The person behind the name
Andy Barr's public career runs from the legal office of a Kentucky governor to seven terms in the U.S. House, where he chairs the Financial Services subcommittee that oversees the Federal Reserve and the banking regulators, and now to the Republican nomination for the Senate seat Mitch McConnell is leaving.
By his campaign biography Barr is a native of Lexington, and the campaign calls him an eighth-generation Kentuckian; his official House biography records his graduation from Lexington's Henry Clay High School in 1992. Neither biography states a birth year; the Congress.gov member record gives it as 1973. He lives in Lexington with his wife, Davis; the official biography names their son, Hale, their daughter, Virginia, and his two daughters, Eleanor and Mary Clay. [11][15][1][75]
Education and professional preparation
The official biography reports a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Philosophy from the University of Virginia in 1996, Phi Beta Kappa, and a law degree from the University of Kentucky in 2001. The Courier Journal reports that before Congress he was a legislative assistant to Jim Talent, the Missouri Republican and former U.S. senator, and deputy general counsel to Governor Ernie Fletcher. His official biography as published in 2016 adds that he is the son of an Army veteran and the grandson of a World War II-era veteran who became a major general in the Army Reserve, that he is a 2007 graduate of Leadership Lexington, and that he had served on the boards of Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and the Friends of the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden. Bar records and any private law practice were not part of this review. [1][64][3]
He first ran for the Sixth District in 2010 and lost to Representative Ben Chandler by 648 votes, 119,812 to 119,164, in the Clerk's official statistics, a margin computed from those totals. In 2012 he won the rematch, 153,222 to 141,438, and took office on January 3, 2013. In 2018 he held the seat against Amy McGrath, 154,468 to 144,736, a result the Courier Journal describes as a narrow loss for her; in 2024 he won a seventh term over Randy Cravens, 222,293 to 130,345. [61][62][5][74][65][63]
In the 119th Congress he chairs the Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and sits on the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, on the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific, and on the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. His official biography, which names the subcommittee he chairs as Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy, describes it as having oversight of the Federal Reserve, the Comptroller of the Currency, the FDIC, the National Credit Union Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and describes him as a key architect of the Paycheck Protection Program, a self-description this review did not measure. [2][1]
He announced for the Senate on April 22, 2025, two months after Senator McConnell said he would not seek another term, and his candidacy was first filed with the Federal Election Commission the next day. President Trump endorsed him on May 1, 2026, in a statement the campaign reproduced the same day, and businessman Nate Morris left the race and endorsed him that day as well. In the May 19, 2026 primary he received 283,833 votes, 60.5 percent, to 144,592 for former Attorney General Daniel Cameron, in the State Board of Elections' certified totals, the percentage computed for this profile; he faces Charles Booker, the Democratic nominee, on November 3, 2026. [64][9][77][69][70][10]
A note on the money. The Commission's candidate record shows a principal committee, Andy Barr for Senate, Inc., that has filed since September 2009 under his House and Senate candidacies. The receipts in this profile, $9,981,055.48 raised and $2,305,546.00 on hand, cover January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 and include $2,155,733.92 transferred from other authorized committees; the campaign's own comparisons with its opponent's finances are the campaign's. [9][8][15]
Life & public service
From a governor's legal office to the Sixth District, a subcommittee gavel and a statewide primary, the documented milestones show how the record was built.
Lexington, Charlottesville, Lexington
Henry Clay High School, 1992; the University of Virginia, 1996; the University of Kentucky College of Law, 2001, per the official biography. [1]
A loss by 648 votes
Lost the Sixth District to Ben Chandler, 119,812 to 119,164, in the Clerk's official statistics. [61]
Three laws with his name on them
The Lexington VA Health Care System designation, March 9, 2018; the STEM scholarship credit-hour change, July 31, 2019; the 1921 Silver Dollar Coin Anniversary Act, January 5, 2021. [4]
A gavel, and a veto
Held the gavel of a Financial Services subcommittee, named in his official biography as Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy; his H.J.Res. 30 on retirement-plan investing passed both chambers and drew President Biden's veto on March 20, 2023, the first of his presidency in the Senate's list. [1][6][54][55][76]
Accomplishments, in the record
Congress.gov bill records, the Clerk's roll calls, the Presidential veto message and the Senate's veto list, and the Kentucky canvass establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was another official's initiative.
Four laws in their own right
Congress.gov lists 223 items Barr has sponsored since 2013: 210 bills and resolutions and 13 floor amendments. Four of the bills became public law on their own: H.R. 4533, designating the Lexington VA Health Care System, signed March 9, 2018; H.R. 2196, reducing the credit-hour requirement for the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship, signed July 31, 2019; H.R. 6192, the 1921 Silver Dollar Coin Anniversary Act, signed January 5, 2021; and H.R. 1193, the Cardiovascular Advances in Research and Opportunities Legacy Act, signed December 20, 2022. GovTrack's count of five adds the Forever GI Bill Housing Payment Fulfillment Act of 2018 under its broader definition, which also credits a bill whose companion or text was enacted. [4][5]
A longer list passed the House without becoming law: the Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act, twice (July 25, 2023 and September 2, 2025; the 2025 bill was referred to the Senate Banking Committee, where it remained at this review); the Countering the PRC Malign Influence Fund Authorization Act; the Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020; the AXIS Act; the Otto Warmbier North Korea Nuclear Sanctions Act; the Military SAVE Act; and a series of Dodd-Frank relief bills, among them the Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act and the Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act. [4][56]
The CAROL Act is the one his office describes as personal. Its release records that the bill was introduced in honor of Carol Leavell Barr and that it funds research on valvular heart disease through the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; in his statement that day the Congressman called it “my legislation in honor of my late wife Carol Leavell Barr.” [57]
The resolution that drew a veto
