2020 United States Senate election in Kentucky
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The 2020 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the Commonwealth of Kentucky, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, who had been Senate Majority Leader since 2015 and senator from Kentucky since 1985, won reelection to a seventh term in office. He faced off against former U.S. Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath and Libertarian Brad Barron.
The Democratic and Republican primaries took place on June 23, 2020. As the primaries neared, the president of the National Bar Association accused officials of carrying out voter suppression. Compared to typical numbers of 3,700, the number of polling stations was reduced to 200 with only one in Louisville.[1] Because a large number of voters voted by mail, absentee ballots were not counted until June 30. In the primary, over 937,000 people requested absentee ballots or voted early, a far greater number than usual.[2]
Despite much speculation about this race being potentially competitive and large amounts of money being poured in to try to defeat McConnell, he wound up winning a seventh term with his largest margin of victory since 2002, defeating McGrath by nearly 20 percentage points. He also won Elliott and Wolfe Counties for the first time, solidifying rural Kentucky's hard swing towards the GOP. This was the first election in which McConnell attained more than 1 million votes.
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Mitch McConnell, incumbent U.S. senator and Senate Majority Leader[3][4]
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Nicholas Alsager[5]
- Paul John Frangedakis, chiropractor[5] (switched to independent write-in candidacy after losing primary)[6]
- Louis Grider, truck driver[5]
- Neren James[5]
- Kenneth Lowndes[5]
- Wesley Morgan, former state representative[7]
Withdrawn
[edit]Results
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Kentucky_U.S._Senate_Republican_primary%2C_2020.svg/250px-Kentucky_U.S._Senate_Republican_primary%2C_2020.svg.png)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mitch McConnell (incumbent) | 342,660 | 82.80% | |
Republican | Wesley Morgan | 25,588 | 6.18% | |
Republican | Louis Grider | 13,771 | 3.33% | |
Republican | Paul John Frangedakis | 11,957 | 2.89% | |
Republican | Neren James | 10,693 | 2.58% | |
Republican | Kenneth Lowndes | 5,548 | 1.34% | |
Republican | Nicholas Alsager | 3,603 | 0.87% | |
Total votes | 413,820 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Nominee
[edit]- Amy McGrath, former U.S. Marine fighter pilot and Democratic nominee for Kentucky's 6th congressional district in 2018[11][12]
Eliminated in primary
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Charles_solar_panels_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Charles_solar_panels_%28cropped%29.jpg)
- Charles Booker, state representative[13][14]
- Mike Broihier, farmer, educator, and former Marine[15]
- Maggie Joe Hilliard[5]
- Andrew Maynard[5]
- Eric Rothmuller, small business owner[16]
- John R. Sharpensteen[5]
- Bennie J. Smith, local business owner[17]
- Mary Ann Tobin, former Auditor of Kentucky[18]
Withdrawn
[edit]- Jimmy Ausbrooks, mental health counselor[19] (endorsed Mike Broihier)[20] (remained on ballot)
- Steven Cox, registered pharmacy technician[21] (endorsed Charles Booker)[22]
- Joshua Paul Edwards[23][8]
- Kevin Elliott, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Murray State University[9][8]
- Dr. Loretta Babalmoradi Noble[24][8]
Declined
[edit]- Rocky Adkins, former minority leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives and candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 2019[25]
- Andy Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, former attorney general of Kentucky, and son of former governor Steve Beshear[26][27][28]
- Steve Beshear, former governor of Kentucky and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996[26]
- Jack Conway, former attorney general of Kentucky, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010, nominee for Governor of Kentucky in 2015[26]
- Adam Edelen, former state auditor and candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 2019[26]
- Greg Fischer, Mayor of Louisville[29]
- Jim Gray, Secretary of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, former mayor of Lexington and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2016[30]
- Alison Lundergan Grimes, former secretary of state of Kentucky and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2014[26] (endorsed Booker)
