Bunning defeated Baesler by just over half a percentage point .
Bunning won the Republican nomination for the seat , and faced fellow Congressman Scotty Baesler , a Democrat from the Lexington - based 6th District , in the general election .
Bunning defeated Congressman by just over half a percentage point .
Bunning won the Republican nomination for the seat , and faced fellow Congressman Scotty Baesler , a Democrat from the Lexington - based 6th District , in the general election .