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Letcher County, Kentucky

2026 election results. Andy Barr (R) got 67% of the U.S. Senate vote in Letcher County. The margin is 25.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Letcher County

U.S. Senate

Andy Barr
67.0%3,754
Charles Booker
28.8%1,612
Christopher Campbell
4.2%233
100% counted

Statewide: Andy Barr wins. Called.

U.S. House: Kentucky 5th District

Hal Rogers
64.2%3,604
Ned Pillersdorf
30.9%1,735
Mikel Wein
3.9%217
Gerardo Serrano
1.0%58
100% counted

Whole district: Hal Rogers wins. Called.

The leader in Letcher 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, 10:43 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
KY SenateR +39.9R +64.9D +25.0
KY-05R +35.0R +64.9D +29.9

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 Letcher County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris17.3%Donald Trump81.2%R +63.98,431
2020Joe Biden19.7%Donald Trump79.1%R +59.49,136
2016Hillary Clinton16.9%Donald Trump79.8%R +63.09,134
2012Barack Obama19.4%Mitt Romney77.8%R +58.38,758
2008Barack Obama31.9%John McCain65.2%R +33.38,235
2004John Kerry46.2%George W. Bush53.0%R +6.79,065
2000Al Gore52.3%George W. Bush45.5%D +6.78,985

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 +70.7.

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.