2016 United States Senate election in Kentucky

2016 United States Senate election in Kentucky

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Nominee Rand Paul Jim Gray
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,090,177 813,246
Percentage 57.27% 42.73%

Paul:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Gray:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%      No votes

U.S. senator before election

Rand Paul
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Rand Paul
Republican

The 2016 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held November 8, 2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kentucky, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held May 17.

Incumbent Republican Senator Rand Paul filed for re-election in December 2015, and Mayor Jim Gray of Lexington filed to run against Paul for the Senate in late January 2016. In the general election, Paul defeated Gray by 14.5 points.