- Matt Jones, attorney, media personality, and restaurateur (had formed an exploratory committee beforehand, endorsed Booker)[31][32]
Campaign
[edit]There were debates on March 5, 2020[33][34] and June 1, 2020.[35][36]
Polling
[edit]Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Charles Booker |
Amy McGrath |
Other | Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Data for Progress[A] | June 10–22, 2020 | 556 (LV) | – | 43% | 46% | – | 10% |
Garin-Hart-Yang[B] | June 16–18, 2020 | – | – | 32% | 42% | – | – |
Civiqs/Data for Progress | June 13–15, 2020 | 421 (LV) | ± 5.5% | 44% | 36% | 9%[b] | 11% |
YouGov Blue/MVMT Communications[C] | June 8–12, 2020 | 313 (RV) | ± 7.0% | 39% | 49% | 6%[c] | 3% |
YouGov Blue/MVMT Communications[C] | May 2020 | –[d] | – | 13% | 62% | – | – |
YouGov Blue/MVMT Communications[C] | April 2020 | –[d] | – | 11% | 62% | – | – |
YouGov Blue/MVMT Communications[C] | January 2020 | –[d] | – | 7% | 65% | – | – |
Endorsements
[edit]- U.S. senators
- Jesse Jackson Sr., former Shadow U.S. Senator from the District of Columbia (1991–1997), 1988 and 1984 candidate for president, founder of Rainbow/PUSH[37]
- Bernie Sanders, U.S. senator from Vermont, 2016 and 2020 candidate for president[38]
- U.S. representatives
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, U.S. representative for NY-14[39]
- State legislators
- Alison Lundergan Grimes, former secretary of state of Kentucky (2012–2020); Democratic nominee for Kentucky's U.S. Senate election in 2014[40]
- Gerald Neal, Kentucky State Senator[41]
- Reggie Thomas, Kentucky State Senator[41]
- Newspapers
- Unions
- Organizations and political parties
- Democracy for America[46]
- Friends of the Earth Action[47]
- Indivisible movement[46]
- Kentuckians for the Commonwealth[48]
- MoveOn[46]
- Working Families Party[46]
- Individuals
- State and local officials from other states
- Richard Ojeda, West Virginia State Senator for the 7th district (2016–2019); 2020 presidential and U.S. Senate candidate[49]
- Individuals
- Marianne Williamson, author, peace activist, spiritual leader, 2020 presidential candidate[50]
- Andrew Yang, author, entrepreneur, and 2020 presidential candidate[51]
- Organizations
- Indivisible Kentucky, progressive advocacy organization[52]
Results
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kentucky_U.S._Senate_Democratic_primary%2C_2020.svg/250px-Kentucky_U.S._Senate_Democratic_primary%2C_2020.svg.png)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Amy McGrath | 247,037 | 45.41% | |
Democratic | Charles Booker | 231,888 | 42.62% | |
Democratic | Mike Broihier | 27,175 | 4.99% | |
Democratic | Mary Ann Tobin | 11,108 | 2.04% | |
Democratic | Maggie Joe Hilliard | 6,224 | 1.14% | |
Democratic | Andrew Maynard | 5,974 | 1.10% | |
Democratic | Bennie J. Smith | 5,040 | 0.93% | |
Democratic | Jimmy Ausbrooks (withdrawn) | 3,629 | 0.67% | |
Democratic | Eric Rothmuller | 2,995 | 0.55% | |
Democratic | John R. Sharpensteen | 2,992 | 0.55% | |
Total votes | 544,062 | 100.0% |
Other candidates
[edit]Libertarian primary
[edit]The Libertarian Party of Kentucky did not qualify to nominate through the taxpayer-funded primary and held its own privately operated primary on March 8, 2020. Anyone registered Libertarian in the state of Kentucky as of January 1, 2020, could participate.[59][60] All candidates of the Libertarian Party of Kentucky must defeat None Of The Above (NOTA) to obtain the nomination.[61]
Nominee
[edit]- Brad Barron, farmer and entrepreneur[62]
Reform Party
[edit]Withdrawn
[edit]Independents
[edit]Declared
[edit]- Daniel Cobble (as a write-in candidate)[6]
- Harold H. Fitzpatrick (as a write-in candidate)[6]
- Paul John Frangedakis (as a write-in candidate) (switched from Republican candidacy after losing primary)[6]
- Randall Lee Teegarden (as a write-in candidate)[6]
- Demetra Wysinger (as a write-in candidate)[6]
Withdrawn
[edit]- Alyssa Dara McDowell, independent candidate for president in 2016, 2018 Independent nominee for Kentucky House of Representatives District 65[64][8]
General election
[edit]Despite record breaking fundraising from McGrath and speculation that the race could be competitive, McConnell was handily re-elected. Throughout the general election, McConnell portrayed McGrath as an overly liberal "rioter apologist" and made use of a comment from 2018 where McGrath compared her reaction to Trump being elected in 2016 to how she felt during the September 11 attacks.[65]
Debates
[edit]- Complete video of debate, October 12, 2020 - C-SPAN
Predictions
[edit]Source | Ranking | As of |
---|---|---|