H.J.Res. 30, introduced by Barr on February 7, 2023 with 119 Republican cosponsors, would have disapproved the Labor Department's rule on “Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights.” It passed the House on February 28 and the Senate on March 1, 2023. President Biden returned it without his approval on March 20, writing that the rule “protects the hard-earned life savings and pensions of tens of millions of workers and retirees across the country”; the House vote to override failed on March 23, 2023, 219–200. The campaign describes the measure as the first veto of the Biden presidency, and the Senate's list of the thirteen bills he vetoed bears that out: H.J.Res. 30 carries the earliest date. [54][55][76][11]
Dodd-Frank relief, on the record
Barr voted Yea on the Financial CHOICE Act on June 8, 2017 (233–186) and on S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, on May 22, 2018 (258–159); the Senate bill was signed into law on May 24, 2018. Those are recorded votes on other members' bills. His own bills in the field include the Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act, which his 2016 official biography says he worked with Representative Carolyn Maloney to pass and which the Congress.gov record shows received in the Senate on April 30, 2014, H.R. 5461 on leverage and risk-based capital requirements, and the manufactured-housing and portfolio-lending bills above; the Congress.gov record shows each received in the Senate and referred to its Banking Committee. [33][31][32][3][4]
Two tax bills, and the votes between
Barr voted Yea on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act at House passage on November 16, 2017 (227–205) and on the conference report on December 19, 2017 (227–203), and on H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Yea at passage on May 22, 2025 (215–214) and Aye on the July 3, 2025 motion to concur in the Senate amendment, the House's final vote (218–214). The campaign's description of the 2025 law as the largest tax cut in American history, and its figure of $4,200 in savings for an average Kentucky family, are campaign claims this review did not measure. [22][23][24][25][12]
Between those bills he voted Nay on the American Rescue Plan Act (March 10, 2021, 220–211) and on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (November 5, 2021, 228–206), Aye on the Fiscal Responsibility Act (May 31, 2023, 314–117), Yea on the November 12, 2025 continuing resolution that ended that autumn's shutdown (222–209), and Nay on the October 3, 2023 motion to vacate the Speaker's chair (216–210). [26][27][28][30][29]
The border votes
Barr voted Yea on impeaching Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on February 13, 2024 (214–213), Yea on the Laken Riley Act on January 22, 2025 (263–156), Yea on the SAVE Act on April 10, 2025 (220–208) and Aye on S. 2, the Secure America Act, on June 9, 2026 (214–212). On June 30, 2025 he introduced H.J.Res. 103, proposing a constitutional amendment on American citizenship, which was referred to the Judiciary Committee. [34][35][36][37][4]
Sanctions bills and a select committee seat
On the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and the Foreign Affairs Committee, Barr's bills have reached the floor more often than most: in the 118th Congress eleven of his 44 measures got past committee, among them the Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act, the Countering the PRC Malign Influence Fund Authorization Act and the Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act. The fentanyl bill passed the House on July 25, 2023 and again, as H.R. 747, on September 2, 2025, and was referred to the Senate Banking Committee; the campaign says it became law, which the bill records reviewed here do not show, and this review did not trace an enacting vehicle. The campaign's statement that he passed a law cutting off American investment in Chinese military, surveillance and technology companies is likewise recorded as a claim. [2][6][4][56][12]
Attendance and ideology, measured
Barr missed 182 of 7,608 roll-call votes from January 2013 to September 2026 (2.4 percent), on par with the 2.1 percent median GovTrack reports for sitting representatives; the rate rose to 64 of 1,241 in the 118th Congress (5.2 percent) and to 12 of 125 in April–June 2026 (9.6 percent), the quarter of the primary. Voteview's DW-NOMINATE score places him at 0.489 on the conservative–liberal dimension in every Congress since 2013; among the 227 House Republicans scored in the 119th Congress that ranks 131st, a computation made for this profile against a Republican median of 0.530. GovTrack's cosponsorship-based analysis of the 118th Congress ranked him the 20th most politically right among members serving ten or more years, with 535 cosponsors on his 44 bills and eleven of the 44 carrying a cosponsor from the other party. [5][6][7][10]
What the scorecards say
Heritage Action scores him 93 percent for the current Congress and 76 percent lifetime. The Club for Growth's scorecard gives him 95 for 2025, a lifetime score of 73 and a rank of 42; his annual scores ran from 76 in 2013 and 54 in 2014 through 92 in 2021, 90 in 2022, 66 in 2023 and 58 in 2024. SBA Pro-Life America's scorecard for the 119th Congress rates him A-plus. The NRA Political Victory Fund grades him A for the 2026 general election and Charles Booker F. The campaign's reported A-plus ratings from NumbersUSA and the National Shooting Sports Foundation could not be retrieved for this review and remain campaign claims; the League of Conservation Voters' page for him could not be retrieved either. [58][59][78][60][12]
Family & community
His official biography identifies his wife as Davis and says they live in Lexington with their son, Hale, their daughter, Virginia, and his two daughters, Eleanor and Mary Clay; the campaign lists the same four children. The CAROL Act release from his office records that the law honors his late wife, Carol Leavell Barr. [1][11][57]
On his official site he lists co-chairmanships of the Congressional Bourbon, Horse, Taiwan, Sound Money, White Oak and Global Investment in American Jobs caucuses, the chairmanship of the American Worker Task Force, a seat on the Republican Study Committee's steering committee, and membership in the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, the Congressional Coal Caucus and the Republican Main Street Caucus, among more than ninety caucuses and task forces. [2]
His official biography as published in 2016 described him as a member of the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church and a board member of Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and the Friends of the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden. The current official and campaign biographies do not state a religious affiliation, and this profile makes no claim beyond what that earlier biography stated. [3][1][11]
Mission & priorities
“Kentucky Tough, Kentucky First, Always” {15}
The following summarizes the agenda on Barr's campaign website and in its energy plan. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [12][14]
01Border security
“Andy Barr believes we must deport all criminal illegals and secure the border.” The campaign lists restarting wall construction, more agents, reinstating the Remain in Mexico policy and ending catch and release, cites his vote to impeach Secretary Mayorkas and his vote in 2025 for what it calls the largest border security bill in history, and reports the endorsement of the National Border Patrol Council. The record shows the Mayorkas vote, the Laken Riley Act, the SAVE Act and H.R. 1. [12][34][35][25]
02Tax cuts
“Charles Booker will raise taxes on every Kentuckian, Andy Barr wants to cut taxes for every Kentuckian.” The statement about the opponent is the campaign's. The record shows Barr's Yea votes on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017 and on H.R. 1 in 2025; the campaign's claim that the Made in America tax credit he championed helped secure Apple's investment in the Corning plant in Harrodsburg is a campaign claim. [12][22][25]
