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General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

2026 general election results: Anderson County, Kentucky

If you vote in Anderson County, Kentucky, here is each count as the office posts it, what was on your ballot, who represents you now, and how much weight Black voters carry here.

SourceLine Count for Anderson County

UNITED STATES SENATOR

SourceLine Count · Where It Stands · Not yet certified

Status from the office, word for word: “ALL RESULTS ARE UNOFFICIAL”

(office time 11/4/2026 7:59:15 AM)

The Associated Press projects Andy Barr the winner (by 10:37 pm Eastern). Results are unofficial until Kentucky certifies them.

CandidateVotesShare
Andy Barr Republican784,00056.2%
Charles Booker Democrat611,98743.8%

The office posts totals only for this race, so no split by how people voted is shown.

Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, Election Night Reporting, posted November 4, 7:59 am Eastern. SourceLine shows the count as posted and does not call races.

For the latest count, see the Kentucky Secretary of State, Election Night Reporting.

SourceLine hasn't updated every race here yet. Every race: Kentucky State Board of Elections.

What was on the ballot in Anderson County

  • U.S. Senate. The seat held by Mitch McConnell (Republican) was on the ballot.
  • U.S. House. All 6 of the state's seats were on the ballot.
  • State and local races and questions. Every count is posted by the Kentucky State Board of Elections, which lists every race on the ballot.

U.S. Senate, Kentucky

Black Vote Power 7.2% of citizens old enough to vote · last margin 19.5 points

SourceLine Count · Where It Stands

The Associated Press projects Andy Barr the winner (by 10:37 pm Eastern). Results are unofficial until Kentucky certifies them.

CandidateVotesShare
Andy Barr Republican784,00056.2%
Charles Booker Democrat611,98743.8%

Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, Election Night Reporting. SourceLine shows the count as posted and does not call races.

Their records and the three tests
  • Black voters can decide it (not met). Black citizens are 7.2 percent of Kentucky citizens old enough to vote. The last race for this office was not close enough for that share to decide it.
  • Broad power. One of 100 Senate votes. The Senate passes every federal law and confirms federal judges and cabinet members.
  • History. An open seat: Senator Mitch McConnell is not running again. Kentucky has never had a Black U.S. senator. If elected, Charles Booker would be the first.

  • Andy Barr

    Ballot line
    Republican
    Public office now
    U.S. Representative, KY-06, term began January 3, 2025 (SourceLine officeholder record)
    Campaign money
    $12,541,350 raised for 2026 through October 14, 2026 (Federal Election Commission filings)

  • Charles Booker

    Ballot line
    Democrat
    Public office
    Not on SourceLine yet
    Campaign money
    Not on SourceLine yet

The candidate with the most votes wins.

Candidates: Nominees as listed by The Green Papers and Wikipedia, history as reported by The Black Wall Street Times, checked November 2, 2026; major party nominees; see the official ballot for every candidate. Checked November 2, 2026. Last margin: Official Congressional Directory, October 2022: votes cast for senators in 2020, from official statistics compiled by the Clerk of the House. Black Vote Power: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Black Vote Power in Anderson County

1.9% of citizens old enough to vote in Anderson County, Kentucky are Black: 343 of 18,501 (2020 to 2024).

What It Means Here

In any race here decided by fewer points than 1.9, whether Black citizens turn out and how they vote can decide the result. This counts citizens old enough to vote, not registered voters or turnout, which are counted separately.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey five year estimates, citizen voting age population.

Ballots counted beside 2022

SourceLine hasn't updated ballots counted here yet. Turnout appears here beside the 2022 general election.

Who represents Anderson County now

U.S. Senate

  • Mitch McConnell, Republican · seat was on the ballot Tuesday
  • Rand Paul, Republican

Your U.S. House member and state legislators depend on your street address. Look up your address.

Local officials

Local officials: Not on SourceLine yet

Local votes: Not on SourceLine yet

More about Anderson County

When it becomes final

The state certifies its results on the schedule in state law; the date is not on SourceLine yet. Until then every number here is a SourceLine Count, labelled Where It Stands and not yet certified. Once certified, races read On the Record.

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About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.