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Lewis</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ron_Lewis,_official_109th_Congressional_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Ron_Lewis%2C_official_109th_Congressional_photo.jpg/220px-Ron_Lewis%2C_official_109th_Congressional_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Ron_Lewis%2C_official_109th_Congressional_photo.jpg/330px-Ron_Lewis%2C_official_109th_Congressional_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Ron_Lewis%2C_official_109th_Congressional_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="538" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Kentucky02 !"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Kentucky's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />May 24, 1994 – January 3, 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Natcher" title="William Natcher">William Natcher</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brett_Guthrie" title="Brett Guthrie">Brett Guthrie</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Ronald Edward Lewis</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1946-09-14</span>) </span>September 14, 1946<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 78)</span><br />McKell, <a href="/wiki/Greenup_County,_Kentucky" title="Greenup County, Kentucky">Greenup County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Kayi Gambill</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1966)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Cecilia,_Kentucky" title="Cecilia, Kentucky">Cecilia, Kentucky</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">University of Kentucky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morehead_State_University" title="Morehead State University">Morehead State University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">College professor, minister, salesman</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ronald Edward Lewis</b> (born September 14, 1946) is an American retired <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> who was a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from 1994 to 2009, having represented the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Kentucky's 2nd congressional district">2nd congressional district</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>. </p><p>Lewis announced on January 29, 2008, that he would not run for an eighth term. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education,_and_career"><span id="Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_career"></span>Early life, education, and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Lewis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lewis was born in McKell near <a href="/wiki/South_Shore,_Kentucky" title="South Shore, Kentucky">South Shore</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greenup_County,_Kentucky" title="Greenup County, Kentucky">Greenup County</a> in far northeastern Kentucky. He graduated in 1964 from McKell High School. He attended <a href="/wiki/Morehead_State_University" title="Morehead State University">Morehead State University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Morehead,_Kentucky" title="Morehead, Kentucky">Morehead</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rowan_County,_Kentucky" title="Rowan County, Kentucky">Rowan County</a> from 1964 to 1967 and graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">University of Kentucky</a> at <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington</a> in 1969 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">history</a> and <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a>. Lewis returned to Morehead in 1980 to earn a <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">master's degree</a> in professional <a href="/wiki/Education" title="Education">education</a> in 1981. </p><p>At twenty-one, Lewis worked in the 1967 gubernatorial campaign of <a href="/wiki/Louie_B._Nunn" class="mw-redirect" title="Louie B. Nunn">Louie B. Nunn</a> of <a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Kentucky" title="Glasgow, Kentucky">Glasgow</a>. Nunn's victory got Lewis a state job for a time and encouragement to run in 1971 for the <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives" title="Kentucky House of Representatives">Kentucky House of Representatives</a> in his native Greenup County. Though he lost the legislative race in a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> year in Kentucky, Lewis maintained an interest in <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">GOP</a> politics. In 1972, Lewis served briefly in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> attending the Navy <a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer Candidate School">Officer Candidate School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola, Florida</a>; a <a href="/wiki/Kidney" title="Kidney">kidney</a> ailment resulted in a quick medical discharge. </p><p>Lewis worked in sales for several companies, including <a href="/wiki/Ashland_Oil" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashland Oil">Ashland Oil</a>, before teaching for five years at <a href="/wiki/Watterson_College" title="Watterson College">Watterson College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville</a>, Kentucky, having begun in 1980. (The school closed in the 1990s.) He also was ordained as a <a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Baptist">Southern Baptist</a> minister in 1980, having served as pastor for the historic White Mills Baptist Church, after attending the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Theological_Seminary" title="Southern Baptist Theological Seminary">Southern Baptist Theological Seminary</a> in Louisville. In 1985 Lewis opened a religious bookstore, Alpha and Omega Bookstore, in <a href="/wiki/Elizabethtown,_Kentucky" title="Elizabethtown, Kentucky">Elizabethtown</a>. In the early 1980s, he was a pastor at Friendship Baptist Church, located outside <a href="/wiki/Hodgenville,_Kentucky" title="Hodgenville, Kentucky">Hodgenville</a>. </p><p>Lewis has been married to Kayi Gambill Lewis since 1966. They live in <a href="/wiki/Cecilia,_Kentucky" title="Cecilia, Kentucky">Cecilia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> near Elizabethtown, and have two children. He is a <a href="/wiki/Southern_Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Baptist">Southern Baptist</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Congressional_career">Congressional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Lewis&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Congressional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994_election">1994 