Thirty-one candidates are running for Kentucky’s six U.S. House districts in 2022, including nine Democrats and 22 Republicans. This equals 5.2 candidates per district, the most candidates per district since 2014. The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in Kentucky was Jan. 25, 2022.
Democrats currently represent one U.S. House district in Kentucky and Republicans represent five.
Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings: