Ralph A Alvarado

American physician and politician

U.S. House — KY-06RepublicanRunning nowVugol ID VM-46A-B54C FEC H6KY06192

Running for U.S. House, KY-06, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/ralph-a-alvarado

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

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Races

2026 · U.S. House, KY-06 · General · Republican · on the ballot
2019 · Lieutenant Governor, KY · General · Republican · lost · 704,289 votes (48.8%) · source
2019 · Lieutenant Governor, KY · Primary · Republican · won · 136,060 votes (52.4%) · source
2018 · State Senate, KY District 28 · General · Republican · won · 23,212 votes (53.4%) · source

Background

Ralph A. Alvarado is an American physician and politician who most recently served as the 15th Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health from 2023 until his resignation in 2025.

He previously served as a member of the Kentucky Senate, representing Kentucky's 28th Senate district from 2015 to 2023. Upon taking office, he became the first Hispanic person elected to the Kentucky General Assembly.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-24 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Alvarado

In the news

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Campaign finance

$1,521,813total raised (2026 cycle)

$398,018cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$1,123,795total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

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Sources

Portrait — Gage Skidmore · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons (file page)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-24 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Alvarado
Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19519302
Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6KY06192/
photo_gallery — https://www.alvaradoforcongress.com/
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photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ralph_Alvarado_(16885960359).jpg
photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ralph_Alvarado_by_Gage_Skidmore_(cropped).jpg
photo_gallery — https://www.alvaradoforcongress.com/
photo_gallery — https://www.alvaradoforcongress.com/

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