2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky

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2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky
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Nominee Rand Paul Charles Booker
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote913,326564,311
Percentage61.80%38.19%
2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky results map by county.svg
County results
Paul:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Booker:     50–60%     60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Rand Paul
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Rand Paul
Republican

The 2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent Kentucky. Incumbent Republican Rand Paul won reelection to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Charles Booker.

Contents

Paul was first elected in 2010 with 56% of the vote, filling the seat of retiring Jim Bunning, then re-elected in 2016 with 57% of the vote. Paul ran for a third term. [1] Booker is a former state representative and a candidate in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in 2020. The election was called for Paul shortly after polls closed in the state. [2]

This was the biggest landslide victory for a U.S. Senate race in Kentucky since Mitch McConnell's win in 2002.

Background

Although Rand Paul supports a Constitutional amendment limiting Senators to two terms, he said, "I'm not in favor of term limits for some and not others. So I'm not in favor of people self-imposing term limits. I'm a co-sponsor of the constitutional amendment, but I will run again in 2022." [1] Kentucky held its primary election on May 17. [3]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Arnold Blankenship, retiree [5]
  • Valerie Frederick [5]
  • Paul V. Hamilton, economics professor [6]
  • John Schiess, perennial candidate [5]
  • Tami Stanfield, former sales executive [5]

Endorsements

Rand Paul
Executive Branch officials
Statewide officials
Organizations

Results

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Results by county:
  Paul
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
Republican primary results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rand Paul (incumbent) 333,051 86.35%
Republican Valerie Frederick14,0183.63%
Republican Paul V. Hamilton13,4733.49%
Republican Arnold Blankenship10,0922.62%
Republican Tami Stanfield9,5262.47%
Republican John Schiess5,5381.44%
Total votes385,698 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Ruth Gao, educator and activist [14]
  • Joshua Blanton Sr., army veteran [15]
  • John Merrill, chemist and navy veteran [5]

Declined

Endorsements

Charles Booker
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Labor unions
Organizations
Individuals

Results

Results by county: Booker 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% Blanton 40-50% Merrill 60-70% 2022 United States Senate Democratic primary election in Kentucky results map by county.svg
Results by county:
  Booker
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Blanton
  •   40–50%
  Merrill
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles Booker 214,245 73.29%
Democratic Joshua Blanton Sr.30,98010.60%
Democratic John Merrill28,9319.90%
Democratic Ruth Gao18,1546.21%
Total votes292,310 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [33] Solid RNovember 19, 2021
Inside Elections [34] Solid RJanuary 7, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball [35] Safe RNovember 3, 2021
Politico [36] Solid ROctober 18, 2022
RCP [37] Safe RJanuary 10, 2022
Fox News [38] Solid RMay 12, 2022
DDHQ [39] Solid RJuly 20, 2022
538 [40] Solid RJune 30, 2022
The Economist [41] Safe RSeptember 7, 2022

Endorsements

Rand Paul (R)
Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
Sheriffs
Organizations
Charles Booker (D)
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
Newspapers
Labor unions
Organizations
Individuals

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Rand
Paul (R)		Charles
Booker (D)		Undecided
Mason-Dixon January 19–22, 2022625 (RV)± 4.0%55%39%6%
Hypothetical polling
Rand Paul vs. generic Democrat
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Rand
Paul (R)		Generic
Democrat		Undecided
Mason-Dixon February 1–4, 2021625 (RV)± 4.0%47%41%12%

Results

2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Rand Paul (incumbent) 913,326 61.80% +4.53%
Democratic Charles Booker 564,31138.19%-4.54%
Write-in 1930.01%+0.01%
Total votes1,477,830 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Paul won 5 of 6 congressional districts. [58]

DistrictPaulBookerRepresentative
1st 71%29% James Comer
2nd 68%32% Brett Guthrie
3rd 40%60% John Yarmuth (117th Congress)
Morgan McGarvey (118th Congress)
4th 66%34% Thomas Massie
5th 75%25% Hal Rogers
6th 54%46% Andy Barr

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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