03Kentucky energy and coal
“No one fought Biden's war on energy more than Andy Barr.” The campaign's energy plan proposes “Restarting existing coal plants that were shut down by regulation,” faster permits for plants and transmission, an end to financing denials for lawful coal projects, critical-minerals recovery from coal waste and support for data centers; its figures on lost mining jobs and rising residential rates are the campaign's own. The record shows H.J.Res. 30 and his Yea on the PERMIT Act of December 11, 2025 (221–205). [12][14][54][52]
04Girls' sports and privacy
The campaign says Barr “has long defended girls' sports and private spaces from the radical trans movement,” leads the Defend Girls' Athletics Act and holds Riley Gaines's endorsement. The bill, H.R. 4363, was introduced July 14, 2025 and referred to the Education and Workforce Committee; Gaines endorsed him at his launch in April 2025. [12][4][64]
05Veterans
The campaign credits Barr with the Veterans Fairness and Transparency Act and the Veteran STEM Scholarship Enhancement Act. The bill records show the Veterans Benefits Fairness and Transparency Act of 2020 passed the House and was referred to the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, while the STEM credit-hour bill became Public Law 116-36 on July 31, 2019, and the Lexington VA designation became law in 2018. The campaign's statement that he ushered through legislation expanding non-VA care was not matched to a sponsored measure in the records reviewed. [12][4]
06Second Amendment
The campaign says Barr “has consistently opposed gun control bills” and led the Fair Access to Banking Act, which would bar banks from discriminating against the firearms industry. H.R. 987 was introduced February 5, 2025 and referred to the Financial Services Committee; the NRA Political Victory Fund grades him A for 2026. [12][4][60]
07China and fentanyl
“Andy Barr is leading the charge against the CCP.” The Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act, which would sanction Chinese producers of synthetic opioids and their precursors, passed the House in 2023 and 2025; the campaign's statement that it became law is discussed in the record above. [12][56]
08Farmers and hemp
“Food doesn't come from the grocery store, it comes from the hardworking men and women who have worked on Kentucky's great farms for generations.” The campaign says Barr is leading the effort to undo what it calls the ban on Kentucky's hemp industry; he introduced the Lawful Hemp Protection Act, H.R. 9830, on July 22, 2026, and voted Yea on the Farm, Food, and National Security Act on April 30, 2026 (224–200). [12][4][53]
09Law enforcement
The campaign says that “While Charles Booker wants to defund the police and abolish cash-bail, Andy Barr strongly supports police” and will work with them to keep Kentucky safe. The characterization of the opponent is the campaign's; the home page of Booker's campaign site, reviewed for this profile, describes his platform as health care, union jobs, and clean water and air. The campaign cites past endorsements from the Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police, which this review did not verify; its current endorsement list includes the Kentucky Professional Fire Fighters. [12][73][13]
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the legislative and voting history above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism.
January 6, two impeachments and a motion to table
Barr voted Nay on the objections to Arizona's electoral votes on January 6, 2021 (121–303) and to Pennsylvania's on January 7 (138–282), and Nay on impeachment a week later (232–197), as he had voted Nay on the first article of impeachment on December 18, 2019 (230–197). In his statement after the January 13 vote he called the President's rhetoric before the riot “regrettable and irresponsible” and wrote, “I do not believe the President's words, while unfortunate, satisfy the legal definition of incitement.” In an interview with LEX 18 he said the President “bears some responsibility” and was “not blameless,” called the vote an act of political vengeance and said he would attend the inauguration. On September 15, 2026 he voted Yea on the motion to table a new impeachment resolution, H.Res. 1486, which was tabled 232–147 with 47 members answering present. [16][17][19][18][21][20]
The McConnell question and the Club for Growth
Barr interned for Senator McConnell in the 1990s and once described him as his mentor; CNN reports that a group affiliated with the Club for Growth built an attack ad on the clip of him calling McConnell “my mentor, Leader Mitch McConnell,” describing Barr as groomed by McConnell and a “Trump-hater like Mitch.” The Courier Journal reported at his launch that the Club's president had said its PAC would oppose his candidacy. Barr's response ad said that many politicians talk about supporting President Trump while he is “doing it every single day,” and CNN reports that before the campaign he agreed with a podcast host's criticism of McConnell's trade record, in a segment his campaign sent to supporters with a caption saying he had slammed McConnell for selling America out to China. The campaign describes him as the first member of the Kentucky delegation to endorse President Trump and the Kentucky chairman of the 2024 primary campaign. The Club's own scorecard gives him 73 lifetime and 95 for 2025. Asked in April 2025 whether he had the President's endorsement, he said, “we're working every day to earn it.” It came on May 1, 2026: in the statement the campaign reproduced, the President wrote that “Andy Barr has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next United States Senator from Kentucky,” that he had endorsed Barr “in his first Race, and all others, for Congress,” and that Barr is “a Strong Supporter of TERMINATING THE FILIBUSTER”; Barr's reply in the release did not address the filibuster. [66][64][15][59][77]
The endorsement list
On December 16, 2025 the campaign announced endorsements from 107 House members. NBC News reported two days later that spokespeople for Representatives Randy Feenstra and Tony Wied said they were not endorsing, that Representative Darrell Issa said Barr “leaned a little ahead of his skis on this” before endorsing him that evening, and that the campaign then added eight names and asserted the backing of “more than half the House Republican conference.” Feenstra's name was removed; the campaign's current list names 116 House members, by a count made for this profile, and does not include Feenstra or Wied. [67][13]
The DEI advertisement
A February 2026 television ad ended with Barr saying, “It's not a sin to be White, it's not against the law to be male and it shouldn't be disqualifying to be a Christian,” after describing DEI as something that “really stands for dumb, evil indoctrination.” Asked about it on February 17, he invoked Martin Luther King's standard of character over skin color and said the country had arrived at a place where identity mattered more than character. Amy McGrath said candidates should be concerned with bills, jobs and health care; Charles Booker wrote, “It should be a sin to be this desperate though,” adding that “The only DEI this pathetic politician understands is ‘Deny Epstein Investigation.’” Barr had voted Aye on the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 18, 2025 (427–1). [65][51]
Outside money and the Morris exit
