Andy Barr (Republican), Charles Booker (Democrat) and Christopher Campbell (Kentucky Party) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. Senate in Kentucky, with one certified write-in, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Kentucky Secretary of State.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Christopher Campbell (Kentucky Party) and Thomas Michael Murphy (write-in).
Official candidate list: Kentucky Secretary of State; Candidate filings for US Senator, 2026 General Election: four, including one write-in. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. A candidate marked write-in is certified to run and their votes count; their name is not printed on the ballot. Not a prediction.
The seat
Mitch McConnell
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 1985 · Age 84
Not on the November ballot
How to vote in Kentucky
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 29 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 332,737 votes
- Charles Booker Won: 46.8% 155,577
- Amy McGrath: 35.9% 119,296
- Pamela Stevenson: 6.2% 20,610
- Dale Lewis Romans: 4.1% 13,696
- Logan Forsythe: 2.9% 9,648
2 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
The primary · 469,172 votes
- Andy Barr Won: 60.5% 283,833
- Daniel Cameron: 30.8% 144,592
- Michael James Faris: 2.4% 11,219
- George Washington: 1.5% 7,190
- Valerie "Dr Val" Fredrick: 1.1% 5,267
6 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Kentucky Secretary of State official primary certification. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $17M
- Outside money
- $39M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $23M of the race's $39M was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other 2 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Andy Barr $2.2M.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
18 filed- Mitch McConnellRepublican$7.9M
- Daniel CameronRepublican$2.3M
- Michael James FarisRepublican$62K
- Logan ForsytheDemocrat$47K
- Amy McGrathDemocrat$2.4M
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
R+20 in 2020
- Mitch McConnell Won: 57.8%
- Amy McGrath: 38.2%
2,135,057 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 4.0%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between December 31, 2025 and June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.