Name: 2026 Kentucky Senate race
Start: 2026-11-03
Location: KY, United States

2026 Kentucky Senate race — polls, candidates & voter guide — IJR

Garland Andy Barr

REPUBLICAN PARTY

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Stated positions (35) ▾

Abortion: Opposes taxpayer funding of abortion and supports pro-life policies including the Born Alive Protection Act. [1]
Border enforcement & immigration law: Supports closing the border, deporting illegal immigrants, and the Secure the Border Act including border wall construction and Remain in Mexico. [1][2]
Budget & Fiscal Policy: Supports a constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment and limiting federal spending growth, and backed the 'Big Beautiful Bill' citing $1.6 trillion in deficit reduction. [1][2][3]
China & trade: Supports winning the race for artificial intelligence dominance over China. [1][2]
Congressional term limits: Supports constitutional term limits for members of Congress. [1][2][3]
Crime & policing: Supports law enforcement with increased funding, benefits, and penalties for attacks on officers. [1]
DEI programs: Opposes DEI initiatives. [1][2]
Economic Policy & Regulation: Advocates a free-market approach of cutting taxes and reducing regulations to expand supply of energy, goods, capital, and labor, aiming to lower costs including housing. [1][2]
Education: Supports decisions by parents and teachers and addressing labor force needs. [1]
Election integrity: mail ballots: Opposes expansions of mail-in voting without safeguards and supports measures to ensure ballot integrity. [1]
Election integrity: voter ID: Supports voter ID mandate and proof of citizenship for federal elections. [1]
Energy: Supports increased fossil fuel and coal production, rolling back energy regulations, and pursuing 'energy dominance' to lower electricity costs and spur economic growth. [1][2]
Energy production: Supports fossil fuels, coal jobs, and rolling back regulations for energy dominance. [1][2]
Federal spending & debt: Opposes big government spending bills that increase the national debt and include tax hikes. [1]
Fentanyl & drug enforcement: Supports sanctions on Chinese entities involved in producing or trafficking fentanyl precursors. [1][2]
Free speech & tech censorship: Opposes Big Tech censorship of conservatives and movement toward a social credit system. [1]
Gender & Sports: Supports policies barring transgender athletes from participating in women's and girls' sports. [1]
Gun policy: Supports Second Amendment rights. [1]
Health care: Supports expanding access to affordable health care without government bureaucrats intervening between patients and doctors. [1]
Healthcare: Supports expanding affordable care access without bureaucrats between patients and doctors. [1]
Healthcare/Medicaid: Supports Medicaid reforms in the 2025 budget bill, arguing they eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse while strengthening the program for the poor, disabled, and elderly. [1][2]
Housing costs: Supports increasing housing supply and reducing regulations on lenders to lower housing costs. [1]
Immigration: Supports securing the border, deporting criminal illegal immigrants, restarting border wall construction, increasing ICE agents, and a constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. [1][2]
Israel: Supports military aid to Israel and sanctions on ICC judges investigating Israeli officials. [1]
Marijuana legalization: Supports exempting industrial hemp from marijuana laws. [1]
Medical gender transition for minors: Opposes taxpayer funding for gender transition surgeries and treatments on minors. [1][2]
Parents' rights in education: Supports giving parents and teachers more control over education decisions and school choice. [1][2]
Regulation & permitting: Supports streamlining regulations and cutting red tape for infrastructure projects. [1]
Social Security & Medicare: Identifies the long-term future of Social Security as a key issue for Kentucky. [1]
Student loan forgiveness: Opposes student loan forgiveness as unfair to taxpayers and those who repaid loans. [1]
Taxation: Supports extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) and voted for legislation to make them permanent, citing benefits to middle-class families and businesses. [1][2]
Taxes: Supports extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts passed in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. [1]
Ukraine aid: Supports military and financial aid to Ukraine. [1][2][3]
Veterans: Supports legislation ensuring veterans' disability benefits and STEM scholarships. [1]
Women's sports: Supports prohibiting biological men from competing in women’s sports, locker rooms, or bathrooms. [1][2]

2026 Kentucky Senate race

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