election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Lewis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1994 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1994, Lewis filed to run against longtime Democratic Representative <a href="/wiki/William_Huston_Natcher" class="mw-redirect" title="William Huston Natcher">William H. Natcher</a> in the general election in November 1994. The Second District was predominantly <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> in terms of voter registration, and Natcher had held the seat without serious difficulty since 1953. Although Lewis had been personally endorsed by the state GOP leadership and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a>, he was considered somewhat of a "sacrificial lamb" candidate. </p><p>The dimensions of the race changed dramatically when Natcher died in late March 1994. A <a href="/wiki/Special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Special election">special election</a> was called in May 1994 to replace him. In the special election, Lewis faced Joe Prather, a state senator from <a href="/wiki/Hardin_County,_Kentucky" title="Hardin County, Kentucky">Hardin County</a>. Lewis got support from numerous national Republican sources and many <a href="/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism">social conservative</a> groups, enabling him to run a very strong campaign in a district that had not elected a Republican in 129 years. Lewis tied Prather to an unpopular <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> and a proposal to raise taxes on <a href="/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a>, the staple crop of the state. He also took advantage of the socially conservative tilt of the Second District. </p><p>In the special election Lewis defeated Prather by 55-45 percent in an election with less than 20 percent turnout—a result which is still considered a major upset. It was a result that many political pundits, as <a href="/wiki/Larry_J._Sabato" class="mw-redirect" title="Larry J. Sabato">Larry J. Sabato</a> noted in his <a href="/wiki/Sabato%27s_Crystal_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabato's Crystal Ball">Crystal Ball</a> newsletter, saw as a harbinger of the Republican gains in Congress in the regular election later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lewis was elected to a full term that November, when he defeated Democrat David Adkisson with 60 percent of the vote. </p><p>One of the centerpieces of Lewis' 1994 campaign was term limits in Washington. He was one of five Republicans who signed a pledge committing themselves to a limited number of terms if elected. He himself had promised to leave the House in 2003, after serving four full terms plus the last seven months of Natcher's term.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, Lewis sent a letter to 3,000 constituents in 1998 informing them he had changed his mind about running in 2002 and beyond. "I made a mistake in 1994, and I admit that. I had said I would not run past 2002," he told the Elizabethtown News Enterprise in October 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Lewis&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the non-partisan website TheMiddleClass.org,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ron Lewis has consistently voted against tax increases and expansion of social programs. </p><p>In 2004, Lewis joined numerous Republican colleagues in sponsoring legislation that would allow lawmakers to override certain Supreme Court decisions by a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate. Lewis likened his proposal to the existing right of Congress to override a presidential veto with a two-thirds majority. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1996–2004_campaigns"><span id="1996.E2.80.932004_campaigns"></span>1996–2004 campaigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Lewis&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1996–2004 campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lewis won a second full term in 1996 with 58 percent of the vote by beating former Kentucky Senate floor leader <a href="/wiki/Joe_Wright_(Kentucky_politician)" title="Joe Wright (Kentucky politician)">Joe Wright</a> with a vote total of 125,433 to 90,483.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did not face another serious challenge until 2006. In the 2004 election, he defeated Democrat <a href="/wiki/Adam_Smith_(Kentucky)" class="mw-redirect" title="Adam Smith (Kentucky)">Adam Smith</a>, getting 68 percent of the vote. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006">2006</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Lewis&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2006 election, Lewis defeated retired U.S. Army Colonel <a href="/wiki/Mike_Weaver_(politician)" title="Mike Weaver (politician)">Mike Weaver</a>, a former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. Weaver gave Lewis his first credible challenge in a decade, holding him to only 55 percent of the vote. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Lewis&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Ways and Means Committee <ul><li>Subcommittee on Social Security</li> <li>Subcommittee on Trade</li></ul></li> <li>Republican Policy Committee</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement">Retirement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ron_Lewis&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 29, 2008, Lewis announced he would not seek reelection in 2008 on the same day as the filing deadline; he was hoping to ensure the GOP nomination would be won by his chief of staff, Daniel London, but State Senator <a href="/wiki/Brett_Guthrie" title="Brett Guthrie">Brett Guthrie</a> also filed for the race. The decision shocked and angered many prominent Kentucky Republicans,<sup id="cite_ref-ap_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lewis said he was tired of splitting his time between Washington and Kentucky and that serving in Congress had not been as encouraging since Democrats gained the majority in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-cj130_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cj130-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the Democratic side, State Senator <a href="/wiki/David_Boswell_(Kentucky_politician)" title="David Boswell (Kentucky politician)">David Boswell</a> of <a href="/wiki/Daviess_County,_Kentucky" title="Daviess County, Kentucky">Daviess County</a> and the Daviess County Judge-Executive <a href="/w/index.php?title=Reid_Haire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reid Haire (page does not exist)">Reid Haire</a> both filed. Guthrie emerged the winner over primary rival Daniel London and then Boswell. </p><p>In 2010, Lewis announced his support for <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Kentucky Secretary of State">Kentucky Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Trey_Grayson" title="Trey Grayson">Trey Grayson</a> in the race to fill the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> seat of retiring Republican Senator <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">Jim Bunning</a>. 