Kentucky: 2026 election results
Unofficial. Compiled by Fezz from public reports, with artificial intelligence (AI) research help. Not affiliated with any news organization or government. Check your state or county election office for official results.
Unofficial results from the November 3, 2026 election, rechecked on November 5, 2026. Updated counts run through about 1 p.m. Eastern time November 5, and many still date from November 4.
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US House
Kentucky has 6 seats in the U.S. House. 1 is listed here.
6 seats: 1 flipped to Democrats, 5 held or not yet checked. Label on the map: “D+1”. D means Democrats, R means Republicans and I means independents. In a label such as R→D, the letter before the arrow is the party that held the seat and the letter after it is the party that won.
- Kentucky's 6th district: Flipped to Democrats. Dembo (Democrat) over Alvarado, open seat. Source: cbs19news.com
US Senate
Held by the same party. Label on the map: “R”. D means Democrats, R means Republicans and I means independents. In a label such as R→D, the letter before the arrow is the party that held the seat and the letter after it is the party that won.
Governor
No result recorded for Kentucky on this level.
Statewide offices
No result recorded for Kentucky on this level.
State senate
Held by the same party.
- Republicans kept control.
Sources: ballotpedia.org
State house
Held by the same party.
County
Flip to Democrats, reported. Label on the map: “D+1”. D means Democrats, R means Republicans and I means independents. In a label such as R→D, the letter before the arrow is the party that held the seat and the letter after it is the party that won.
- Fayette: Critical Report marks commissioner District 3, McNamara (Democrat), as a flip.
- Also checked, no party change reported: Jefferson, Kenton, Campbell. Details are in the list below.
Sources: criticalreport.substack.com, linknky.com, linknky.com
4 counties: 1 flipped to Democrats, 3 checked, no flip found.
- Fayette: Flipped to Democrats. McNamara (Democrat), commissioner District 3, marked a flip by Critical Report. Holds: Judge-Executive Hanna, Attorney Evans, Clerk Lamb, Sheriff Witt
- Jefferson: Checked, no flip found. Executive Averette, Clerk Yates, Coroner Farmer, property valuation administrator Younger (Democrat). Surveyor Schroll (Republican)
- Kenton: Checked, no flip found. Republicans kept the fiscal court; Judge Knochelmann unopposed
- Campbell: Checked, no flip found. Commissioner Lampe (Republican) 17,699–16,357 over Owens
City & town
Checked, no flip found. Label on the map: “20 places”. D means Democrats, R means Republicans and I means independents. In a label such as R→D, the letter before the arrow is the party that held the seat and the letter after it is the party that won.
- Louisville: Greenberg re-elected with 58%. Lexington: Gorton re-elected.
- 6 more mayors from the U.S. Conference of Mayors list. Winners are as listed; incumbents and parties were not checked.
- 12 towns, villages or smaller places from local reports. Party changes not stated unless shown.
Sources: whas11.com, yahoo.com, usmayors.org, linknky.com
20 places: 20 checked, no flip found.
- Louisville: Checked, no flip found. Greenberg re-elected
- Lexington: Checked, no flip found. Gorton re-elected
- Florence: Checked, no flip found. Metzger Aubuchon 3,882–3,235 over Rose, election night
- Georgetown: Checked, no flip found. Burney Jenkins listed as mayor-elect; incumbent and party not checked
- Hopkinsville: Checked, no flip found. Russ Guffey listed as mayor-elect; incumbent and party not checked
- Independence: Checked, no flip found. Franzen 3,961, Steffen 2,152, Stambaugh 1,362, election night
- Nicholasville: Checked, no flip found. Alex Carter listed as mayor-elect; incumbent and party not checked
- Richmond: Checked, no flip found. Robert R. Blythe listed as mayor-elect; incumbent and party not checked
- Union: Checked, no flip found. Mefford 1,405–1,333 over Courtney
- Walton: Checked, no flip found. Courtney 909–344 over Brown
- Fort Thomas: Checked, no flip found. MacKnight 3,354–3,329 over Ellison, 25 votes
- Southgate: Checked, no flip found. Messmer 704–498 over Hamberg
- Crescent Springs: Checked, no flip found. Smith 620–605 over Barclay
- Edgewood: Checked, no flip found. Link 2,179–1,109 over Thelen
- Elsmere: Checked, no flip found. Lenhof 788–775 over Bunzow
- Erlanger: Checked, no flip found. Fette 2,877–2,821 over Niceley
- Lakeside Park: Checked, no flip found. Mayor Markgraf 611–408 over Wilson
- Ludlow: Checked, no flip found. Thompson 640, Navarre 440, Miller 181
- Park Hills: Checked, no flip found. Zembrodt 638–533 over Costas
- Taylor Mill: Checked, no flip found. Mayor Bell 1,248–905 over Blackburn
Courts
Checked, no flip found. Label on the map: “hold”. D means Democrats, R means Republicans and I means independents. In a label such as R→D, the letter before the arrow is the party that held the seat and the letter after it is the party that won.
- Lambert won. Court is not party-controlled.
Sources: ballotpedia.org
Data centers
No result recorded for Kentucky on this level.
Ballot measures
No result recorded for Kentucky on this level.
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