United States House elections in Kentucky, 2026 (May 19 Republican primaries)
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Kentucky are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect six candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's six U.S. House districts. The primary is May 19, 2026. The filing deadline was January 9, 2026.
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Kentucky utilizes a closed primary process, in which only registered party members can participate.[1]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Kentucky's Republican primaries for the U.S. House. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primaries and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States House elections in Kentucky, 2026 (May 19 Democratic primaries)
- United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky, 2026
Candidates and election results
Note: The following list of candidates is unofficial. The filing deadline for this election has passed, and Ballotpedia is working to update this page with the official candidate list. This note will be removed once the official candidate list has been added.
District 1
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 2
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Brett Guthrie (Incumbent)
- G. Perry Adelmann
- Joshua Ferguson
District 3
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 4
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Thomas Massie (Incumbent)
- Nicole Lee Ethington

- Ed Gallrein
Did not make the ballot:
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District 5
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
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District 6
Republican primary candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Did not make the ballot:
- Andy Barr (Incumbent)
- Deanna Frazier Gordon
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See also
- United States House elections in Kentucky, 2026 (May 19 Democratic primaries)
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2026
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2026
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2026
Footnotes