Voters Not Won Over By Any Candidates In Wide Open Senate Race, Poll Shows
A plurality of voters are still undecided on which of the three major candidates to back just over three months before the GOP primary to replace former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, according to new polling…
A plurality of voters are still undecided on which of the three major candidates to back just over three months before the GOP primary to replace former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, according to new polling.
An Emerson College Polling survey released Thursday found 24% of likely GOP primary voters support Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr, 21% back former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and 14% support businessman Nate Morris. Barr, who represents a central Kentucky district, leads Cameron with the survey’s 4.2% margin of error, meaning the two are statistically tied for first place.
Thirty-eight percent of likely primary voters are undecided, however, and 4% are supporting another candidate aside from the three front-runners.
“With just over three months until primary day, Rep. Barr and former Attorney General Cameron start this race as frontrunners, while Nate Morris follows within striking distance,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said in a statement accompanying the poll.
“Barr’s support is highest among male voters, 27%, voters over 70, 38%, and voters with a college or postgraduate degree, at 31%, while Cameron’s support peaks among voters in their 40s and 50s at 25%,” Kimball continued.
Barr’s campaign touted the independent survey’s results showing him leading the field ahead of the May 19 primary.
“This poll shows what Kentuckians have been seeing on the ground for months: Andy Barr is the strongest candidate in this race,” Barr campaign spokesman Alex Bellizzi said in a statement, adding Barr is crushing the field in the money race.
Barr’s campaign account ended 2025 with $6.5 million in the bank compared to Cameron at $630,000 and Morris at $1.4 million, according to recent Federal Election Commission filings.
“No one – including Andy Barr – thinks Andy Barr is winning. This poll is unserious and silly,” Cameron campaign manager Nathanael Hirt said in a statement. “Polls one day ago and two weeks ago showed Daniel up double digits. Nothing moves that fast except lies.”