The Cook Political Report[66] | Likely R | October 29, 2020 |
Inside Elections[67] | Safe R | October 28, 2020 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[68] | Likely R | November 2, 2020 |
Daily Kos[69] | Safe R | October 30, 2020 |
Politico[70] | Likely R | November 2, 2020 |
RCP[71] | Likely R | October 23, 2020 |
DDHQ[72] | Safe R | November 3, 2020 |
538[73] | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
Economist[74] | Likely R | November 2, 2020 |
Endorsements
[edit]- U.S. Senators
- Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. senator from New York (2009–present); former 2020 presidential candidate[75]
- Kamala Harris, U.S. senator from California (2017–2021) [76]
- U.S. Representatives
- Seth Moulton, U.S. representative from Massachusetts's 6th congressional district[77]
- State officials
- Andy Beshear, Governor of Kentucky [78]
- Individuals
- Ann Coulter, media pundit[79] (Republican)
- Alex Kurtzman, producer, writer and director[80]
- Organizations
- Council for a Livable World[53]
- DSCC[54]
- Feminist Majority PAC[55]
- Giffords[56]
- J Street PAC[57]
- Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs[81]
- VoteVets.org[58]
- Unions
Polling
[edit]Graphical summary
[edit]![]() | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Polls
[edit]Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Mitch McConnell (R) |
Amy McGrath (D) |
Brad Barron (L) |
Other / Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swayable Archived November 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine | October 23 – November 1, 2020 | 365 (LV) | ± 7.9% | 49% | 46% | 5% | – |
Morning Consult | October 22–31, 2020 | 911 (LV) | ± 3% | 51% | 40% | – | – |
Bluegrass Community & Technical College Archived October 30, 2020, at the Wayback Machine | October 12–28, 2020 | 250 (RV) | – | 50% | 40% | – | 10%[e] |
Cygnal | October 19–20, 2020 | 640 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 50% | 40% | 5% | 5%[f] |
Mason-Dixon | October 12–15, 2020 | 625 (LV) | ± 4% | 51% | 42% | 4% | 3%[g] |
Morning Consult | September 11–20, 2020 | 746 (LV) | ± (2% – 7%) | 52% | 37% | – | – |
Data for Progress (D) | September 14–19, 2020 | 807 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 46%[h] | 39% | 3% | 12%[i] |
48%[j] | 41% | – | 11%[k] | ||||
Quinnipiac University | September 10–14, 2020 | 1,164 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 53% | 41% | – | 5%[l] |
Quinnipiac University | July 30 – August 3, 2020 | 909 (RV) | ± 3.3% | 49% | 44% | – | 7%[m] |
Bluegrass Data (D) Archived August 9, 2020, at the Wayback Machine[D] | July 25–29, 2020 | 3,020 (RV) | ± 2.0% | 49% | 46% | 4% | – |
Morning Consult | July 24 – August 2, 2020 | 793 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 53% | 36% | – | 12%[n] |
Spry Strategies (R)[E] | July 11–16, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 55% | 33% | – | 12%[i] |
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D) Archived July 16, 2020, at the Wayback Machine[B] | July 7–12, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 45% | 41% | 7% | 7%[o] |
Civiqs/Data for Progress | June 13–15, 2020 | 898 (RV) | ± 3.8% | 53% | 33% | 4% | 11%[p] |
RMG Research[F] | May 21–24, 2020 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.5% | 40% | 41% | – | 19%[q] |
Bluegrass Data (D) Archived August 9, 2020, at the Wayback Machine[D] | April 7–12, 2020[r] | 4,000 (RV) | – | 40% | 38% | 7% | – |
Change Research (D)[B] | January 17–21, 2020 | 1,281 (LV) | ± 2.8% | 41% | 41% | – | 18% |
Garin-Hart-Yang Research (D)[B] | January 8–13, 2020 | 802 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 43% | 40% | – | 17% |
Fabrizio Ward[G] | July 29–31, 2019 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 47% | 46% | – | 6% |
Change Research (D)[B] | June 15–16, 2019 | 1,629 (LV) | – | 47% | 45% | – | 8% |
- with Charles Booker
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Mitch McConnell (R) |
Charles Booker (D) |
Other / Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civiqs/Data for Progress | June 13–15, 2020 | 898 (RV) | ± 3.8% | 52% | 38% | 9%[s] |
- with Jim Gray
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Mitch McConnell (R) |
Jim Gray (D) |
Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gravis Marketing | June 11–12, 2019 | 741 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 49% | 41% | 10% |
- with Generic Democrat
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Mitch McConnell (R) |
Generic Democrat |
Other / Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Public Policy Polling | May 14–15, 2020 | 1,104 (V) | – | 47% | 44% | 9% |
