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Democrat
David Kloiber
KY-06 Democratic nominee?
$31.0K
MAY 20, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleCouncil Member
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyMainstream Democrat
GenderMale
LocationKentucky
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BackgroundNonprofit leader
EducationLexington Catholic High School
Notable personal detailsDavid Kloiber is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District in the 2026 cycle. He previously served as a Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council member (District 6) beginning in 2020 and ran for Lexington mayor in 2022. He leads the Kloiber Foundation and has described founding a software company after attending Lexington Catholic High School and the University of Kentucky.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Healthcare
The candidate emphasizes expanding access to healthcare and lists healthcare as a central campaign focus, supporting measures to improve affordability and options (including funding for out-of-state medical travel). He has expressed positions to protect access to reproductive care and to ease enforcement related to medical marijuana and abortion-related medical malpractice enforcement.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports protecting abortion access and taking local steps to mitigate the impact of restrictive state law, including providing enhanced employee healthcare coverage for travel and prioritizing local resources to protect patients and providers. He has urged local leaders not to prosecute people seeking or providing abortion care and called for city-level measures to help residents obtain necessary reproductive health services.
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Climate & Energy
Expressed support for pursuing green energy in Lexington but has not articulated specific federal climate or energy policies such as emissions targets, carbon pricing, or fossil fuel phase-out. Public materials and campaign issue pages do not contain detailed climate or energy policy positions.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports community-focused gun safety measures and emphasizes addressing mental health as part of reducing gun violence; favors strengthening community policing and public-safety responses rather than abolishing policing. Does not express an intent to broadly confiscate firearms and frames policy around prevention and enforcement improvements.
Polls
KY-06 Democratic nominee?
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$200.9K
$150.6K
$100.4K
$50.2K
$0
2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2026
$200.9K
$23.3K
$177.6K
$11.1K
Source: FEC
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