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Franklin County, Kentucky

2026 election results. Charles Booker (D) got 55% of the U.S. Senate vote in Franklin County. The margin is 16.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Franklin County

U.S. Senate

Charles Booker
54.6%10,879
Andy Barr
43.0%8,563
Christopher Campbell
2.5%493
100% counted

Statewide: Andy Barr wins. Called.

The leader in Franklin 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, 9:03 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
KY SenateD +11.9R +5.0D +16.9
KY-01D +9.5R +5.0D +14.4

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 Franklin County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris46.6%Donald Trump51.4%R +4.925,763
2020Joe Biden48.5%Donald Trump49.5%R +1.026,061
2016Hillary Clinton44.9%Donald Trump49.5%R +4.623,865
2012Barack Obama49.4%Mitt Romney48.6%D +0.823,337
2008Barack Obama48.9%John McCain49.5%R +0.624,079
2004John Kerry48.1%George W. Bush50.9%R +2.724,133
2000Al Gore50.1%George W. Bush47.1%D +3.021,654

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 +7.8.

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.