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RaceTracker 2012 Congressional Election Dashboard
2012 House report  ยท 2012 Senate report
House1: 435 seats Senate: 33 seats
GOP Dems Total GOP Dems Total
Confirmed primary challenges 63 32 95 4 4 8
Possible primary challenges 13 5 18 1 0 1
Open seats* 7 15 26 2 6 92
1. Does not include the special election in OR-01.
2. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.
This profile of Kentucky's 05th Congressional District is part of the RaceTracker project.
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    2012 election

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    2012 fundraising data for KY-05
    available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.

    Race status

    Incumbent: Harold Rogers
    Incumbent running? Maybe
    Primary challenge? No primary challenge if incumbent runs.

    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Harold Rogers Republican Potential candidate (source needed) July 15, 2011
    Jim Holbert Democratic Potential candidate (source needed) July 15, 2011 2010 Candidate
    Kenneth Stepp Democratic Confirmed candidate KY SOS Source January 27, 2012 2006 Candidate, 2008 US Senate Primary Candidate & 2010 Primary Candidate

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner
    TBD TBD

    2010 election

    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Harold Rogers Republican Confirmed candidate KY SOS Source February 7, 2010
    Jim Holbert Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source July 6, 2010
    David Prince Democratic Out KY SOS Source July 6, 2010 Lost primary
    Kenneth Stepp Democratic Out KY SOS Source July 6, 2010 Lost primary

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner
    Harold Rogers, Jim Holbert Harold Rogers

    2008 election

    Incumbent: Harold Rogers


    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Harold Rogers Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 22, 2009
    Unopposed by Dems (source needed) March 22, 2009

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner
    Harold Rogers Harold Rogers

    2008 Presidential election results

    Republican Democratic
    2000 57% George W. Bush 42% Al Gore
    2004 61% George W. Bush 39% John Kerry
    2008 67% John McCain 31% Barack Obama

    District map and incumbent offices

    Harold Rogers's district offices
    • 601 Main Street, Hazard, KY 41701 Phone:
      606-439-0794 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 100 Resource Drive, Prestonsburg, KY 41653
      606-886-0844 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 551 Clifty Street, Somerset, KY 42501
      606-679-8346 (Phone) (Fax)
    District map layers graciously provided by GovTrack.Us.
    See the incumbent's page for more contact info.


    Articles and resources

    See also

    External articles

    Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "KY-05" (link)

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