The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the six
U.S. representatives from the state of
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
, one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including an
election to the U.S. Senate.
Overview
Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky by district:
District 1
Incumbent Republican
Ed Whitfield
Wayne Edward Whitfield (born May 25, 1943) is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative of from January 1995, until his resignation in September 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party, and the first to re ...
, who had represented the district since 1995, ran for re-election.
Republican primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*
Ed Whitfield
Wayne Edward Whitfield (born May 25, 1943) is an American politician and attorney who served as the U.S. representative of from January 1995, until his resignation in September 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party, and the first to re ...
, incumbent U.S. Representative
Democratic primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*Charles Kendall Hatchett, real estate broker and nominee for this seat in
2010
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2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
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=Eliminated in primary
=
*Wesley Bolin
Results
General election
Predictions
Results
District 2
Republican incumbent
Brett Guthrie
Steven Brett Guthrie (born February 18, 1964) is an American businessman and politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 2009. The district is in central Kentucky and includes Fort Knox, Owensb ...
, who had represented the 2nd district since 2009, ran for re-election.
Republican primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*
Brett Guthrie
Steven Brett Guthrie (born February 18, 1964) is an American businessman and politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 2009. The district is in central Kentucky and includes Fort Knox, Owensb ...
, incumbent U.S. Representative
Democratic primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*Ron Leach, physician assistant and U.S. Army veteran
General election
Predictions
Results
District 3
Incumbent Democrat
John Yarmuth
John Allan Yarmuth ( ; born November 4, 1947) is a retired American politician and newspaper editor who served as the U.S. representative for from 2007 to 2023. His district encompassed the vast majority of the Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville M ...
, who had represented the district since 2007, ran for re-election.
Democratic primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*
John Yarmuth
John Allan Yarmuth ( ; born November 4, 1947) is a retired American politician and newspaper editor who served as the U.S. representative for from 2007 to 2023. His district encompassed the vast majority of the Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville M ...
, incumbent U.S. Representative
=Eliminated in primary
=
*E. Ray Pierce
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*Michael MacFarlane
General election
Predictions
Results
District 4
Incumbent Republican
Thomas Massie
Thomas Harold Massie (born January 13, 1971) is an American politician and engineer. A member of the Republican Party, Massie has been the United States representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district since 2012. The district covers ...
, who had represented the district since 2012, ran for re-election.
Republican primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*
Thomas Massie
Thomas Harold Massie (born January 13, 1971) is an American politician and engineer. A member of the Republican Party, Massie has been the United States representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district since 2012. The district covers ...
, incumbent U.S. Representative
=Declined
=
*Steve Stevens, Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce President
Democratic primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*Peter Newberry
General election
Predictions
Results
District 5
Republican incumbent
Hal Rogers
Harold Dallas Rogers (born December 31, 1937) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party. Upon Don Young's death in 2022, Rogers became the dean of the Hous ...
, who had represented the 5th district since 1981, ran for re-election.
Republican primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*
Hal Rogers
Harold Dallas Rogers (born December 31, 1937) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party. Upon Don Young's death in 2022, Rogers became the dean of the Hous ...
, incumbent U.S. Representative
Democratic primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*Kenneth Stepp, attorney
=Eliminated in primary
=
*Billy Ray Wilson
Results
General election
Predictions
Results
District 6
Incumbent Republican
Andy Barr
Garland Hale "Andy" Barr IV (born July 24, 1973) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kentucky's 6th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the adm ...
, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.
Republican primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*
Andy Barr
Garland Hale "Andy" Barr IV (born July 24, 1973) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kentucky's 6th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the adm ...
, incumbent U.S. Representative
Democratic primary
Jensen was seen as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination.
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*
Elisabeth Jensen
Elisabeth Jensen is an education advocate and the Democratic Party nominee for Kentucky's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, 2014.
Early life and career
Elisabeth Jensen was born in In ...
, education advocate
=Eliminated in primary
=
*
Geoff Young, former contractor and
Green
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candidate for
Kentucky House of Representatives
The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a ...
45th District in 2012
=Withdrawn
=
*Michael Coblenz, attorney and former Air Force B-52 navigator
*Joe Palumbo, lumber yard owner and son of state representative
Ruth Ann Palumbo
Ruth Ann Palumbo (born July 7, 1949) is an American politician who represented district 76 in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1991 to 2025, which covers downtown Lexington, Kentucky and eastern Fayette County. Palumbo is a member of ...
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=Declined
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*Teresa Isaac
Teresa Isaac is an American politician who served as List of mayors of Lexington, Kentucky, mayor of Lexington, Kentucky from 2003 to 2007.
Political life
Isaac was elected to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government council as an At-Large ...
, former mayor of Lexington and candidate for this seat in 1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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Results
General election
Polling
Predictions
Results
See also
* 2014 United States House of Representatives elections
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 4, 2014, in the middle of President Barack Obama's second term in office. Elections were held for all 435 seats of the House of Representatives, representing the 50 ...
* 2014 United States elections
Elections were held in the United States on November 4, 2014, in the middle of Democratic President Barack Obama's second term. A typical six-year itch midterm election suffered by most second-term presidents, this election saw the Republican ...
References
External links
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