These maps show how Kentucky Democrats flipped a deep red congressional district

Source Scout · Kentucky Public Radio reports: Few believed Democrats had a good chance of flipping central Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional District at this point last year, as President Donald Trump had won these counties by 15 percentage points in the 2024 election. But that’s exactly what Democrat Zach Dembo accomplished Tuesday — and it was not even close. Dembo beat Republican Ralph Alvarado by nearly 10 percentage points , managing to dramatically improve on former Vice President Kamala Harris’ performance not just in the Democratic urban stronghold of Lexington, but every rural or suburban county surrounding it.

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