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Kentucky races

Kentucky votes on a Senate seat and all 6 House seats this cycle.

Kentucky races to watch

The delegation, district by district

7 seats on the ballot
District 1. James Comer holds the seat and is on the ballot. 4 candidates on file.District 5. Hal Rogers holds the seat and is on the ballot. 10 candidates on file.District 4. Thomas Massie holds the seat and is not running for it. 10 candidates on file.District 2. Brett Guthrie holds the seat and is on the ballot. 7 candidates on file.District 3. Morgan McGarvey holds the seat and is on the ballot. 5 candidates on file.District 6. Garland Barr holds the seat and is not running for it. 15 candidates on file.

Tap or point at a district for the seat and who holds it.

1 Democratic5 Republican2 not running again

House seats, filled by the party that holds each one today.

Party of the member holding each seat now, never a margin and never a prediction. A hatched district means that member is not on the ballot for it. Boundaries as drawn for the 119th Congress.

How to vote in Kentucky

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 29 days before the election.

All dates and rules

Kentucky by the numbers

4.5Mpeople across 6 districts

Median household income$46K to $80K
District 5District 4
Living below the poverty line11.0% to 24.8%
District 4District 5
Without health insurance5.0% to 7.3%
District 4District 1

The lowest and highest of Kentucky's districts, on the national range for each measure. Census American Community Survey 2024 five year estimates.

What this ballot costs

$140M in play

Of every dollar in Kentucky's federal races, 52 cents is outside groups spending on their own, not the campaigns. The Senate seat and the whole House map are on one scale.

Raised by candidatesOutside money
$34M raised by candidates$39M outside money
All 6 House races$67M
$33M raised by candidates$34M outside money$11M a seat on average

Gifts of $200 or less

$11M16%

Larger individual gifts

$32M48%

From PACs

$7.7M11%

Shares of what the campaigns raised themselves. The rest is party money, self funding and transfers.

Incumbents defending a seat

Who is spending on Kentucky

$73M outside money

The groups spending independently on Kentucky's races, by what they have filed. Open a row to see how the money was spent, supporting or opposing each party, and the interest behind the committee.

1 to 5 of 25 groups

How far the money traveled

Most of the outside money on Kentucky's races comes from groups whose only filings this cycle are here.

Groups spending in other states too
$20M27%
Groups spending only in Kentucky
$53M73%

Groups filing here

37

The widest one reaches

15states

Independent spending filed on Kentucky's races, by whether the committee is also spending in other states this cycle. A filing records where a group spends, not where its donors live, so this is a measure of reach, never of who paid for it.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Census context from the American Community Survey, public domain. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.