Kentucky Voter Guide 2026

Andy Barr is a Republican candidate for Kentucky's open U.S. Senate seat and the current U.S. representative for Kentucky's 6th Congressional District. A former attorney and member of the House Financial Services and Foreign Affairs committees, he is running with support from Donald Trump and Republican leaders on a message focused on conservative fiscal policy, border security, energy, veterans, and Kentucky jobs.

Priorities: Advance conservative fiscal, border, and energy policy · Support Kentucky jobs, veterans, and rural communities · Use House experience in financial services and foreign affairs

Charles Booker is a Democratic candidate for Kentucky's open U.S. Senate seat, a former state representative from Louisville, and the 2022 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. His campaign emphasizes economic dignity, working families, health care, racial justice, rural-urban coalition building, and a populist message aimed at Kentucky voters across party lines.

Priorities: Raise wages and support working families · Expand health-care access and economic dignity · Build a rural-urban coalition around accountability and justice

Daniel Cameron is a Republican candidate for Kentucky's open U.S. Senate seat, a former Kentucky attorney general, and the Republican nominee for governor in 2023. His campaign emphasizes conservative legal policy, public safety, border security, anti-Biden administration litigation themes, and his experience as Kentucky's first Black attorney general.

Priorities: Strengthen public safety and conservative legal priorities · Support border security and federal accountability · Use attorney-general experience in the Senate

Amy McGrath is a Democratic candidate for Kentucky's open U.S. Senate seat, a retired Marine Corps fighter pilot, and the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020. Her campaign emphasizes national security, veterans, health care, democracy, reproductive rights, and a military-service argument for leadership.

Priorities: Support veterans and national security · Protect health care and reproductive rights · Defend democracy and accountable government

Pamela Stevenson is a Democratic candidate for Kentucky's open U.S. Senate seat, the Kentucky House minority leader, a retired Air Force colonel, minister, and attorney. Her campaign emphasizes service, veterans, voting rights, reproductive rights, public education, and a legal and military background in public life.

Priorities: Support veterans, service members, and public service · Protect voting rights and reproductive rights · Strengthen public education and community opportunity

Logan Forsythe is a Democratic candidate for Kentucky's open U.S. Senate seat and an attorney. His campaign emphasizes corruption concerns, economic fairness, health care, labor, and a generational challenge to Kentucky's Republican Senate dominance.

Priorities: Fight corruption and improve accountability · Support labor and economic fairness · Protect health care and working families

Dale Romans is a Democratic candidate for Kentucky's open U.S. Senate seat and a longtime thoroughbred horse trainer. His campaign brings a high-profile Kentucky horse-racing figure into the Democratic field and emphasizes Kentucky identity, working people, and a nontraditional political background.

Priorities: Represent Kentucky workers and local identity · Offer a nontraditional Democratic profile · Focus on accountability and practical concerns