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==U.S. House of Representatives==
==U.S. House of Representatives==
[[File:Tim L. Carter 1965.png|thumb|left|180px|Congressional picture of Carter in his first term.]]
Carter first ran for election to the House in 1964 following the announced retirement of [[libertarian]] [[conservative]] U.S. representative [[Eugene Siler]], and [[Old Right]]-oriented Republican. Facing Democrat Frances Jones Mills, he won by a margin of only six percentage points in the GOP stronghold due to the political strength of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in the concurrent presidential race.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122393 KY District 5 Race - Nov 03, 1964]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref> He was continuously re-elected seven times afterwards by double-digit margins.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=16574 Candidate - Tim Lee Carter]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref>
Carter first ran for election to the House in 1964 following the announced retirement of [[libertarian]] [[conservative]] U.S. representative [[Eugene Siler]], and [[Old Right]]-oriented Republican. Facing Democrat Frances Jones Mills, he won by a margin of only six percentage points in the GOP stronghold due to the political strength of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in the concurrent presidential race.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=122393 KY District 5 Race - Nov 03, 1964]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref> He was continuously re-elected seven times afterwards by double-digit margins.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=16574 Candidate - Tim Lee Carter]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 7, 2021.</ref>