United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2026

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← 2022
U.S. Senate, Kentucky
Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: January 9, 2026
Primary: May 19, 2026 General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting in Kentucky
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
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Voters in Kentucky will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 3, 2026. The primary is May 19, 2026. The filing deadline was January 9, 2026. On February 20, 2025, incumbent Mitch McConnell (R), who first took office in 1985, announced that he would not seek re-election in 2026.

According to NBC News' Ben Kamisar, "McConnell's departure opens up a plum political office in a state that's been good to Republicans at the federal level — no Democrat has won a Senate race there in the 21st century. But there's been less room for Republicans to move up the ladder in the state than one might think: Kentucky has only had four senators since McConnell first won his seat in 1984. Though Beshear’s recent success could encourage some Democrats to run for the seat, it would still be considered an uphill battle, even if the political environment becomes more favorable for the party."

As of October 28, 2025, noteworthy declared and potential candidates included the following. Click here to view all of the candidates for the seat:

• Amy McGrath (D), former Marine Corps pilot and 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate nominee(Declared)
• U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R) who has represented Kentucky's 6th Congressional District since 2013 (Declared)
• Daniel Cameron (R), who was the Attorney General of Kentucky from 2019 to 2024 (Declared)
• Nate Morris, founder and CEO of the Lexington-based holding company Morris Industries (Declared)
• State Rep. Pamela Stevenson (D), who has served in the Kentucky House since 2021 and was elected minority leader in 2024 (Declared)
• Rocky Adkins (D), a senior advisor in Gov. Andy Beshear's (D) administration who served in the state House from 1987 to 2019 (Potential)
• Kelly Craft (R), who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2019 to 2021 during President Donald Trump's (R) first term. (Potential)
• Scott Jennings (R), a CNN political contributor and public relations consultant (Potential)
• Ryan Quarles (R), who was the Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture from 2016 to 2024 (Potential)

Beshear and U.S. Rep. James Comer (R) also received media attention as possible candidates but representatives for both said they will not run for the seat.

Five of the six U.S. Representatives from Kentucky are Republicans and one is a Democrat. McConnell and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul are both Republicans.

Paul defeated Charles Booker (D) 61.8%-38.2% in the 2022 general election. McConnell defeated Amy McGrath (D) 57.8%-38.2% in the 2020 general election. The last time a Democrat won a U.S. Senate election in Kentucky was Wendell Ford in 1992.

In the seven presidential elections from 2000 to 2024, Republican presidential candidates won the state's electoral votes. The last time a Democratic presidential candidate won the state's electoral votes was Bill Clinton (D) in 1992.

Kentucky has had a divided government since 2020. Republicans control both chambers of the state legislature, and Gov. Andy Beshear is a Democrat.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2026 (May 19 Democratic primary)
• United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2026 (May 19 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

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.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christopher Campbell (Independent)

Democratic primary election

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
	Submit photo	Logan Forsythe
		Amy McGrath
		Dale Romans
		Pamela Stevenson
		Vincent Thompson

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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

Republican primary election

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
	Submit photo	Jonathan Holliday
	Submit photo	Jimmy Leon
		Nate Morris
	Submit photo	Andrew Shelley
	Submit photo	George Washington
	Submit photo	Donald Wenzel

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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

Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Kentucky

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Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Joshua Blanton Sr.	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Charles Booker	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Logan Forsythe	Democratic Party	$39,745	$1,358	$38,387	As of September 30, 2025
Amy McGrath	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Dale Romans	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Pamela Stevenson	Democratic Party	$266,963	$242,099	$24,864	As of September 30, 2025
Vincent Thompson	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Andy Barr	Republican Party	$5,090,065	$2,096,335	$6,686,808	As of September 30, 2025
Daniel Cameron	Republican Party	$1,304,447	$674,699	$629,748	As of September 30, 2025
Anissa Catlett	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
James Duncan	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Mike Faris	Republican Party	$41,721	$67,531	$-25,810	As of December 31, 2025
Val Fredrick	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Jonathan Holliday	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Jimmy Leon	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Nate Morris	Republican Party	$4,037,131	$2,966,669	$1,070,461	As of September 30, 2025
Andrew Shelley	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
George Washington	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Donald Wenzel	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," . This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: U.S. Senate election in Kentucky, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	1/13/2026	1/6/2026	12/23/2025	12/16/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Kentucky in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Kentucky, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2026
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Kentucky	U.S. Senate	Democratic or Republican	2	$500.00	1/9/2026	Source
Kentucky	U.S. Senate	Unaffiliated	5,000	$500.00	6/2/2026	Source

Election history

The section below details election results for this state's U.S. Senate elections dating back to 2016.

