Kentucky U.S. Senate Race 2026

13 candidates have filed with the FEC for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky in the November 3, 2026 election. Kentucky’s sitting senators are Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul. Voting records, candidates and key dates.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. All 2026 federal races.

Mitch McConnell (Republican) — sitting senator for Kentucky

• Full recorded voting record — most recent 8:
• NotVoting — PN1129 (Nomination Confirmed)
• Yea — PN1129 (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
• Yea — H.R. 9340 (Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected)
• Yea — H.R. 7008 (Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected)
• Nay — S.Res. 852 (Motion to Discharge Rejected)
• Nay — S.J.Res. 197 (Motion to Proceed Rejected)
• Yea — S. 4668 (Bill Passed)
• Nay — On the Amendment S.Amdt. 6835 to S.Amdt. 6776 to S. 4668 (No short title on file) (Amendment Rejected)

Rand Paul (Republican) — sitting senator for Kentucky

• Full recorded voting record — most recent 8:
• Yea — PN1129 (Nomination Confirmed)
• Yea — PN1129 (Cloture Motion Agreed to)
• Yea — H.R. 9340 (Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected)
• Yea — H.R. 7008 (Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected)
• Yea — S.Res. 852 (Motion to Discharge Rejected)
• Nay — S.J.Res. 197 (Motion to Proceed Rejected)
• Nay — S. 4668 (Bill Passed)
• Nay — On the Amendment S.Amdt. 6835 to S.Amdt. 6776 to S. 4668 (No short title on file) (Amendment Rejected)

Candidates who have filed with the FEC (13)

• Garland Andy Barr (Republican Party) — FEC: Open seat — barrforsenate.com
• Charles Booker (Democratic Party) — FEC: Open seat — charlesbooker.org
• Daniel Cameron (Republican Party) — FEC: Open seat — cameronforkentucky.com
• Christopher Todd Campbell (Other) — FEC: Open seat — campbell4congress.info
• Michael Faris (Republican Party) — FEC: Open seat — farisforsenate.com
• Michael James Faris (Republican Party) — FEC: Open seat — farisforsenate.com
• Logan Forsythe (Democratic Party) — FEC: Open seat — loganforsythe.com
• Mitch McConnell (Republican Party) — FEC: Incumbent — teammitch.com
• Amy McGrath (Democratic Party) — FEC: Open seat — amymcgrath.com
• Nate Morris (Republican Party) — FEC: Open seat — natemorris.com
• Dale Romans (Democratic Party) — FEC: Open seat
• Pamela Stevenson (Democratic Party) — FEC: Open seat — pamelastevenson.com
• Joel Willett (Democratic Party) — FEC: Open seat — joelforkentucky.com

Other Kentucky races

• Kentucky District 1 House
• Kentucky District 2 House
• Kentucky District 3 House
• Kentucky District 4 House
• Kentucky District 5 House
• Kentucky District 6 House

Candidate filings come from the Federal Election Commission and cover federal races only. Incumbent and challenger labels are the FEC’s own, as filed. Sitting members are matched to this seat by state and district, never by name — so a candidate listed here is not thereby identified as the office-holder. This corpus does not record which Senate class is on the ballot, so both of Kentucky’s senators are listed here and neither is identified as the holder of the contested seat. Data via the ElectedConnect API. Source records are public domain.