Joshua Blanton Sr.

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Joshua Blanton Sr.

Democratic Party

Candidate, U.S. Senate Kentucky

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 17, 2022

Next election

May 19, 2026

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Personal

Profession

Activist

Contact

Campaign website

Personal Facebook

Joshua Blanton Sr. (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Kentucky. He declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on May 19, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Joshua Blanton Sr. served in the U.S. Army. Blanton's career experience includes working as a marijuana legalization activist.

Elections

2026

See also: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. Senate Kentucky

Christopher Campbell (Independent) is running in the general election for U.S. Senate Kentucky on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Christopher Campbell (Independent)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Joshua Blanton Sr.
		Charles Booker
		Logan Forsythe
		Amy McGrath
		Dale Romans
		Pamela Stevenson
		Vincent Thompson

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jared Randall (D)
• Joel Willett (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
		Andy Barr
		Daniel Cameron
	Submit photo	Anissa Catlett
	Submit photo	James Duncan
		Mike Faris
		Val Fredrick
		Jonathan Holliday
		Jimmy Leon
		Nate Morris
	Submit photo	Andrew Shelley
	Submit photo	George Washington
	Submit photo	Donald Wenzel

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mitch McConnell (R)
• Wende Kennedy (R)
• Jacob Trimble (R)

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2022

See also: United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Kentucky

Incumbent Rand Paul defeated Charles Booker, Charles Lee Thomason, and Billy Ray Wilson in the general election for U.S. Senate Kentucky on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rand Paul (R)	61.8	913,326
		Charles Booker (D)	38.2	564,311
	Submit photo	Charles Lee Thomason (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	145
		Billy Ray Wilson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	48

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,477,830
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Biery (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky

Charles Booker defeated Joshua Blanton Sr., John Merrill, and Ruth Gao in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charles Booker	73.3	214,245
	Submit photo	Joshua Blanton Sr.	10.6	30,980
		John Merrill	9.9	28,931
		Ruth Gao	6.2	18,154

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 292,310
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rand Paul	86.4	333,051
		Val Fredrick	3.6	14,018
		Paul Hamilton	3.5	13,473
	Submit photo	Arnold Blankenship	2.6	10,092
		Tami Stainfield	2.5	9,526
		John Schiess	1.4	5,538

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 385,698
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2026

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2022

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Joshua Blanton Sr. campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	U.S. Senate Kentucky	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Kentucky's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mitch McConnell (R)

Rand Paul (R)

Representatives

District 1

James Comer (R)

District 2

Brett Guthrie (R)

District 3

Morgan McGarvey (D)

District 4

Thomas Massie (R)

District 5

Hal Rogers (R)

District 6

Andy Barr (R)

Republican Party (7)

Democratic Party (1)