Andy Barr

Andy Barr's Lexington household includes his wife, Davis, and four children: Eleanor, Mary Clay, Hale and Virginia.¹ His first wife, Carol Leavell Barr, died from a heart condition in 2020; the heart research law he later sponsored carries her name.²

A Lexington native, Barr graduated from Henry Clay High School and the University of Virginia before earning his law degree at Kentucky in 2001.¹ He worked as a lawyer handling insurance cases, business transactions and financing, and taught law at Kentucky and Morehead State.³ He has represented Kentucky's 6th Congressional District since 2013.⁴

Barr introduced the CAROL Act, which became law in December 2022 with President Biden's signature.⁵ It directs federal support for research on heart valve disease, public awareness and guidance for healthcare providers.⁶ His separate resolution reversing a Labor Department retirement investment rule passed Congress in 2023 but was vetoed by Biden.⁷

His Senate platform promises lower taxes, renewed border wall construction, more border agents and reinstatement of the Remain in Mexico policy.⁸ He also promotes Kentucky coal production and opposition to additional gun restrictions.⁸ He faces Democrat Charles Booker on November 3 for the open seat of retiring Senator Mitch McConnell, seeking to move from the House to the Senate.⁴