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Grant Short (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on May 22, 2018.

Short was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Kentucky.[1] Short was defeated by Jim Gray in the Democratic primary.[2]

Biography

Grant Short managed the Bernie Sanders headquarters in Owensboro, Kentucky during the 2016 presidential election.[3]

Elections

2018

See also: Kentucky's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

Democratic primary election

Republican primary election

2016

See also: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Kentucky's U.S. Senate race as safely Republican. Incumbent Rand Paul (R) defeated Jim Gray (D) and Billy Ray Wilson (Write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Paul defeated James Gould and Stephen Howard Slaughter in the Republican primary, while Gray defeated six other challengers to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on May 17, 2016.[1][2][4]

U.S. Senate, Kentucky General Election, 2016

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRand Paul Incumbent 57.3%
Democratic Jim Gray 42.7%
N/A Write-in 0%
Total Votes 1,903,465
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Kentucky Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRand Paul Incumbent 84.8% 169,180
James Gould 8.3% 16,611
Stephen Slaughter 6.9% 13,728
Total Votes 199,519
Source: Kentucky State Board of Elections

U.S. Senate, Kentucky Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJim Gray 58.7% 240,598
Sellus Wilder 12.9% 52,729
Ron Leach 9.5% 39,026
Tom Recktenwald 5.3% 21,910
Grant Short 5.3% 21,558
Jeff Kender 4.9% 20,237
Rory Houlihan 3.3% 13,585
Total Votes 409,643
Source: Kentucky State Board of Elections

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Short's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“ Women's Right: Keep Government away from woman's health care and their bodies'. Social Security Improvements: Increased benefits for seniors KY: Retraining for KY Coal Workers impacted by market forces Tax Reform and Fairness: We tax huge companies less than individuals. This is one reason we can't afford to repair the roads large companies destroy. LGBT Fairness: Workplace, Civil, Criminal: Kim Davis doesn't represent all Kentuckians. Most of us are loving and welcoming. [5] ”
—Grant Short's campaign website, http://www.grant4senate.com/#!platform/c1flq

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kentucky Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings with the Office of the Secretary of State," accessed January 27, 2016
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The New York Times, "Kentucky Results," May 17, 2016
  3. ↑ Facebook, "Grant Short for Kentucky: about," accessed February 15, 2018
  4. ↑ Kentucky Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings with the Office of the Secretary of State," accessed September 6, 2016
  5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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