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Kentucky

8 electoral votes

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Trump (R) has won. An estimated 99 percent of votes have been counted.

Illustration of Joe Biden
Biden
36.2%
772,474
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Trump
62.1%
1,326,646
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U.S. Senate

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) is projected to defeat Amy McGrath (D) and leads by 416,890 votes.

VotesPct.
McConnellGOP
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1,233,074
57.8%
McGrathDEM816,184
38.2

Kentucky has six U.S. House races. Jump to results

How much of the vote has been counted?

The Post estimates 99% of votes cast have been counted here.

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Note: Maps on this page won’t indicate a leading candidate in each county until an estimated 35 percent of the vote has been reported there.

Updated Nov 24, 2020 at 8:16 a.m. ET

Presidential results

In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won Kentucky by a margin of 29.8 points, adding eight electoral college votes to his total.

Louisville

Bowling Green

Frankfort

LEAD/WON

Trump

Biden

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Donald Trump *Trump *GOP		1,326,64662.1%
Joe Biden Biden DEM		772,47436.2
Jo Jorgensen Jorgensen LIB		26,2341.2
Kanye West West IND		6,4830.3
Brock Pierce Pierce IND		3,5990.2
Write-ins Write-ins WRI		1,3320.1
An estimated 99% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent
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U.S. Senate results

In the Kentucky U.S. Senate race, the incumbent Mitch McConnell (R) is running against Amy McGrath (D). McConnell has represented Kentucky in the Senate since 1985. The state's other Senate seat is held by Rand Paul (R).

Louisville

Bowling Green

Frankfort

LEAD/WON

McConnell

McGrath

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Mitch McConnell *McConnell *GOP		1,233,07457.8%
Amy McGrath McGrath DEM		816,18438.2
Brad Barron Barron LIB		85,3484.0
Write-ins Write-ins WRI		610.0
An estimated 98% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

U.S. House results

Louisville

Bowling Green

Frankfort

LEAD/WON

Democrat

Republican

Seat

Current leader

* Incumbent

Results by state

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Sources: Edison Research, Associated Press, ProPublica, U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics, Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, Cook Political Report. Illustrations by Ben Kirchner for The Washington Post.