

Kentucky 62026 HOUSE POLLS

2026 Kentucky 6th District House Forecast:
The Pollsmax 2026 Kentucky 6th District House forecast currently gives Republican Ralph Alvarado a 78% chance of defeating Democrat Zach Dembo. Pollsmax projects Alvarado to receive 52.6% of the vote compared with 47.4% for Dembo, a projected Republican margin of 5.2 percentage points. The model currently rates the race as Lean Republican. The forecast is updated using 100,000 simulations incorporating polling and race fundamentals. See the Pollsmax forecast methodology.
The 2026 Kentucky 6th District House election features Democrat Zach Dembo and Republican Ralph Alvarado. The seat is open in 2026, giving both parties a chance to win the district's representation in the lower chamber of Congress. In 2024, Donald Trump won Kentucky's 6th congressional district by 10.5%, and the election for the district's House seat is rated as lean Republican in 2026. The race will test whether Democrats can flip a competitive Kentucky seat or whether Republicans can hold one of their key House battlegrounds. Kentucky's 6th District will be important in determining control of the House for the second half of President Trump's term.
- Year
- 2026
- Race
- House
- District
- KY-6
- Democratic candidate
- Zach Dembo
- Republican candidate
- Ralph Alvarado
- Incumbent / open seat
- Open seat
- Forecast rating
- Lean R
- Projected vote
- 47.4% D / 52.6% R
- Projected margin
- R +5.2
- Forecast odds
- 22.0% D / 78.0% R
- Forecast last updated
- 12:00 AM on November 3, 2026
- Polling average
- 44.2% D / 41.7% R
- Polling average margin
- D +2.6
- Polling last updated
- 12:00 AM on October 20, 2026
- Polls included
- 9
- Latest poll
- Public Policy Polling (D) — October 20, 2026