Zach
Dembo

Zach Dembo is a ninth-generation Kentuckian, former Navy JAG, and civil rights lawyer dedicated to protecting Central Kentucky from corporate greed, corruption, and pollution.

After graduating from Stanford University and the University of Michigan Law School, Dembo served as a Naval Officer and spent over four years on active duty. He then continued to fight for public good as a federal prosecutor in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Dembo later returned to Kentucky to join Governor Andy Beshear’s legislative staff before returning to his hometown of Lexington to serve as assistant U.S. attorney. Dembo is a longtime defendant of an independent judicial system and resigned from his post in response to the Trump administration weaponizing the Justice Department. Throughout his career, Dembo has been a vocal advocate for protecting Kentucky from pollution, and stood up for rural communities when the state Legislature voted to roll back clean air and clean water protections.

As a representative, Dembo will continue to defend the civil and constitutional rights for all Kentuckians, including by holding big polluters accountable and preserving the state’s public lands.

Dembo joins the U.S. House after defeating Republican candidate Ralph Alvarado. He fills the seat held by former Representative Garland “Andy” Barr, who vacated his seat to run for the U.S. Senate and earned a lifetime score of 4% on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.

“One of the best things about America is our park system and natural habitats, and I’ll do what I can in Congress to preserve them at all costs.” – LCVAF Questionnaire