In January 2026 Elon Musk gave $10 million to a super PAC supporting Nate Morris, the largest donation of his cycle to that point; a Barr spokesman replied, “this a two-man race between Andy Barr and Daniel Cameron. Nate Morris spending more money will cement it that way.” On May 1, 2026, eighteen days before the primary, Morris withdrew, accepted a position in the Trump administration and said, “I'm incredibly proud to join President Trump in endorsing Andy Barr for U.S. Senate.” Barr called it a “full complete endorsement, just like the president has given me his full and complete endorsement.” The primary result was 60.5 percent to Cameron's 30.8. [68][69][70][10]
Ukraine, Iran and surveillance
Barr voted Yea on the Ukraine and Israel security supplementals of April 20, 2024 (311–112 and 366–58). On June 4, 2026 he voted Nay on H.R. 2913, the Ukraine Support Act sponsored by Representative Gregory Meeks with 42 Democratic cosponsors and one Republican, which passed 226–195. On the six 2026 concurrent resolutions directing the President to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran he voted Nay five times, on March 5 (failed 212–219), April 16 (failed 213–214), May 14 (failed 212–212), June 3 (passed 215–208) and September 15 (passed 220–204), and did not vote on July 23 (passed 214–208). On surveillance he voted No on the Biggs amendment to the 2024 reauthorization, which would have prohibited warrantless searches of Americans' communications in the Section 702 database with stated exceptions (a 212–212 tie), Aye on the reauthorization itself (273–147) and Yea on the 2026 extension (261–111). The roll calls are the record. [38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][47][46][48][79][49][50]
The general election, as it stands
Charles Booker, whose campaign describes him as a former state representative and the son of a West Louisville family, won the Democratic primary with 155,577 votes to 119,296 for Amy McGrath, and Governor Andy Beshear endorsed him on June 1, 2026, calling him “the candidate who can bring people together to flip this Senate seat.” The U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorsed Barr on May 13, 2026 as “a tireless and effective advocate for the people of Kentucky's 6th Congressional District”; the campaign's list adds Senators Barrasso, Cotton, Scott, Thune, Mullin and Budd. Endorsements establish political support; they are not evaluations of the record above. [73][10][72][71][13]
Questions & answers
Who is Andy Barr?
Andy Barr's public career runs from the legal office of a Kentucky governor to seven terms in the U.S. House, where he chairs the Financial Services subcommittee that oversees the Federal Reserve and the banking regulators, and now to the Republican nomination for the Senate seat Mitch McConnell is leaving. By his campaign biography Barr is a native of Lexington, and the campaign calls him an eighth-generation Kentuckian; his official House biography records his graduation from Lexington's Henry Clay High School in 1992. Neither biography states a birth year; the Congress.gov member record gives it as 1973. He lives in Lexington with his wife, Davis; the official biography names their son, Hale, their daughter, Virginia, and his two daughters, Eleanor and Mary Clay. [11][15][1][75]
What office is Andy Barr running for in 2026?
Who is Andy Barr running against?
He announced for the Senate on April 22, 2025, two months after Senator McConnell said he would not seek another term, and his candidacy was first filed with the Federal Election Commission the next day. President Trump endorsed him on May 1, 2026, in a statement the campaign reproduced the same day, and businessman Nate Morris left the race and endorsed him that day as well. In the May 19, 2026 primary he received 283,833 votes, 60.5 percent, to 144,592 for former Attorney General Daniel Cameron, in the State Board of Elections' certified totals, the percentage computed for this profile; he faces Charles Booker, the Democratic nominee, on November 3, 2026. [64][9][77][69][70][10]
What are Andy Barr's stated priorities?
The following summarizes the agenda on Barr's campaign website and in its energy plan. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [12][14] The campaign lists: Border security; Tax cuts; Kentucky energy and coal; Girls' sports and privacy; Veterans; Second Amendment; China and fentanyl; Farmers and hemp; Law enforcement.
What does the public record show?
Congress.gov bill records, the Clerk's roll calls, the Presidential veto message and the Senate's veto list, and the Kentucky canvass establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was another official's initiative. Congress.gov lists 223 items Barr has sponsored since 2013: 210 bills and resolutions and 13 floor amendments. Four of the bills became public law on their own: H.R. 4533, designating the Lexington VA Health Care System, signed March 9, 2018; H.R. 2196, reducing the credit-hour requirement for the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship, signed July 31, 2019; H.R. 6192, the 1921 Silver Dollar Coin Anniversary Act, signed January 5, 2021; and H.R. 1193, the Cardiovascular Advances in Research and Opportunities Legacy Act, signed December 20, 2022. GovTrack's count of five adds the Forever GI Bill Housing Payment Fulfillment Act of 2018 under its broader definition, which also credits a bill whose companion or text was enacted. [4][5]
How was this profile researched?
Reviewed September 17, 2026 and fact-checked September 18, 2026. This is a documented overview of publicly available biography, major actions, and stated priorities, not an exhaustive vote-by-vote record; 63 roll calls were read for it and the defining ones are cited. Numerical claims retain their original meaning and attribution; the primary percentages, the 2010 margin, the House-endorser count and the Voteview ranking were computed from the cited documents and are marked as such. Historical sources do not imply current positions. The birth year comes from the Congress.gov member record, since neither the official nor the campaign biography states one. Independent expenditures for and against Barr in the primary, including any by the Club for Growth network, could not be retrieved from the Federal Election Commission's rate-limited interface and are described only as the cited reporting describes them; the League of Conservation Voters' scorecard page and the Lexington Herald-Leader's archive could not be retrieved. Bar records, personal financial disclosures, any private law practice and the Kentucky Right to Life, NumbersUSA and National Shooting Sports Foundation ratings were not part of this review. The source list provides direct links so readers can check the underlying material. Filings and campaign pages may change after this review.
Sources & methodology
Government records anchor the profile: the Clerk's roll calls and election statistics, Congress.gov bill and member records, the Presidential veto message and the Senate's veto list, the Federal Election Commission's candidate file and the Kentucky State Board of Elections' certified primary totals. Official biographies establish attributed background; the Courier Journal, CNN, NBC News, WLEX, WAVE, WKYT, WDKY and Spectrum News supply reporting, responses and scrutiny. Independent analyses (GovTrack, Voteview) and advocacy ratings (Heritage Action, the Club for Growth, SBA Pro-Life America, the NRA's political action committee, the U.S. Chamber) are labeled as such rather than as government records. Campaign materials are used for the candidate's own priorities, claims and the President's endorsement statement as the campaign reproduced it.
