Rep. Ben Chandler

Democrat  •  6th District, Kentucky  •  5th Term  •  Sworn In 2004
Current Term 2011 - 2012 View All

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02/12/12
Strengthen SL-US ties, member of C...

Rep. Kingston was one of three Congressmen who travelled to Sri Lanka last fall to explore its post-conflict reconciliation and developme...

Source: Daily Mirror
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02/11/12
Redistricting changes alter campai...

According to The Associated Press, the plan strengthens the Democrats’ hold on the Lexington-area 6th Congressional District, which is re...

Source: Bowling Green Daily News
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02/10/12
Beshear approves new congressional...

The transfer of some predominantly Republican areas to the 2nd District is expected to make it tougher for Republicans such as Andy Barr ...

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
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02/10/12
Kentucky redistricting: Incumbents...

There is a catch for Republicans, however: In keeping their House members safe, they also bolstered Democratic Rep. Ben Chandler by shift...

Source: Politico.com
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02/10/12
Congressional Redistricting Deal A...

"Ben Chandler's fingerprints are all over this map,” claimed ... seeking the GOP nomination to challenge the Congressman again, claimed i...

Source: WTVQ
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02/10/12
State Senate Approves Congressiona...

The plan bolsters the Democrats' hold on the 6th Congressional District represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler. One angry Repub...

Source: msnbc.com
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02/10/12
Senate committee OKs congressional...

The plan bolsters the Democrats' hold on the 6th Congressional District represented by U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, a move that angered some S...

Source: Bowling Green Daily News
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02/10/12
Kentucky Senate approves congressi...

...despite opposition from Republicans in the Lexington area who complained that the map gave too great of an advantage to Rep. Ben Chand...

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02/10/12
Senate committee OKs congressional...

...it is expected to pass Friday. The plan bolsters the Democrats hold on the 6th Congressional District represented by U.S. Rep. Ben Cha...

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02/10/12
Lawmakers approve congressional re...

...passed it 29-7 earlier in the day. The plan bolsters the Democrats' hold on the 6th Congressional District represented by U.S. Rep. Be...

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02/11/12
Congressional redistricting OK'd; ...

According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, the plan makes Kentucky 6th Congressional District more Democratic, an effort to help Democrat ...

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02/11/12
MICA SIMS: News Break: Frankfort K...

Nope. Not even close. Rep. Ben Chandler and Rep. Hal Rogers sent their errand boys up to Frankfort to do their bidding to ensure that "th...

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02/10/12
Beshear signs into law new boundar...

Those changes are expected to make it tougher for Republican Andy Barr to successfully challenge U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Versailles. Th...

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02/10/12
Lawmakers approve congressional re...

Ben Chandler. Republican state Sen. Alice Forgy Kerr of Lexington called the proposal the "Ben Chandler Lifetime Employment Act." The pla...

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02/10/12
cn|2 Pure Politics - Senate approv...

Hal Rogers of Somerset, Republican U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green and Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler of Versailles whose dis...

Source: Ryan Alessi
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02/10/12
Kentucky: New Lines Strengthen Ben...

“Redistricting is always a partisan process, and no redistricting plan will please everybody.” One person who is pleased: Democratic Rep....

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02/07/12
No compromise on Congressional red...

Congressman Ben Chandler, a Democrat from Versailles, will have no challengers in the Democratic primary for the 6th District seat, which...

Source: Beth Musgrave
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02/07/12
cn|2 Pure Politics - Barr and Thay...

The problem for Barr is that he faces an incumbent Democrat in Ben Chandler who has a strong name recognition that helped him barely weat...

Source: Ryan Alessi
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02/07/12
No compromise on Congressional red...

Congressman Ben Chandler, a Democrat from Versailles, will have no challengers in the Democratic primary for the 6th District seat, which...

Source: Beth Musgrave
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02/07/12
NRCC Elevates Barr to 'Young Guns'...

The National Republican Congressional Committee has raised the profile of Kentucky 6th congressional district race by elevating GOP chall...

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Official website: http://chandler.house.gov/
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1504 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4706
Fax: 202-225-2122

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