Results archive / Kentucky
Kentucky election results
President since 1976, counties since 2000, US Senate since 1976.
President
Electoral votes
1976 D 91980 R 91984 R 91988 R 91992 D 81996 D 82000 R 82004 R 82008 R 82012 R 82016 R 82020 R 82024 R 8
2024 Trump+30.5
Counties
Democratic lead<55-1010-2020+
Republican lead<55-1010-2020+
No dataSwing
Towards the Democrat<22-55-1010+
Towards the Republican<22-55-1010+
No dataUS Senate
2022
Rand Paul (R)61.8%
Charles Booker (D)38.2%
2020
Mitch McConnell (R)57.8%
Amy McGrath (D)38.2%
2016
Rand Paul (R)57.3%
Jim Gray (D)42.7%
2014
Mich McConnell (R)56.2%
Alison Lundergan Grimes (D)40.7%
2010
Rand Paul (R)55.7%
Jack Conway (D)44.2%
2008
Mitch McConnell (R)53.0%
Bruce Lunsford (D)47.0%
2004
Jim Bunning (R)50.7%
Daniel Mongiardo (D)49.3%
2002
Mitch McConnell (R)64.7%
Lois Combs Weinberg (D)35.3%
1998
Jim Bunning (R)49.7%
Scotty Baesler (D)49.2%
1996
Mitch McConnell (R)55.5%
Steven L. Beshear (D)42.8%
1992
Wendell H. Ford (D)62.9%
David L. Williams (R)35.8%
1990
Mitch McConnell (R)52.2%
G. Harvey Sloane (D)47.8%
1986
Wendell H. Ford (D)74.4%
Jackson M. Andrews (R)25.6%
1984
Mitch McConnell (R)49.9%
Walter (dee) Huddleston (D)49.5%
1980
Wendell H. Ford (D)65.1%
Mary Louise Foust (R)34.9%
1978
Walter D. Huddleston (D)61.0%
Louie Guenthner Jr. (R)36.9%
MEDSL and VEST results files: fixed historic releases. 2026 Senate counts: uncertified.
Sources
- National Archives, Office of the Federal Register: Electoral College results 1976-2024 (Public domain (US government work))
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (GitHub copy, commit f44e3fc; the dataset is CC0 1.0 on Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ) (CC0 1.0)
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2012 presidential election results by town (CT Election History), summed to the eight legacy counties by PollCheck (Official public records)
- Voting and Election Science Team, 2020 Precinct-Level Election Results, Harvard Dataverse (precincts summed to counties by PollCheck) (CC BY 4.0)
- PollCheck 2024 county totals (us_site/house_pres.py): MEDSL 2024 precinct returns (CC0 1.0) plus the state sources named in county_pres_2024.json (CC0 1.0 (MEDSL rows))
- US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files: counties 2020 (1:500,000) and 2024 (1:5,000,000) (Public domain)
- US Census Bureau state legislative districts (lower chamber), Alaska: TIGER/Line 2010 (2000 and 2010 districts) and cartographic boundary files 2013, 2018 and 2023 (Public domain)
- Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 2024 General Election, President and Vice President (certified, corrected 5 Dec 2024) (Maine government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, 2004 General Election, President and Vice President, results by county (New York government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated 20 Mar 2013, Kings update 9 Jun 2013), copy hosted by the American Presidency Project (New York government record)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- State election office counts as read by the PollCheck midterms results feed (us_midterms_2026/data/results.json); uncertified (Official public records)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 counties-albers-10m (Census 2017 county boundaries) (ISC)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m.json (US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files 2017; ISC licence)
Final results.