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The 2026 United States Senate election in Kentucky will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Kentucky. Incumbent seven-term Republican Senator Mitch McConnell , who was re-elected with 57.8% of the vote in 2020 , has not announced whether he will run for re-election.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Kentucky, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
In 2014, McConnell faced Louisville businessman Matt Bevin in the Republican primary. [202] The 60.2% won by McConnell was the lowest voter support for a Kentucky U.S. senator in a primary since 1938. [203] He faced Democratic Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes in the general election, and defeated Grimes, 56.2–40.7%. [204] [205]
Western Kentucky University political science professor Jeffrey Budziak, meanwhile, said the shadow of Trump and Biden will hang over primary elections this year, and their effect on voter turnout ...
“I would never count out Mitch McConnell. Never underestimate him,” Kentucky Senate GOP Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, said.
SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — For nearly two decades, Mitch McConnell's only job uncertainty hinged on whether he'd serve as Senate majority or minority leader after the next election.
McConnell won the primary with 60.2% of the vote. [7] According to analysis by the University of Minnesota, this is the lowest voter support for a Kentucky U.S. Senator in a primary by either party since 1938.
McCarthy said McConnell has worked during his time in leadership to ensure Kentucky stayed in line to land key federal investments, including money to fight opioid addiction and funds for projects ...