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United States House of Representatives. p. 26.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Statistics+of+the+Presidential+and+Congressional+Election+of+November+5th%2C+1996&rft.pages=26&rft.pub=United+States+House+of+Representatives&rft.aulast=Carle&rft.aufirst=Robin+H.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fclerk.house.gov%2Fmember_info%2FelectionInfo%2F1996election.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARon+Lewis" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ap-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ap_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/276005.html">"Veteran Democrat state senator to take on Lewis"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. 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Natcher</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Kentucky02 !"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Kentucky's 2nd congressional district">Kentucky's 2nd congressional district</a></span> </b><br />May 26, 1994 - January 3, 2009 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Brett_Guthrie" title="Brett Guthrie">Brett Guthrie</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">U.S. order of precedence</a> (ceremonial) </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: 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Ford</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">M. McConnell</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hal_Rogers" title="Hal Rogers">H. Rogers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">J. Bunning</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scotty_Baesler" title="Scotty Baesler">S. Baesler</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Lewis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ward_(American_politician)" title="Mike Ward (American politician)">M. Ward</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Whitfield" title="Ed Whitfield">E. Whitfield</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/105th_United_States_Congress" title="105th United States Congress">105th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Ford" title="Wendell Ford">W. Ford</a> (D) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">M. McConnell</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hal_Rogers" title="Hal Rogers">H. Rogers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">J. Bunning</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scotty_Baesler" title="Scotty Baesler">S. Baesler</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Lewis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Whitfield" title="Ed Whitfield">E. Whitfield</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anne_Northup" title="Anne Northup">A. Northup</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/106th_United_States_Congress" title="106th United States Congress">106th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">M. McConnell</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">J. Bunning</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hal_Rogers" title="Hal Rogers">H. Rogers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Lewis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Whitfield" title="Ed Whitfield">E. Whitfield</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anne_Northup" title="Anne Northup">A. Northup</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Fletcher" title="Ernie Fletcher">E. Fletcher</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ken_Lucas_(politician)" title="Ken Lucas (politician)">K. Lucas</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">M. McConnell</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">J. Bunning</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hal_Rogers" title="Hal Rogers">H. Rogers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Lewis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Whitfield" title="Ed Whitfield">E. Whitfield</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anne_Northup" title="Anne Northup">A. Northup</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Fletcher" title="Ernie Fletcher">E. Fletcher</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ken_Lucas_(politician)" title="Ken Lucas (politician)">K. Lucas</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/108th_United_States_Congress" title="108th United States Congress">108th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">M. McConnell</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">J. 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Fletcher</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ken_Lucas_(politician)" title="Ken Lucas (politician)">K. Lucas</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_Chandler" title="Ben Chandler"><i>B. Chandler</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">M. McConnell</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">J. Bunning</a> (R)</div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States representatives from Kentucky">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hal_Rogers" title="Hal Rogers">H. Rogers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">R. Lewis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Whitfield" title="Ed Whitfield">E. Whitfield</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anne_Northup" title="Anne Northup">A. Northup</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_Chandler" title="Ben Chandler">B. Chandler</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Davis" title="Geoff Davis">G. Davis</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Kentucky" title="List of United States senators from Kentucky">Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mitch_McConnell" title="Mitch McConnell">M. McConnell</a> (R) <b>·</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bunning" title="Jim Bunning">J. 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