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Carter County, Kentucky

2026 election results. Andy Barr (R) got 66% of the U.S. Senate vote in Carter County. The margin is 23.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Carter County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Carter County

U.S. Senate

Andy Barr
65.6%4,679
Charles Booker
30.8%2,199
Christopher Campbell
3.6%256
100% counted

Statewide: Andy Barr wins. Called.

U.S. House: Kentucky 4th District

Ed Gallrein
73.5%579
Melissa Strange
23.7%187
Jeremy Todd
2.8%22
100% counted

Only part of Carter County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Ed Gallrein wins. Called.

U.S. House: Kentucky 5th District

Hal Rogers
67.8%4,269
Ned Pillersdorf
28.6%1,800
Mikel Wein
2.5%156
Gerardo Serrano
1.2%76
100% counted

Only part of Carter County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Hal Rogers wins. Called.

The leader in Carter County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 3, 5:40 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
KY SenateR +36.1R +59.2D +23.1
KY-04 part of the countyR +51.2R +67.9D +16.7
KY-05 part of the countyR +40.7R +57.8D +17.1

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Carter County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris20.2%Donald Trump78.6%R +58.411,422
2020Joe Biden22.8%Donald Trump75.7%R +52.911,582
2016Hillary Clinton22.1%Donald Trump73.8%R +51.710,278
2012Barack Obama38.0%Mitt Romney59.3%R +21.38,908
2008Barack Obama44.0%John McCain53.5%R +9.59,813
2004John Kerry50.2%George W. Bush48.8%D +1.411,117
2000Al Gore46.7%George W. Bush51.5%R +4.98,959

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +53.6.

Other counties in Kentucky

Kentucky results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Kentucky certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Kentucky's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.