2026 results · Kentucky · county

Mercer County, Kentucky

Barr carried Mercer County by 30.6 points in the Senate race, 20.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (R+50.6). 2 races have votes counted here.

Mercer County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 8,397; 71% of the 11,841 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: R+30.6
2024 president: R+50.6
Shift from 2024: 20.0 pts → D
In Kentucky: 32nd of 120; The 32nd best county for Booker of the 120 counted; 33rd for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

Kentucky SenateAndy Barr won · R+12.1 across the state
32.7% Charles Booker63.4% Andy Barr
R+30.68,397 votes
20.0 pts → D2024 R+50.6

The House

Kentucky 6th DistrictMercer County's part of the district · Zach Dembo won · D+9.4 across the district
35.9% Zach Dembo57.6% Ralph Alvarado
R+21.68,321 votes
28.3 pts → D2024 R+50.0

Also in this county: KY-01, with no votes counted in this county's part. Counts come from each race’s official source, named on its own page. Margins are the leading two candidates’ difference in points of all votes counted. 2024 is the presidential vote, Harris against Trump, on the same ground (for a House district, the county’s part of it). A county is not compared with 2024 until a quarter of its 2024 vote is counted. Ranks are among the state’s counties with votes counted in the same race.