Race · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

U.S. Senate

What this job does

One of Kentucky's two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years. source: usa.gov

Mitch McConnell (Republican) holds this seat today and is not running again. Rand Paul (Republican) holds the other seat, which is not up this year.

Andy Barr RepublicanU.S. Representative; attorney
Charles Booker DemocratAttorney; former state government official
Christopher Campbell Kentucky PartyHealthcare worker (public health); union carpenter

Candidates in the order the Kentucky State Board of Elections lists them . Your ballot may show the candidates in a different order. Write-in candidates are not printed on the ballot.