Ben Chandler

Albert Benjamin Chandler III is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States representative for Kentucky's 6th congressional district from 2004 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, and the grandson of two-time Kentucky Governor Happy Chandler, he was the nominee of his party for Governor in 2003, losing by just over 10 points to Republican Ernie Fletcher, He was then elected to Congress in a 2004 special election. He served until January 2013, having been defeated for re-election by Andy Barr in the 2012 elections. He was also the Attorney General of Kentucky from 1996 until 2004.