- 01Biography | Congressman Andy Barr (official House biography)barr.house.gov · Accessed September 17, 2026
Official biography: Sixth District since 2013; chairmanship of the Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee; Foreign Affairs and the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party; Henry Clay High School 1992, University of Virginia 1996, University of Kentucky law 2001; wife Davis and the four children named.Government record - 02Committees and Caucuses | Congressman Andy Barrbarr.house.gov · Accessed September 17, 2026
119th Congress assignments: chair of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions; National Security, Illicit Finance and International Financial Institutions; Foreign Affairs East Asia and Pacific; the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party; the caucus list, including co-chairmanships of the Bourbon, Horse, Taiwan, Sound Money and White Oak caucuses.Government record - 03Full Biography | Congressman Andy Barr (Internet Archive copy, captured December 8, 2016) (Internet Archive copy, captured 2016)barr.house.gov (Internet Archive copy) · 2016; archived December 8, 2016
The earlier official biography: son of an Army veteran; Leadership Lexington 2007; membership of the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church; board service with Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky and the Friends of the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden; the Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act passed with Representative Maloney.Government record - 04Legislation sponsored by Andy Barr, 2013–2026 (223 records)Library of Congress (Congress.gov API) · Accessed September 17, 2026
Latest action on every sponsored measure: four became public law in their own right (H.R. 4533, H.R. 2196, H.R. 6192 and H.R. 1193); the House-passed bills that died in the Senate; H.J.Res. 30's history; the 119th-Congress bills cited. Read through the Congress.gov API with its public demonstration key.Government record - 05Rep. Garland “Andy” Barr — member page and missed-votes recordGovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Serving since January 3, 2013; attendance 182 of 7,608 roll calls missed from January 2013 to September 2026 (2.4 percent) against a median of 2.1 percent; five enacted bills under GovTrack's inclusive definition; committee list.Independent analysis or rating - 062024 Report Card, Rep. Garland “Andy” Barr (118th Congress)GovTrack.us · Updated February 13, 2025
44 bills and resolutions introduced; 11 reached the floor; 535 cosponsors; ranked 20th most politically right among members serving ten or more years; 64 of 1,241 votes missed (5.2 percent); no bill enacted in the 118th Congress.Independent analysis or rating - 07DW-NOMINATE member data (HSall_members.csv)Voteview (UCLA) · Accessed September 17, 2026
First-dimension score 0.489 in every Congress from the 113th to the 119th. The ranking among House Republicans was computed from this file for this profile.Independent analysis or rating - 08BARR, GARLAND ANDY — candidate overview, S6KY00286 (2026 cycle)Federal Election Commission · Accessed September 17, 2026
Receipts $9,981,055.48, disbursements $11,368,587.12 and cash on hand $2,305,546.00 for January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, from Andy Barr for Senate, Inc. and the Republican nominee fund; statement of candidacy filed May 29, 2026.Government record - 09Candidate search: Barr, Kentucky, Senate (FEC API)Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC API) · Accessed September 17, 2026
Candidate id S6KY00286, first filed April 23, 2025, open seat; principal campaign committee Andy Barr for Senate, Inc. (C00467571), on file since September 2009 under the House candidacy.Government record - 10Official 2026 Primary Election Results — Certification of Vote Totals (May 19, 2026 primary)Kentucky State Board of Elections / Secretary of State Michael G. Adams · Primary May 19, 2026; file dated June 1, 2026
Republican primary for U.S. Senator: Barr 283,833; Cameron 144,592; Faris 11,219; Washington 7,190; Fredrick 5,267; Catlett 4,892; Duncan 3,773; Holliday 3,757; Shelley 2,771; Wenzel 1,014; Leon 864. Democratic primary: Booker 155,577; McGrath 119,296; Stevenson 20,610; Romans 13,696; Forsythe 9,648; Thompson 6,962; Blanton 6,948. Percentages computed for this profile.Government record - 11Meet Andy | Andy Barr for SenateAndy Barr for Senate (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
Campaign biography: a native of Lexington; the family as the campaign states it; the claim that the first veto of the Biden presidency fell on a bill he wrote. Self-descriptions.Campaign or advocacy material - 12Issues | Andy Barr for SenateAndy Barr for Senate (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
The nine campaign planks quoted in this profile, with the campaign's claims about its own record and about the opponent. Proposals and claims, not record.Campaign or advocacy material - 13Endorsements | Andy Barr for SenateAndy Barr for Senate (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
The campaign's list: President Trump; Senators Barrasso, Cotton, Scott, Thune, Mullin and Budd; more than a hundred House members; Kentucky legislators, county officials and the Kentucky Professional Fire Fighters. As announced by the campaign.Campaign or advocacy material - 14Andy Barr's Plan to Revive Coal Jobs and Power the Technologies of the FutureAndy Barr for Senate (campaign) · January 2026
The campaign's energy plan: restart coal plants closed by regulation, permitting, financing for coal projects, critical minerals from coal waste, data centers. Its job and rate figures are the campaign's.Campaign or advocacy material - 15Andy Barr for Senate (campaign website, home page)Andy Barr for Senate (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
The campaign's slogan and self-descriptions (eighth-generation Kentuckian; first member of the Kentucky delegation to endorse President Trump; state chairman of the 2024 primary campaign); social-media links and the paid-for line.Campaign or advocacy material - 16Roll call 10, January 6, 2021 — objection to Arizona's electoral votesClerk of the U.S. House · January 6, 2021
Barr recorded Nay; the objection failed 121–303.Government record - 17Roll call 11, January 7, 2021 — objection to Pennsylvania's electoral votesClerk of the U.S. House · January 7, 2021
Barr recorded Nay; the objection failed 138–282.Government record - 18Roll call 695, December 18, 2019 — H.Res. 755, Article I (abuse of power)Clerk of the U.S. House · December 18, 2019
Barr recorded Nay; the article was adopted 230–197.Government record - 19Roll call 17, January 13, 2021 — H.Res. 24, impeaching President TrumpClerk of the U.S. House · January 13, 2021
Barr recorded Nay; the resolution passed 232–197.Government record - 20Roll call 298, September 15, 2026 — motion to table H.Res. 1486, impeaching President TrumpClerk of the U.S. House · September 15, 2026
Barr recorded Yea on the motion to table; it passed 232–147 with 47 answering present.Government record - 21Rep. Andy Barr explains voting ‘no’ on impeachment, Big Tech, and working with incoming Biden administrationLEX 18 (WLEX-TV, Lexington) · January 13, 2021
