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The 2026 race
Kentucky’s 6th District U.S. House general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. Bowman J Jay is one of 15 candidates in the contested race and is listed with the designation NNE.
The field includes seven Republicans, five Democrats, one candidate with no party affiliation, one NNE candidate and one candidate listed as Other. Garland Andy Barr, a Republican, is the incumbent. The candidate records contain no biographies, fundraising totals or documented policy positions for anyone in the race.
The full candidate field
Each candidate’s listed affiliation or designation appears below. The same categories of information are on file for every candidate in the contest.
| Candidate | Affiliation or designation | Record details | |---|---|---| | Adam Perez Arquette | Republican | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Greg Plucinski | Republican | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Garland Andy Barr | Republican; incumbent | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Robert Allen Quigley | No party affiliation | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Zach Dembo | Democrat | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Steve Mr. Shannon | Republican | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Ryan Dotson | Republican | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Cherlynn Stevenson | Democrat | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Corey Edwards | Democrat | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Bowman J Jay | NNE | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | David Kloiber | Democrat | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Peter Shaw Keller Dr. Lynch | Other | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Ralph A Alvarado | Republican | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Erin Petrey | Democrat | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. | | Deanna Gordon | Republican | No biography, financial totals or policy positions are on file. |
Background, policy and campaign finance
No biography is on file for Bowman J Jay or any of the other 14 candidates. That means the candidate records do not identify their employment, education, prior public service or other personal background.
No documented policy positions are on file for any candidate. The records therefore do not establish where Jay or the other candidates stand on specific issues.
Campaign finance figures also are not on file for any candidate. The records list no amounts for funds raised, funds spent or cash on hand. Without those figures, the candidates’ campaign finances cannot be compared from the current entries.
What voters can track
The general election date is Nov. 3, 2026, and the race is identified as contested. Before voting, voters can watch for official updates to the candidate roster, biographies, policy positions and campaign finance entries.
Those updates would allow voters to compare the candidates’ experience, priorities and campaign activity. Until entries are posted, the firm distinctions in the record are each candidate’s name, affiliation or designation and Barr’s status as the incumbent.
