kraftchak Jr. with 2.1%. 48,333 votes counted.
For the 6th District:
Randy Cravens won the Democratic primary with 26.0% against Todd Kelly with 25.4%, Shauna Rudd with 24.1%, Jonathan Richardson with 12.4%, and Don Pratt with 12.1%. 35,804 votes counted. Notably, only 201 votes separate Cravens and Kelly in the unofficial election results.
Incumbent Andy Barr won the Republican primary unopposed.
All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will be contested in the 2024 general election happening on Tuesday, November 5. The outcome will determine political control of the lower legislative chamber in the U.S. Congress.