The 2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent Kentucky. Incumbent Republican Rand Paul won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Charles Booker with 61.8% of the vote.
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Paul was first elected in 2010 with 55.7% of the vote, filling the seat of retiring Jim Bunning, then re-elected in 2016 with 57.3% of the vote. Paul ran for a third term.[1] Booker is a former state representative and a candidate in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in 2020. The election was called for Paul shortly after polls closed in the state.[2]
This was the biggest landslide victory for a U.S. Senate race in Kentucky since Mitch McConnell's win in 2002.
Although Rand Paul supports a Constitutional amendment limiting Senators to two terms, he said, "I'm not in favor of term limits for some and not others. So I'm not in favor of people self-imposing term limits. I'm a co-sponsor of the constitutional amendment, but I will run again in 2022."[1] Kentucky held its primary election on May 17.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rand Paul (incumbent) | 333,051 | 86.35% | |
Republican | Valerie Frederick | 14,018 | 3.63% | |
Republican | Paul V. Hamilton | 13,473 | 3.49% | |
Republican | Arnold Blankenship | 10,092 | 2.62% | |
Republican | Tami Stanfield | 9,526 | 2.47% | |
Republican | John Schiess | 5,538 | 1.44% | |
Total votes | 385,698 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles Booker | 214,245 | 73.29% | |
Democratic | Joshua Blanton Sr. | 30,980 | 10.60% | |
Democratic | John Merrill | 28,931 | 9.90% | |
Democratic | Ruth Gao | 18,154 | 6.21% | |
Total votes | 292,310 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[33] | Solid R | November 19, 2021 |
Inside Elections[34] | Solid R | January 7, 2022 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[35] | Safe R | November 3, 2021 |
Politico[36] | Solid R | October 18, 2022 |
RCP[37] | Safe R | January 10, 2022 |
Fox News[38] | Solid R | May 12, 2022 |
DDHQ[39] | Solid R | July 20, 2022 |
538[40] | Solid R | June 30, 2022 |
The Economist[41] | Safe R | September 7, 2022 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Rand Paul (R) |
Charles Booker (D) |
Undecided |
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Mason-Dixon | January 19–22, 2022 | 625 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 55% | 39% | 6% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Rand Paul (R) |
Generic Democrat |
Undecided |
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Mason-Dixon | February 1–4, 2021 | 625 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 47% | 41% | 12% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Rand Paul (incumbent) | 913,326 | 61.80% | +4.53% | |
Democratic | Charles Booker | 564,311 | 38.19% | -4.54% | |
Write-in | 193 | 0.01% | +0.01% | ||
Total votes | 1,477,830 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
Paul won 5 of 6 congressional districts.[58]
District | Paul | Booker | Representative |
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1st | 71% | 29% | James Comer |
2nd | 68% | 32% | Brett Guthrie |
3rd | 40% | 60% | John Yarmuth (117th Congress) |
Morgan McGarvey (118th Congress) | |||
4th | 66% | 34% | Thomas Massie |
5th | 75% | 24% | Hal Rogers |
6th | 54% | 45% | Andy Barr |
Mr. McConnell said he backed Mr. Paul's re-election bid this year.
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