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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.
Key issues for the election include the proposed implementation of term-limits for the Senate Republican leader, a proposed expansion of the leaders power over appointments to Senate committees and how to pass president-elect Donald Trump's agenda. [5] [6] [7] The secret ballot election was held on November 13 by a conference of Republican ...
“I would never count out Mitch McConnell. Never underestimate him,” Kentucky Senate GOP Floor Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, said.
When Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell entered office in 1984, he had the worst seat in the chamber. During his 40-year career, the senior senator earned the best seat when elected as Republican Party ...
The temperature is rising in the battle to lead Senate Republicans, with Sens. John Thune (S.D.) and John Cornyn (Texas) facing a one-week sprint to win the top spot after the GOP clinched control ...
The 2024 Kentucky Senate election will be held on November 5, 2024. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 21. Half of the senate (all odd-numbered seats) was up for election. Following the 2022 election, Republicans and Democrats held 31 and seven seats, respectively. [1]
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. With his days as Republican leader now ...
The election race was not decided until the last returns came in, when McConnell won by 3,437 votes out of more than 1.2 million votes cast, just over 0.4%. [193] McConnell was the only Republican Senate challenger to win that year, despite Ronald Reagan's landslide victory in the presidential election. [194]