Spirited fight in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District

BRUCE SCHREINER
Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – After years of demoralizing losses in federal elections, Kentucky Democrats are left with little-known candidates to run in congressional districts long dominated by Republicans. They even skipped two races altogether.

But in one district, a Democratic challenger is waging a spirited, uphill fight to unseat a GOP incumbent Nov. 8. The 6th District contest pitting two-term Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and Democrat Nancy Jo Kemper is big on contrasts.

Kemper portrays the incumbent as a political insider who’s cozy with big banks and corporations.

Barr touts his conservative credentials and his role in putting a GOP imprint on such policies as health care, financial oversight and anti-poverty initiatives. And he links his challenger to what he condemns as the failed policies of President Barack Obama.

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