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Fayette County, Kentucky

2026 election results. Charles Booker (D) got 65% of the U.S. Senate vote in Fayette County. The margin is 13.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Fayette County

U.S. Senate

Charles Booker
65.1%73,784
Andy Barr
33.5%37,946
Christopher Campbell
1.4%1,537
100% counted

Statewide: Andy Barr wins. Called.

U.S. House: Kentucky 6th District

Zach Dembo
67.3%76,133
Ralph Alvarado
29.5%33,413
Jay Bowman
2.0%2,216
Pete Lynch
1.2%1,322
100% counted

Whole district: Zach Dembo wins. Called.

The leader in Fayette 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, 8:24 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
KY SenateD +32.1D +18.5D +13.6
KY-06D +39.0D +18.5D +20.5

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 Fayette County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris57.9%Donald Trump39.8%D +18.1143,932
2020Joe Biden59.3%Donald Trump38.5%D +20.8152,719
2016Hillary Clinton51.2%Donald Trump41.7%D +9.5136,315
2012Barack Obama49.3%Mitt Romney48.3%D +1.0125,866
2008Barack Obama51.7%John McCain46.9%D +4.8127,639
2004John Kerry46.2%George W. Bush52.9%R +6.7125,576
2000Al Gore44.8%George W. Bush51.7%R +6.8105,477

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 D +24.9.

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.