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Elections / 2022 · Senate · KY

The Republican candidate won Kentucky's Senate seat R+23.6.

Kentucky, 2022. Candidate results and statewide totals below.

Kentucky — 2022 Senate result
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 1976–2024 Senate returns (party-classified by literal ballot party).
Democratic (D)
564,311
38.2%
Republican (R)
913,326
61.8%
All others
193
0.0%
Margin
R+23.6
Candidates
Statewide candidate totals — MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 2022 Senate returns.
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Rand PaulRRepublican913,32661.8%
Charles BookerDDemocrat564,31138.2%
OtherOOther1930.0%
Kentucky, 2022
RepublicanR+23.6
2022 presidential margin by county for Kentucky — 2022 US Senate electionA map of the constituent counties of Kentucky — 2022 US Senate election, each outlined and filled by its 2022 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.JEFFERSON, KY · D+18.1FAYETTE, KY · D+21.0KENTON, KY · R+17.5BOONE, KY · R+36.4WARREN, KY · R+19.7CAMPBELL, KY · R+16.9DAVIESS, KY · R+27.6HARDIN, KY · R+25.8MADISON, KY · R+23.9OLDHAM, KY · R+21.7BULLITT, KY · R+44.5MCCRACKEN, KY · R+34.4PULASKI, KY · R+60.6SCOTT, KY · R+20.0FRANKLIN, KY · D+5.1SHELBY, KY · R+30.4LAUREL, KY · R+64.8JESSAMINE, KY · R+33.7NELSON, KY · R+31.9PIKE, KY · R+48.3CHRISTIAN, KY · R+32.6HOPKINS, KY · R+43.2BOYD, KY · R+28.0BARREN, KY · R+45.6HENDERSON, KY · R+25.2MARSHALL, KY · R+52.8CLARK, KY · R+29.2GREENUP, KY · R+40.9GRAVES, KY · R+57.4CALLOWAY, KY · R+33.5FLOYD, KY · R+31.2WOODFORD, KY · R+10.7BOYLE, KY · R+22.1MUHLENBERG, KY · R+38.5WHITLEY, KY · R+63.7MEADE, KY · R+44.1ANDERSON, KY · R+42.6TAYLOR, KY · R+50.1MONTGOMERY, KY · R+36.9LOGAN, KY · R+46.7MERCER, KY · R+44.3CARTER, KY · R+41.7KNOX, KY · R+62.0GRAYSON, KY · R+57.4SPENCER, KY · R+51.1HARLAN, KY · R+65.5PERRY, KY · R+39.7GRANT, KY · R+57.2ROWAN, KY · R+14.2LINCOLN, KY · R+53.7OHIO, KY · R+54.4BOURBON, KY · R+28.7BRECKINRIDGE, KY · R+49.3BELL, KY · R+59.5HARRISON, KY · R+39.0RUSSELL, KY · R+69.3WAYNE, KY · R+58.6ADAIR, KY · R+66.0HART, KY · R+48.5ALLEN, KY · R+61.6HENRY, KY · R+40.0GARRARD, KY · R+54.4MARION, KY · R+28.3MASON, KY · R+33.6SIMPSON, KY · R+38.6LETCHER, KY · R+35.3JOHNSON, KY · R+61.6TRIGG, KY · R+48.8LARUE, KY · R+52.0CASEY, KY · R+70.8FLEMING, KY · R+50.4WASHINGTON, KY · R+40.9CLAY, KY · R+72.1PENDLETON, KY · R+57.0UNION, KY · R+51.1MAGOFFIN, KY · R+39.6KNOTT, KY · R+35.7ROCKCASTLE, KY · R+68.2CALDWELL, KY · R+52.9ESTILL, KY · R+52.0MCCREARY, KY · R+71.2GREEN, KY · R+69.6EDMONSON, KY · R+55.1BATH, KY · R+33.6WEBSTER, KY · R+50.0BUTLER, KY · R+63.5LAWRENCE, KY · R+54.1MORGAN, KY · R+43.9METCALFE, KY · R+52.4OWEN, KY · R+50.8LEWIS, KY · R+70.1MONROE, KY · R+76.3JACKSON, KY · R+79.0MCLEAN, KY · R+51.9POWELL, KY · R+39.4BREATHITT, KY · R+28.7TODD, KY · R+53.4CLINTON, KY · R+76.1HANCOCK, KY · R+36.5BRACKEN, KY · R+53.2LYON, KY · R+45.9LIVINGSTON, KY · R+62.3TRIMBLE, KY · R+50.1BALLARD, KY · R+59.1CRITTENDEN, KY · R+65.3GALLATIN, KY · R+47.7LESLIE, KY · R+74.2CARROLL, KY · R+38.4MARTIN, KY · R+72.5CUMBERLAND, KY · R+71.3NICHOLAS, KY · R+33.4MENIFEE, KY · R+40.0WOLFE, KY · R+24.3CARLISLE, KY · R+64.6LEE, KY · R+59.2ELLIOTT, KY · R+36.2OWSLEY, KY · R+66.8HICKMAN, KY · R+63.4FULTON, KY · R+41.9ROBERTSON, KY · R+39.7
How it voted
Share of the 2022 vote
RepublicanRepublican61.8%913,257
DemocraticDemocratic38.2%564,231
OtherAll other candidates0.0%134
D+60
R+60
120 counties, each filled by 2022 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Kentucky's Senate margins
Every contest in our store, 1978–2022
Kentucky's Senate marginsDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1978 to 2022. Most recent: −23.6% in 2022.flipped R · 1996−23.6%DR19782022
Kentucky's Senate margins
YearMargin (D minus R)
1978+24.1%
1980+30.3%
1984−0.4%
1986+48.8%
1990−4.4%
1992+27.1%
1996−12.6%
1998−0.6%
2002−29.4%
2004−1.3%
2008−5.9%
2010−11.5%
2014−15.5%
2016−14.5%
2020−19.5%
2022−23.6%