Zach Dembo (Democrat), Ralph Alvarado (Republican), Pete Lynch (Kentucky Party) and Jay Bowman (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Kentucky District 6, with one certified write-in, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Kentucky Secretary of State.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Pete Lynch (Kentucky Party), Jay Bowman (Independent) and Robert Quigley (write-in).
Official candidate list: Kentucky Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. A candidate marked write-in is certified to run and their votes count; their name is not printed on the ballot. Not a prediction.
The seat
Andy Barr
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2013 · Age 53
Not on the November ballot
How to vote in Kentucky
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 29 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 67,764 votes
- Zach Dembo Won: 39.6% 26,858
- Cherlynn Stevenson: 31.5% 21,312
- Erin Petrey: 15.8% 10,703
- David Kloiber: 4.5% 3,041
- Corey Edwards: 4.4% 2,952
2 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
The primary · 64,096 votes
- Ralph Alvarado Won: 56.5% 36,217
- Ryan Dotson: 26.4% 16,897
- Gregory George Plucinski: 8.8% 5,670
- Steve Shannon: 6.2% 3,980
- Adam Perez Arquette (withdrawn): 2.1% 1,332
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Kentucky Secretary of State official primary certification. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $10M
- Outside money
- $11M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $7.4M of the race's $11M was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other 3 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
9 filed- Adam Perez ArquetteRepublican$5M
- Ryan DotsonRepublican$568K
- Deanna GordonRepublican$372K
- David KloiberDemocrat$201K
- Erin PetreyDemocrat$268K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 762K
- Median household income
- $68K
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
- Living below the poverty line
- 14.5%
- Without health insurance
- 6.3%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
How this seat voted last time
R+26 in 2024
- Andy Barr Won: 63%
- Randy Cravens: 37%
352,638 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between April 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.