Public Policy Polling (D) Archived February 25, 2019, at the Wayback Machine[H] | Feb 11–12, 2019 | 748 (RV) | ± 3.6% | 45% | 42% | 12% |
Public Policy Polling (D) Archived December 9, 2020, at the Wayback Machine[I] | Aug 15–16, 2017 | 645 (V) | – | 37% | 44% | 19% |
- on whether Mitch McConnell deserves to be re-elected
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Yes | No | Other / Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fabrizio Ward/AARP | July 29–31, 2019 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 31% | 62% | 8%[t] |
Public Policy Polling (D) Archived February 25, 2019, at the Wayback Machine[H] | Feb 11–12, 2019 | 748 (RV) | ± 3.6% | 32% | 61% | 8% |
- with Generic Republican and Generic Democrat
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Generic Republican |
Generic Democrat |
Other / Undecided |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cygnal | October 19–20, 2020 | 640 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 55% | 39% | 6%[u] |
Quinnipiac University | September 10–14, 2020 | 1,164 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 54% | 38% | 8%[v] |
Fabrizio Ward/AARP | July 29–31, 2019 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 48% | 42% | 13%[w] |
Results
[edit]McConnell was announced as the winner on November 3.[87] When pressed for a potential recount of the election amid legal disputes regarding the general, McConnell dismissed the idea, since, "at the risk of bragging, it wasn't very close."[88][89]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Mitch McConnell (incumbent) | 1,233,315 | 57.76% | +1.57% | |
Democratic | Amy McGrath | 816,257 | 38.23% | −2.49% | |
Libertarian | Brad Barron | 85,386 | 4.00% | +0.92% | |
Write-in | 99 | 0.01% | -0.00% | ||
Total votes | 2,135,057 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Bath (largest municipality: Owingsville)
- Elliott (largest municipality: Sandy Hook)
- Marion (largest municipality: Lebanon)
- Menifee (largest municipality: Frenchburg)
- Nicholas (largest municipality: Carlisle)
- Rowan (largest municipality: Morehead)
- Wolfe (largest municipality: Campton)
By congressional district
[edit]McConnell won 5 of 6 congressional districts.[91]
District | McConnell | McGrath | Representative |
---|---|---|---|
1st | 67% | 28% | James Comer |
2nd | 62% | 33% | Brett Guthrie |
3rd | 37% | 61% | John Yarmuth |
4th | 60% | 36% | Thomas Massie |
5th | 74% | 22% | Hal Rogers |
6th | 51% | 46% | Andy Barr |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- Partisan clients
- ^ Poll released after the primary in July
- ^ a b c d e Poll sponsored by McGrath's campaign
- ^ a b c d Poll sponsored by Booker's campaign
- ^ a b This poll's sponsor, Ditch Mitch Fund, supported the electoral defeat of Mitch McConnell prior to the sampling period
- ^ This poll's sponsor is the American Principles Project, a 501 that supports the Republican Party.
- ^ Poll sponsored by U.S. Term Limits, a PAC supporting candidates who support term limits in Congress.
- ^ Poll sponsored by AARP.
- ^ a b Poll sponsored by The Ditch Mitch Fund
- ^ Poll sponsored by Our Lives on the Line
- Voter samples
- ^ a b c d e f g Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - ^ Broihier and "someone else" with 4%; Tobin with 1%
- ^ Broihier with 5%; other with 1%
- ^ a b c Not yet released
- ^ Undecided with 10%
- ^ Undecided with 5%
- ^ Undecided with 3%
- ^ Standard VI response
- ^ a b Undecided with 12%
- ^ If only McConnell and McGrath were candidates
- ^ Undecided with 11%
- ^ "Someone else" with 1%; Undecided with 4%
- ^ "Someone else" and would not vote with 1%; Undecided with 5%
- ^ "Someone else" and Undecided with 6%
- ^ Undecided with 7%
- ^ "someone else" with 8%; undecided with 3%
- ^ Undecided with 10%; "Some other candidate" with 9%
- ^ Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight
- ^ Barron (L) with 4%; "someone else" with 2%; undecided with 3%
- ^ Undecided with 7%; "refused" with 1%
- ^ Undecided with 6%
- ^ Undecided with 8%
- ^ Undecided with 10%; "don't know/refused" with 3%
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External links
[edit]- Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Kentucky", Voting & Elections Toolkits
- "Kentucky: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
- "League of Women Voters of Kentucky". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
- Kentucky at Ballotpedia
- campaign websites
- Brad Barron (L) for Senate Archived January 27, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- Mitch McConnell (R) for Senate
- Amy McGrath (D) for Senate