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2012 Kentucky U.S. House District 6 Election

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Who won the 2012 Kentucky U.S. House District 6 Election?

Garland ??Andy?? Barr won the 2012 Kentucky U.S. House District 6 Election. Garland ??Andy?? Barr received 153,222 popular votes (50.57%). The main challenger was Ben Chandler (46.68%).

See the full head-to-head between Barr and Chandler

Barr +3.9 pts · won by 11,784 votes
Garland ??Andy?? BarrRepublicanWINNER50.57%
153,222 votes
Ben ChandlerDemocratic46.68%
141,438 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.8% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.