Barr's statement and interview after the January 13, 2021 vote: the president's rhetoric was regrettable and irresponsible and he bore some responsibility, but the words did not meet the legal definition of incitement; his vote to certify the 2020 result.Independent reporting - 22Roll call 637, November 16, 2017 — H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · November 16, 2017
Barr recorded Yea; passed 227–205.Government record - 23Roll call 692, December 19, 2017 — H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, conference reportClerk of the U.S. House · December 19, 2017
Barr recorded Yea; agreed to 227–203.Government record - 24Roll call 145, May 22, 2025 — H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passageClerk of the U.S. House · May 22, 2025
Barr recorded Yea; passed 215–214 with one present.Government record - 25Roll call 190, July 3, 2025 — H.R. 1, motion to concur in the Senate amendmentClerk of the U.S. House · July 3, 2025
Barr recorded Aye; agreed to 218–214.Government record - 26Roll call 72, March 10, 2021 — H.R. 1319, American Rescue Plan ActClerk of the U.S. House · March 10, 2021
Barr recorded Nay; the motion to concur passed 220–211.Government record - 27Roll call 369, November 5, 2021 — H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ActClerk of the U.S. House · November 5, 2021
Barr recorded Nay; the motion to concur passed 228–206.Government record - 28Roll call 243, May 31, 2023 — H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility ActClerk of the U.S. House · May 31, 2023
Barr recorded Aye; passed 314–117.Government record - 29Roll call 519, October 3, 2023 — H.Res. 757, declaring the office of Speaker vacantClerk of the U.S. House · October 3, 2023
Barr recorded Nay; the motion to vacate passed 216–210.Government record - 30Roll call 285, November 12, 2025 — H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026Clerk of the U.S. House · November 12, 2025
Barr recorded Yea on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment; agreed to 222–209.Government record - 31Roll call 216, May 22, 2018 — S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection ActClerk of the U.S. House · May 22, 2018
Barr recorded Yea; passed 258–159.Government record - 32S. 2155 (115th): Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act — statusGovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Enacted; signed by the President on May 24, 2018.Independent analysis or rating - 33Roll call 299, June 8, 2017 — H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017Clerk of the U.S. House · June 8, 2017
Barr recorded Yea; passed 233–186.Government record - 34Roll call 43, February 13, 2024 — H.Res. 863, impeaching Secretary MayorkasClerk of the U.S. House · February 13, 2024
Barr recorded Yea; passed 214–213.Government record - 35Roll call 23, January 22, 2025 — S. 5, Laken Riley ActClerk of the U.S. House · January 22, 2025
Barr recorded Yea; passed 263–156.Government record - 36Roll call 102, April 10, 2025 — H.R. 22, SAVE ActClerk of the U.S. House · April 10, 2025
Barr recorded Yea; passed 220–208.Government record - 37Roll call 214, June 9, 2026 — S. 2, Secure America ActClerk of the U.S. House · June 9, 2026
Barr recorded Aye; passed 214–212.Government record - 38Roll call 151, April 20, 2024 — H.R. 8035, Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Clerk of the U.S. House · April 20, 2024
Barr recorded Yea; passed 311–112.Government record - 39Roll call 152, April 20, 2024 — H.R. 8034, Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024Clerk of the U.S. House · April 20, 2024
Barr recorded Yea; passed 366–58.Government record - 40Roll call 207, June 4, 2026 — H.R. 2913, Ukraine Support ActClerk of the U.S. House · June 4, 2026
Barr recorded Nay; passed 226–195.Government record - 41H.R. 2913 (119th): Ukraine Support Act — status and cosponsorsGovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Sponsored by Representative Gregory Meeks; 43 cosponsors, 42 Democrats and one Republican; passed the House June 4, 2026.Independent analysis or rating - 42Roll call 85, March 5, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 38, removing U.S. forces from hostilities in IranClerk of the U.S. House · March 5, 2026
Barr recorded Nay; the resolution failed 212–219.Government record - 43Roll call 114, April 16, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 40, removing U.S. forces from hostilities with IranClerk of the U.S. House · April 16, 2026
Barr recorded Nay; the resolution failed 213–214.Government record - 44Roll call 170, May 14, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 75, removing U.S. forces from hostilities against IranClerk of the U.S. House · May 14, 2026
Barr recorded Nay; the resolution failed on a 212–212 tie.Government record - 45Roll call 199, June 3, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 86, removing U.S. forces from hostilities with IranClerk of the U.S. House · June 3, 2026
Barr recorded Nay; the resolution passed 215–208.Government record - 46Roll call 282, July 23, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 89, removing U.S. forces from hostilities with IranClerk of the U.S. House · July 23, 2026
Barr recorded Not Voting; the resolution passed 214–208.Government record - 47Roll call 307, September 15, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 93, removing U.S. forces from hostilities with IranClerk of the U.S. House · September 15, 2026
Barr recorded Nay; the resolution passed 220–204.Government record - 48Roll call 114, April 12, 2024 — Biggs amendment to H.R. 7888 (warrant requirement)Clerk of the U.S. House · April 12, 2024
Barr recorded No; the amendment failed on a 212–212 tie.Government record - 49Roll call 119, April 12, 2024 — H.R. 7888, Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActClerk of the U.S. House · April 12, 2024
Barr recorded Aye; passed 273–147.Government record - 50Roll call 155, April 30, 2026 — S. 4465, extending title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ActClerk of the U.S. House · April 30, 2026
Barr recorded Yea; passed under suspension 261–111.Government record - 51Roll call 289, November 18, 2025 — H.R. 4405, Epstein Files Transparency ActClerk of the U.S. House · November 18, 2025
Barr recorded Aye; passed 427–1.Government record - 52Roll call 330, December 11, 2025 — H.R. 3898, PERMIT ActClerk of the U.S. House · December 11, 2025
Barr recorded Yea; passed 221–205.Government record - 53Roll call 154, April 30, 2026 — H.R. 7567, Farm, Food, and National Security ActClerk of the U.S. House · April 30, 2026
Barr recorded Yea; passed 224–200.Government record - 54H.J.Res. 30 (118th) — disapproval of the Labor Department's rule on plan investments: status and historyGovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Introduced February 7, 2023 with 119 Republican cosponsors; passed the House February 28 and the Senate March 1, 2023; vetoed March 20, 2023; the House override attempt failed March 23, 2023.Independent analysis or rating - 55Message to the House of Representatives — President's Veto of H.J. Res. 30The White House (Biden administration archive) · March 20, 2023
