For more than a decade, Republicans have held a decisive 5-1 edge in Kentucky’s House delegation. Democrats haven’t bothered contesting any of the state’s GOP-held seats since 2018, when Rep. Andy Barr narrowly defeated retired Lt. Col. Amy McGrath in a high-profile matchup that turned out to be one of the party’s biggest disappointments of the cycle.
With President Donald Trump back in the White House, Democrats are determined to once again try their hand at flipping the 6th District. It’s an ambitious play — Trump won the seat by 15 points last November — but Barr’s decision to run for the Senate means the party won’t have to take on the popular incumbent. And unlike in 2018, Democrats have a powerful surrogate in Gov. Andy Beshear, who continues to sport one of the highest gubernatorial approval ratings in the nation. Multiple Democratic sources say Beshear is invested in making the 6th District competitive and working hard to convince one of his allies to run.
Elsewhere in Kentucky, ardently anti-spending Rep. Thomas Massie seems poised to draw the first serious
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