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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2020

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Kentucky

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Kentucky on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mitch McConnell (R)	57.8	1,233,315
		Amy McGrath (D)	38.2	816,257
		Brad Barron (L)	4.0	85,386
		Paul John Frangedakis (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	70
		Daniel Cobble (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	18
		Randall Lee Teegarden (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	9

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,135,055
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Derek Leonard Petteys (Reform Party)
• Alyssa Dara McDowell (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy McGrath	45.4	247,037
		Charles Booker	42.6	231,888
		Mike Broihier	5.0	27,175
		Mary Ann Tobin	2.0	11,108
		Maggie Jo Hilliard	1.1	6,224
	Submit photo	Andrew Maynard	1.1	5,974
		Bennie Smith	0.9	5,040
		Jimmy Ausbrooks	0.7	3,629
		Eric Rothmuller	0.6	2,995
	Submit photo	John Sharpensteen	0.5	2,992

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 544,062
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kevin Elliott (D)
• Loretta Babalmoradi Noble (D)
• Matt Jones (D)
• Joshua Paul Edwards (D)
• Steven Cox (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kentucky on June 23, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mitch McConnell	82.8	342,660
		C. Wesley Morgan	6.2	25,588
	Submit photo	Louis Grider	3.3	13,771
		Paul John Frangedakis	2.9	11,957
	Submit photo	Naren James	2.6	10,693
	Submit photo	Kenneth Lowndes	1.3	5,548
	Submit photo	Nicholas Alsager	0.9	3,603

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 413,820
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Karl Das (R)
• Wendell Crow (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Kentucky

Brad Barron advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Kentucky on March 7, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Brad Barron (L)

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2016

U.S. Senate, Kentucky General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rand Paul Incumbent	57.3%	1,090,177
	Democratic	Jim Gray	42.7%	813,246
	N/A	Write-in	0%	42
Total Votes				1,903,465
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
• Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
• State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
• Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

• Presidential elections
• Statewide elections
• State partisanship
• Demographics

See also: Presidential voting trends in Kentucky and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

2024 presidential results by 2026 congressional district lines

2024 presidential results in congressional districts, Kentucky

District	Kamala Harris	Donald Trump
Kentucky's 1st	26.0%	73.0%
Kentucky's 2nd	29.0%	70.0%
Kentucky's 3rd	59.0%	40.0%
Kentucky's 4th	31.0%	67.0%
Kentucky's 5th	17.0%	81.0%
Kentucky's 6th	42.0%	57.0%
Source: The Downballot

2016-2024

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:

County-level voting pattern categories
Democratic
Status	2016	2020	2024
Solid Democratic	D	D	D
Trending Democratic	R	D	D
Battleground Democratic	D	R	D
New Democratic	R	R	D
Republican
Status	2016	2020	2024
Solid Republican	R	R	R
Trending Republican	D	R	R
Battleground Republican	R	D	R
New Republican	D	D	R

Following the 2024 presidential election, 75.9% of Kentuckians lived in one of the state's 118 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2016 to 2024, and 24.1% lived in one of 2 Solid Democratic counties. Overall, Kentucky was Solid Republican, having voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016, Donald Trump (R) in 2020, and Donald Trump (R) in 2024. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Kentucky following the 2024 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Kentucky county-level statistics, 2024
Solid Republican	118	75.9%
Solid Democratic	2	24.1%
Total voted Democratic	2	24.1%
Total voted Republican	118	75.9%

Historical voting trends

Kentucky presidential election results (1900-2024)

• 16 Democratic wins
• 16 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	2024
Winning Party	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	R	R	D	R	R	R	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Kentucky

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Kentucky.

U.S. Senate election results in Kentucky

Race	Winner	Runner up
2022	61.8%	38.2%
2020	57.8%	38.2%
2016	57.3%	42.7%
2014	56.1%	40.7%
2010	55.8%	44.2%
Average	57.8	40.8

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Kentucky

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Kentucky.

Gubernatorial election results in Kentucky

Race	Winner	Runner up
2023	52.2%	47.5%
2019	49.2%	48.8%
2015	52.5%	43.8%
2011	55.7%	35.3%
2007	58.7%	41.3%
Average	53.7	43.3

See also: Party control of Kentucky state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Kentucky's congressional delegation as of October 2025.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Kentucky
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	0	1	1
Republican	2	5	7
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	6	8

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Kentucky's top four state executive offices as of October 2025.

State executive officials in Kentucky, October 2025

Office	Officeholder
Governor	Andy Beshear
Lieutenant Governor	Jacqueline Coleman
Secretary of State	Michael Adams
Attorney General	Russell Coleman

State legislature

Kentucky State Senate

Party		As of October 2025
	Democratic Party	5
	Republican Party	32
	Other	0
	Vacancies	1
Total		38

Kentucky House of Representatives

Party		As of October 2025
	Democratic Party	20
	Republican Party	80
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		100

Trifecta control

Kentucky Party Control: 1992-2025
Eight years of Democratic trifectas  •  Three years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

The table below details demographic data in Kentucky and compares it to the broader United States as of 2023.

Demographic Data for Kentucky
	Kentucky	United States
Population	4,505,836	331,449,281
Land area (sq mi)	39,485	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	83.7%	63.4%
Black/African American	7.9%	12.4%
Asian	1.5%	5.8%
Native American	0.2%	0.9%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Other (single race)	1.5%	6.6%
Multiple	5.2%	10.7%
Hispanic/Latino	4.7%	19%
Education
High school graduation rate	88.5%	89.4%
College graduation rate	27%	35%
Income
Median household income	$62,417	$78,538
Persons below poverty level	16.1%	12.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2018-2023).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

See also

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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)

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