The veto message: the President wrote that the rule protects the life savings and pensions of tens of millions of workers and retirees, and that the resolution would force retirement managers to ignore relevant risk factors.Government record - 56H.R. 747 (119th): Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025 — statusGovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Introduced January 28, 2025; reported by Financial Services March 21, 2025; passed the House September 2, 2025 and went to the Senate; the earlier version, H.R. 3203, passed the House July 25, 2023.Independent analysis or rating - 57Barr's CAROL Act Signed Into Law (press release)Office of Rep. Andy Barr · December 20, 2022
The office's statement that the Cardiovascular Advances in Research and Opportunities Legacy Act, introduced in honor of Carol Leavell Barr, was signed into law; the research it funds through the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.Government record - 58Scorecard: Rep. Andy Barr, 119th CongressHeritage Action for America · Accessed September 17, 2026
Session score 93 percent; lifetime score 76 percent.Independent analysis or rating - 59Congressional Scorecard — Andy Barr (KY-06), legislator page B001282Club for Growth · Accessed September 17, 2026
2025 score 95; lifetime 73; rank 42; annual scores of 76 (2013), 54 (2014), 65 (2015), 70 (2016), 88 (2017), 57 (2018), 79 (2019), 63 (2020), 92 (2021), 90 (2022), 66 (2023), 58 (2024) and 95 (2025). Keyed to the Bioguide identifier the Clerk uses.Independent analysis or rating - 60Grades & Endorsements — Kentucky 2026NRA Political Victory Fund · Accessed September 17, 2026
U.S. Senate: Andy Barr (R) A; Charles Booker (D) F.Independent analysis or rating - 61Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010Clerk of the U.S. House · 2011
Kentucky's Sixth District: Ben Chandler 119,812; Garland “Andy” Barr 119,164; write-ins 247.Government record - 62Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 2012Clerk of the U.S. House · 2013
Kentucky's Sixth District: Barr 153,222; Chandler 141,438; write-in 8,340.Government record - 63Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 2024Clerk of the U.S. House · 2025
Kentucky's Sixth District: Andy Barr 222,293; Randy Cravens 130,345.Government record - 64Andy Barr starts Senate campaign, announces he will run for Mitch McConnell's seat in 2026Louisville Courier Journal (Hannah Pinski) · April 22, 2025
The April 22, 2025 launch in Richmond; his earlier work for Jim Talent and Governor Fletcher; the Club for Growth's stated opposition; Morris's attack; his answer that the campaign was working every day to earn the President's endorsement.Independent reporting - 65Andy Barr invokes MLK while addressing his Senate ad that attacked DEILouisville Courier Journal (Lucas Aulbach) · February 17, 2026
The February 2026 television ad and its closing line; Barr's response; McGrath's and Booker's replies; McGrath's narrow 2018 loss to Barr; the Camp Nelson designation.Independent reporting - 66These candidates all worked or interned for Mitch McConnell. Now they're attacking each other for associating with himCNN (David Wright) · September 25, 2025
Barr's 1990s internship for McConnell; the Club for Growth–affiliated ad built on his mentor remark; his response ad; Cameron's and Morris's own McConnell ties.Independent reporting - 67A few House members dispute a colleague's endorsement claim in a tough Senate raceNBC News (Henry J. Gomez) · December 18, 2025
The December 16, 2025 list of 107 House endorsers; Feenstra and Wied declined; Issa's remark and later endorsement; the campaign's addition of eight names.Independent reporting - 68Elon Musk shakes up Kentucky Senate race with multimillion dollar endorsementFOX 56 (WDKY-TV), via Yahoo News · January 19, 2026
Musk's $10 million to a super PAC supporting Nate Morris; the Barr campaign's two-man-race response; the Cameron campaign's response.Independent reporting - 69Nate Morris withdraws from Senate race, endorses Andy BarrWAVE (Louisville) · May 1, 2026
Morris's May 1, 2026 withdrawal and his statement joining President Trump in endorsing Barr.Independent reporting - 70Barr picks up support from Capitol Hill after Trump endorsementSpectrum News 1 (Erin Kelly) · May 6, 2026
The Trump endorsement and Morris's exit for an administration post, eighteen days before the primary; Barr's Derby comment; Thune, Cotton, Scott, Scalise and Guthrie; Cameron's Liberty Republican endorsements.Independent reporting - 71U.S. Chamber Endorses Rep. Andy Barr for U.S. Senate in KentuckyU.S. Chamber of Commerce · May 13, 2026
The Chamber's endorsement and Barr's statement accepting it.Independent analysis or rating - 72Beshear endorses Booker for SenateWKYT (Lexington) · June 2, 2026
Governor Beshear's endorsement of the Democratic nominee and Booker's response.Independent reporting - 73Charles Booker for U.S. Senate (campaign website, home page)Booker for the Commonwealth (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
The opponent's self-description: a former state representative from West Louisville; health care, union jobs, clean water and air. The board's link redirects to charlesbookerky.org.Campaign or advocacy material - 74Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018Clerk of the U.S. House (served by the Office of the Historian) · 2019
Kentucky's Sixth District: Amy McGrath 144,736; Andy Barr 154,468; Frank Harris 2,150; Rikka L. Wallin 1,011; James Germalic 523.Government record - 75Member record: Andy Barr, B001282 (Congress.gov API)Library of Congress (Congress.gov API) · Accessed September 18, 2026
Birth year 1973; House terms from the 113th Congress (2013) onward; 223 sponsored and 1,747 cosponsored measures. Read through the Congress.gov API with its public demonstration key.Government record - 76Vetoes by President Joseph R. Biden Jr.U.S. Senate · Accessed September 18, 2026
The Senate's list of the thirteen bills President Biden vetoed; H.J.Res. 30, vetoed March 20, 2023, is the earliest, and the House sustained the veto on March 23 by vote No. 149 (219–200).Government record - 77President Donald Trump Endorses Andy Barr for U.S. Senate (press release)Andy Barr for Senate (campaign) · May 1, 2026
The campaign's release reproducing the President's Truth Social statement of endorsement, including its lines on earlier endorsements and the filibuster, and Barr's reply.Campaign or advocacy material - 78Scorecard, 119th CongressSBA Pro-Life America · Accessed September 17, 2026
Andy Barr (KY-06) rated A+ on the group's scorecard of key votes and activities during the 119th Congress.Independent analysis or rating - 79House Vote 114, April 12, 2024 — H.Amdt. 876 (Biggs) to H.R. 7888GovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Describes the amendment as prohibiting warrantless searches of U.S. person communications in the FISA 702 database, with exceptions; failed 212–212.Independent analysis or rating
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Voting in Kentucky: official dates, deadlines and rules
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The dates and rules below were read from the Kentucky State Board of Elections; the authority's own page, linked beside each one, is the final word.
