All KY seats
KY

US Senate — KY

The seat, the current officeholder, and everyone running to take it.

Current officeholder

Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell

Republican

Mitch McConnell is a long-serving Senate leader known for supporting tax cuts and opposing healthcare reforms, raising $248,495 which is like funding 1.5 Super Bowl ads.

Full profile

Next election

2026-11-03

Kentucky U.S. Senate Race 2026

Federal

Candidates (27)

Portrait of Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell

Inc.
RepublicanUS Senate KY

Mitch McConnell is a long-serving Senate leader known for supporting tax cuts and opposing healthcare reforms, raising $248,495 which is like funding 1.5 Super Bowl ads.

Portrait of Rand Paul

Rand Paul

Inc.
RepublicanUS Senate KY

Fiscal policy and federal spendingCivil liberties and privacy
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*Andrew Nicholas Shelley

Frontrunner
RepublicanUS Senate KY

AM

Amy Mcgrath

DemocratUS Senate KY

Health careCOVID-19 response
AC

Anissa Catlett

RepublicanUS Senate KY

Policy positionsKentucky priorities (general)
Portrait of Charles Booker

Charles Booker

DemocratUS Senate KY

Health careEconomic policy and labor
DR

Dale Romans

DemocratUS Senate KY

Policy positionsCampaign focus (inferred from limited data)
Portrait of Daniel Cameron

Daniel Cameron

RepublicanUS Senate KY

Daniel Cameron is a former Kentucky Attorney General running for U.S. Senate in 2026 — he supports stricter immigration enforcement, opposes abortion access, and backs lower taxes and gun rights.

DP

Derek L. Petteys

RepublicanUS Senate KY

Policy positionsCampaign finance
DW

Donald Ray Wenzel

RepublicanUS Senate KY

Campaign platformCampaign finance
JT

Jacob Daniel Trimble

RepublicanUS Senate KY

Campaign platform/issue positionsKentucky priorities
JD

James D Duncan

RepublicanUS Senate KY

Public information / campaign platformKentucky priorities (general)
JR

Jared Randall

DemocratUS Senate KY

General policy positionsKentucky statewide priorities
Portrait of Joel Willett

Joel Willett

DemocratUS Senate KY

Campaign platform
Portrait of Logan Forsythe

Logan Forsythe

DemocratUS Senate KY

Campaign platformCampaign viability/fundraising
MF

Michael Faris

RepublicanUS Senate KY

Campaign platformKentucky priorities
MF

Michael James Faris

RepublicanUS Senate KY

Policy positionsCampaign resources
Portrait of Nate Morris

Nate Morris

RepublicanUS Senate KY

Policy positionsCampaign finance
NA

Nicholas Scott Alsager

RepublicanUS Senate KY

Campaign platformCampaign finance
Portrait of Pamela Stevenson

Pamela Stevenson

DemocratUS Senate KY

Campaign platformKentucky priorities
RT

Roger Thoney

RepublicanUS Senate KY

Policy positionsCampaign scale and viability
VT

Vincent Anthony Thompson

DemocratUS Senate KY

Publicly stated policy positionsKentucky priorities (typical US Senate portfolio areas)
WK

Wende Carol Ms Kennedy

RepublicanUS Senate KY

Public policy positions
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Christopher Todd Campbell

OtherUS Senate KY

Public policy positionsElection and campaign information
DB

David Dr. Biery

IndependentUS Senate KY

Policy positionsCampaign finance
Portrait of Scott Micheal Duncan

Scott Micheal Duncan

IndependentUS Senate KY

Public policy positionsPolitical affiliation and approach
SB

Stephen Bradley Barron

LibertarianUS Senate KY

Limited government and individual libertyFiscal policy and debt