Editing Ron Lewis (section)

===1996–2004 campaigns===
Lewis won a second full term in 1996 with 58 percent of the vote by beating former Kentucky Senate floor leader [[Joe Wright (Kentucky politician)|Joe Wright]] with a vote total of 125,433 to 90,483.<ref>{{cite web|last= Carle|first= Robin H.|url= http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996election.pdf|title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5th, 1996|publisher=United States House of Representatives |page = 26}}</ref>  He did not face another serious challenge until 2006. In the 2004 election, he defeated Democrat [[Adam Smith (Kentucky)|Adam Smith]], getting 68 percent of the vote.