Dates and deadlines
- Voter registration deadlineOctober 5, 2026 is the last day to register to vote in the general election. The cut-off that day depends on the method: online registrations must be received by 4:00PM Local Time; mailed registrations can be postmarked October 5; registrations returned to the county clerk's office are accepted until close of business. Registration books are then closed from October 6 through November 9, 2026. Read from: elect.ky.gov/Resources/Documents/2026%20Election%20Calendar%20Final%20Version%2010_6_2025.pdf
- Online registration deadlineOctober 5, 2026, 4:00 p.m. local time, through Kentucky's online voter registration system at govote.ky.gov. Read from: vrsws.sos.ky.gov/ovrweb
- Mail registration deadlinePostmarked by October 5, 2026: mailed registration cards can be postmarked on October 5 and still be accepted. Read from: elect.ky.gov/Voters/Pages/Voting-In-Person-and-By-Mail.aspx
- In-person registration deadlineOctober 5, 2026: registration cards taken to the county clerk's office can be accepted until close of business. Read from: elect.ky.gov/Voters/Pages/Voting-In-Person-and-By-Mail.aspx
- Absentee ballots sent to military and overseas votersSeptember 19, 2026 (45 days before the election) is the last day for county clerks to transmit absentee ballots to military and overseas voters whose requests are received by that date. The online mail-in absentee request portal opens the same day. Read from: elect.ky.gov/Resources/Documents/2026%20Election%20Calendar%20Final%20Version%2010_6_2025.pdf
- Early in-person voting beginsThursday, October 29, 2026: first day of early in-person, no-excuse absentee voting. Voters with a qualifying excuse can vote in person earlier, during excused in-person absentee voting on October 21, 22, 23 and October 26, 27, 28, 2026. Read from: elect.ky.gov/Voters/Pages/Voting-In-Person-and-By-Mail.aspx
- Early in-person voting endsSaturday, October 31, 2026: last of the three days of early in-person, no-excuse absentee voting (Thursday, October 29, Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31, 2026). Read from: elect.ky.gov/Voters/Pages/Voting-In-Person-and-By-Mail.aspx
- Deadline to request a mail-in absentee ballotOctober 20, 2026, 11:59PM (Eastern Time) is the last day to request a mail-in absentee ballot. The online request portal opens September 19, 2026, 12:01AM (Eastern Time). Read from: elect.ky.gov/Voters/Pages/Voting-In-Person-and-By-Mail.aspx
Rules to know
- What to bringKentucky law requires voters to present a photo ID to verify identity before signing the electronic poll book and casting a ballot. A valid ID is a document with your name and photograph issued by the United States or the Commonwealth of Kentucky; the U.S. Department of Defense, a branch of the uniformed services, the Merchant Marines or the Kentucky National Guard; a public or private college, university, or postgraduate technical or professional school located within the United States; or a city, county or other local government located in Kentucky. Voters who cannot obtain a photo ID can sign an Oath stating the reason and present one of these IDs: a Social Security card; an ID issued by a Kentucky county, approved by the State Board of Elections, that shows the voter's name; any ID card with both the voter's photograph and name; or a food stamp ID card, electronic benefit transfer card or supplemental nutrition assistance card issued by Kentucky that shows the voter's name. Kentucky provides a free state-issued ID card for individuals who are at least 18 and do not have a valid driver's license. Read from: sos.ky.gov/Documents/2026%20Kentucky%20Election%20Guide.pdf
- Who may vote by mailKentucky requires a qualifying reason to vote by mail-in absentee ballot, and the completed application must be received fourteen (14) days before the election. Eligible voters include those who will be absent from their county during all hours and all days of in-person voting; those unable to appear at the polls because of age, disability or illness; students who temporarily reside outside their county; voters temporarily residing outside the state; military and overseas voters; voters in jail who are charged with a crime but have not been convicted; and participants in the Secretary of State's crime victim address confidentiality protection program. Requests are made through the State Board of Elections' online portal. In a medical emergency within 14 days of the election, a voter or the voter's spouse may apply for an absentee ballot with a notarized application. A qualified voter who does not receive a requested ballot within a reasonable time should contact the county clerk. Read from: elect.ky.gov/Voters/Pages/Absentee-Voting-By-Mail.aspx
- Early in-person votingNo excuse is needed to vote early in person from Thursday, October 29 through Saturday, October 31, 2026. In-person no-excuse absentee voting is conducted in the county clerk's office or another place designated by the county board of elections and approved by the State Board of Elections. On October 21, 22, 23 and October 26, 27, 28, 2026, excused in-person absentee voting is open, during normal business hours, only to voters who have one of the designated reasons. Read from: elect.ky.gov/Resources/Documents/2026%20Election%20Calendar%20Final%20Version%2010_6_2025.pdf
- Track your absentee ballotAt the State Board of Elections' Voter Information Center, enter your first name, last name and date of birth to check your current Kentucky voter registration information, find your polling place and check the status of your requested absentee ballot. Read from: vrsws.sos.ky.gov/VIC
- Felony convictionsTo register to vote in Kentucky, a person must not be a convicted felon or, if convicted of a felony, must have had the right to vote restored following an expungement, Executive Pardon, or Executive Order. Read from: elect.ky.gov/Resources/Pages/Registration.aspx
Read from: 2026 KENTUCKY ELECTION CALENDAR · Election Calendars & Schedule - State Board of Elections · Upcoming Election Summary - State Board of Elections · Welcome to the State Board of Elections - State Board of Elections · Election Day Information - State Board of Elections · Registration - State Board of Elections — Rules and dates as of Sep 17, 2026
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