Could a White Nationalist defeat Hal Rogers in Kentucky's 5th?

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Kentucky's 5th Congressional district is a very rural, very poor, very white district in Rural Kentucky. Al Gore got 42% of the vote here, and Clinton got 17% of the vote. Areas like these are prime territory for white nationalists, so my question is whether a white nationalist could defeat the old and relatively moderate current congressman, who believes that immigrants are people. Personally, I believe a primary challenge from this angle would be very likely to succeed.

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

Currently, 100% of Atlas users agree with me.

[DINGO Joe]

Hal Rogers is the R version of Robert Byrd.  Voting him out would be like shooting off your toes.  Which they probably already do for fun. 

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

I think this is most likely if Hal Rogers retires. He is 80 years old, and Rs just lost the House, so it is easy to see him retiring. In that case, it will be an open seat, and it is not too hard to see a Stephen Miller/Bannon/Trump White Nationalist type having a good shot in the Republican primary.

This thread should probably be moved to the Congressional forum though.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Not likely.  KY-5 is a district that is historically Republican, with very, very few black residents at all.  These sort of districts are NOT the kind of districts that would produce a Chris McDaniel, let alone a straight up white nationalist.

Rogers is NOT a movement conservative; he's close to an old-time Mountain Republican, and his district is likely to produce such a Republican as his successor. 

[lfromnj]

Not likely.  KY-5 is a district that is historically Republican, with very, very few black residents at all.  These sort of districts are NOT the kind of districts that would produce a Chris McDaniel, let alone a straight up white nationalist.

Rogers is NOT a movement conservative; he's close to an old-time Mountain Republican, and his district is likely to produce such a Republican as his successor. 

I mean in the 90s it was polarized af. The eastern portion was very democrat but the the sw portion was just as republican

[Fuzzy Bear]

Not likely.  KY-5 is a district that is historically Republican, with very, very few black residents at all.  These sort of districts are NOT the kind of districts that would produce a Chris McDaniel, let alone a straight up white nationalist.

Rogers is NOT a movement conservative; he's close to an old-time Mountain Republican, and his district is likely to produce such a Republican as his successor. 

I mean in the 90s it was polarized af. The eastern portion was very democrat but the the sw portion was just as republican

It's an area where Civil War partisan loyalties lasted for over a century.  There are counties in that district that were Democratic pockets that carried for George McGovern in 1972.

[Person Man]

"It's a distinct possibility"

[DINGO Joe]

Not likely.  KY-5 is a district that is historically Republican, with very, very few black residents at all.  These sort of districts are NOT the kind of districts that would produce a Chris McDaniel, let alone a straight up white nationalist.

Rogers is NOT a movement conservative; he's close to an old-time Mountain Republican, and his district is likely to produce such a Republican as his successor. 

I mean in the 90s it was polarized af. The eastern portion was very democrat but the the sw portion was just as republican

It's an area where Civil War partisan loyalties lasted for over a century.  There are counties in that district that were Democratic pockets that carried for George McGovern in 1972.

Pretty much all the mountain counties were R in and after the Civil War.  It wasn't until the Depression and the coal labor wars that the counties with coal become Democrats

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Not likely.  KY-5 is a district that is historically Republican, with very, very few black residents at all.  These sort of districts are NOT the kind of districts that would produce a Chris McDaniel, let alone a straight up white nationalist.

Rogers is NOT a movement conservative; he's close to an old-time Mountain Republican, and his district is likely to produce such a Republican as his successor.  

I mean in the 90s it was polarized af. The eastern portion was very democrat but the the sw portion was just as republican

That is because the 1990's and subsequent KY-05 included large portions of the old KY-07, which had been held by Carl Perkins. The Western portion of the district though is a historical bastion of Mountain Republicanism.

Also Mountain Republicanism isn't completely out of touch with Trumpism.