The 2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 8, 2022 to elect a member of the

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to represent

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. Incumbent

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Rand Paul won reelection to a third term, defeating

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Charles Booker. Paul was first elected in 2010 with 56% of the vote, filling the seat of retiring

Jim Bunning James Paul David Bunning (October 23, 1931 – May 26, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician who represented Kentucky in both chambers of the United States Congress. He was the sole Major League Baseball athlete to ha ...

, then re-elected in

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with 57% of the vote. Paul ran for a third term. Booker is a former state representative and a candidate in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate in

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. The election was called for Paul shortly after polls closed in the state.

Background

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." Kentucky held its primary election on May 17.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Rand Paul, incumbent U.S. Senator

Eliminated in primary

*Arnold Blankenship, retiree *Valerie Frederick *Paul V. Hamilton, economics professor *John Schiess, perennial candidate *Tami Stanfield, former sales executive

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Charles Booker, former state representative (2019–2021) and candidate for U.S. Senate in

Eliminated in primary

*Ruth Gao, educator and activist *Joshua Blanton Sr., army veteran *John Merrill, chemist and navy veteran

Declined

Rocky Adkins Rocky J. Adkins (born November 4, 1959) is an American politician from Kentucky. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is serving as a senior advisor to the Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear. He is a former member of the Kentucky House o ...

, senior advisor to Governor

Andy Beshear Andrew Graham Beshear (born November 29, 1977) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 63rd governor of Kentucky since December 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the son of the 61st governor of Kentucky, Steve B ...

, former minority leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives, and candidate for Governor in

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* Jim Gray, Kentucky Secretary of Transportation, former mayor of

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, nominee for U.S. Senate in

and candidate for Kentucky's 6th congressional district in

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Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

;Rand Paul vs. generic Democrat

Results

Notes

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Charles Booker (D) for Senate

Rand Paul (R) for Senate
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Background

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

See also

Notes

References

External links