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Zach Dembo

Democratic candidate for Kentucky's 6th Congressional District

Lexington Navy veteran, former federal prosecutor and teacher focused on affordable healthcare, worker rights, public schools and government ethics.

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DistrictKY-06
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Zach stands.

Campaign position

Strengthen wages and union rights

  • Supports a $15 federal minimum wage, the PRO Act and stronger bargaining rights alongside investment in apprenticeships

Campaign position

Regulate AI and data centers

  • Supports community input and environmental oversight for data centers, protecting utility customers and helping workers retrain for AI-driven changes

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Expand affordable healthcare coverage

  • Supports reversing Medicaid cuts, restoring ACA subsidies, creating a public insurance option and lowering prescription prices

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Protect reproductive choices and families

  • Supports restoring Roe protections, safeguarding IVF, affordable childcare and preschool, and stronger family-leave incentives

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Invest in schools and teachers

  • Supports stronger school funding, higher teacher pay and investment in research, technical training and apprenticeships

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Restrict congressional financial conflicts

  • Supports banning lawmakers and family from stock and cryptocurrency trading, restricting prediction-market trading and 12-year term limits

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. 2026

    Accomplishment

    Democratic nominee

    Nominated for Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District.

  2. Beginning in 2017

    Experience

    Civil-rights federal prosecutor

    Prosecuted crimes nationally for the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.

  3. Beginning in 2020

    Experience

    Governor’s policy adviser

    Returned to Kentucky to serve as a policy adviser to Governor Andy Beshear.

  • Experience

    Eighth-grade English teacher

    Taught in the Mississippi Delta through Teach For America before attending law school.

  • Experience

    Navy JAG officer

    Served on active duty as an officer in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

  • Experience

    Governor’s legislative director

    Later served as legislative director in Governor Andy Beshear’s administration.

  • Experience

    Assistant U.S. attorney

    Worked as a federal prosecutor in Lexington before resigning to pursue this congressional campaign.

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