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Mike Craven (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Republican primary on May 21, 2024.

Biography

Mike Craven was born and lives in Louisville, Kentucky.^[1]^[2] Craven's career experience includes working with Ford Motor Company. He has served with the United Crescent Hill Food Pantry, Golden Arrow Women's and Children's Center, and Habitat for Humanity.^[1]

Elections

2024

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Incumbent Morgan McGarvey and Mike Craven are running in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Morgan McGarvey (D)
		Mike Craven (R)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Incumbent Morgan McGarvey defeated Geoff M. Young and Jared Randall in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on May 21, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Morgan McGarvey	84.1	44,275
	Geoff M. Young	11.2	5,875
	Jared Randall	4.7	2,491

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,641
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Mike Craven defeated Denny Ormerod in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on May 21, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mike Craven	75.2	15,397
	Denny Ormerod	24.8	5,074

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,471
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2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Morgan McGarvey defeated Stuart Ray and Daniel Cobble in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Morgan McGarvey (D)	62.0	160,920
	Stuart Ray (R)	38.0	98,637
	Daniel Cobble (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	30

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 259,587
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Morgan McGarvey defeated Attica Scott in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on May 17, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Morgan McGarvey	63.3	52,157
	Attica Scott	36.7	30,183

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 82,340
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on May 17, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Stuart Ray	29.5	9,703
	Rhonda Palazzo	29.4	9,645
	Mike Craven	19.7	6,488
	Gregory Puccetti	9.1	2,980
	Daniel Cobble	4.7	1,539
	Justin Gregory	3.9	1,293
	Darien Barrios Moreno	3.7	1,212

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,860
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Robert DeVore Jr. (R)

2020

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Republican primary)

Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 23 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Incumbent John A. Yarmuth defeated Rhonda Palazzo in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	John A. Yarmuth (D)	62.7	230,672
	Rhonda Palazzo (R)	37.3	137,425

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 368,097
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent John A. Yarmuth advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Rhonda Palazzo defeated Mike Craven and Waymen Eddings in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on June 23, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Rhonda Palazzo	42.4	19,806
	Mike Craven	42.1	19,676
	Waymen Eddings	15.6	7,275

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 46,757
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2018

See also: Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Incumbent John A. Yarmuth defeated Vickie Yates Glisson and Gregory Boles in the general election for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	John A. Yarmuth (D)	62.1	173,002
	Vickie Yates Glisson (R)	36.6	101,930
	Gregory Boles (L)	1.4	3,788

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 278,720
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Incumbent John A. Yarmuth advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		John A. Yarmuth

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3

Vickie Yates Glisson defeated Mike Craven and Rhonda Palazzo in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kentucky District 3 on May 22, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Vickie Yates Glisson	49.1	11,240
	Mike Craven	26.9	6,163
	Rhonda Palazzo	24.0	5,510

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 22,913
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Waymen Eddings (R)

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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Campaign website

Craven's campaign website stated the following:

“

Here are some of the issues that Mike Craven will champion in Congress!

TERM LIMITS- 4 term 8 year limit on House of Representatives
BALANCING THE BUDGET- Getting our nations debt under control by reducing wasteful spending
PROTECTNG OUR 1st & 2nd AMENDMENT RIGHTS-Along with protecting our religious liberties
LOWERING TAXES AND REDUCING WASTE IN GOVERNMENT
DEFUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD & OPPOSING LATE TERM ABORTIONS
Promoting a strong National Defense and the fight against Terrorism
Promoting school choice and charter schools to reform our educational system
OPPOSING OBAMACARE- Promote Group Coops Insurance plans to reduce costs and allow people to buy insurance across state lines.

Mike Craven is a strong conservative. pro-life. pro marriage Republican.^[3]

”

—Mike Craven's campaign website (2022)^[4]

2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Mike Craven campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Kentucky District 3	On the Ballot general	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Kentucky District 3	Lost primary	$110,759	$110,759
2020	U.S. House Kentucky District 3	Lost primary	$104,359	$103,966
2018	U.S. House Kentucky District 3	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$215,118	$214,725
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only availabale data.

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Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Mike Craven for US Congress - 3rd District KY, "Mike's Life," accessed February 21, 2022
↑ Facebook, "Mike Craven - Metro Louisville," accessed February 21, 2022
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Mike Craven for US Congress - 3rd District KY, “On the Issues,” accessed February 24, 2022

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Kentucky's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mitch McConnell (R)

Rand Paul (R)

Representatives

District 1

James Comer (R)

District 2

Brett Guthrie (R)

District 3

Morgan McGarvey (D)

District 4

Thomas Massie (R)

District 5

Hal Rogers (R)

District 6

Andy Barr (R)

Republican Party (7)

Democratic Party (1)

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