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Whitley County, Kentucky

2026 election results. Andy Barr (R) got 76% of the U.S. Senate vote in Whitley County. The margin is 15.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Whitley County

U.S. Senate

Andy Barr
75.8%6,266
Charles Booker
22.1%1,827
Christopher Campbell
2.1%172
100% counted

Statewide: Andy Barr wins. Called.

U.S. House: Kentucky 5th District

Hal Rogers
77.1%6,311
Ned Pillersdorf
19.0%1,554
Mikel Wein
2.4%195
Gerardo Serrano
1.5%126
100% counted

Whole district: Hal Rogers wins. Called.

The leader in Whitley 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, 6:21 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
KY SenateR +54.8R +70.0D +15.2
KY-05R +60.5R +70.0D +9.5

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 Whitley County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris14.8%Donald Trump84.2%R +69.315,075
2020Joe Biden16.6%Donald Trump81.9%R +65.315,347
2016Hillary Clinton15.0%Donald Trump82.1%R +67.113,774
2012Barack Obama20.5%Mitt Romney78.3%R +57.713,072
2008Barack Obama25.4%John McCain73.1%R +47.713,704
2004John Kerry29.2%George W. Bush70.1%R +40.913,629
2000Al Gore34.8%George W. Bush63.7%R +28.911,774

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 +40.4.

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.