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This is one of our least certain forecasts — state-legislative races have almost no district polling and many of these maps were redrawn. Read the range, not the midpoint. How this is modeled →

Forecast · candidate-independent chamber model

Republicans are favored to hold control of the Kentucky Senate.

Chance of R control>99 in 100Expected Democratic seats 6.8 of 3880% range 67
D 738 seatsR 31
PVIR+15
Seats up in 202619
Chamber size38
District by district

38 seats, one per district. Hover a district for its seat; the table below opens with the closest races and carries the exact values.

Rating band
Striped = seat changes partyModeled seats use forecast paint; legal carries and terrain remain explicitly distinct
Forecast margin — pale at Even, deep at safe Not on the 2026 ballot (staggered term)

Census Bureau 2025 1:500,000 cartographic boundaries — simplified geometry for thematic mapping, not legal district lines.

DemocratRepublican
36Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — 57 in 100Sarah Cole McIntoshJulie Raque AdamsR+1.7
6Modeled D-vs-RLindsey Tichenor — 90 in 100Christian FurmanLindsey TichenorR+12.5
12Modeled D-vs-RAmanda Mays Bledsoe — 97 in 100Tyler K. DeanAmanda Mays BledsoeR+18.1
22Modeled D-vs-RDonald R. Douglas — 98 in 100Donald R. Douglas · Michael Wieland French (O)R+20.0
26Modeled D-vs-RKaren A. Berg — 98 in 100Karen A. BergEverett C. CorleyD+20.6
34Modeled D-vs-RJared K. Carpenter — 98 in 100Jessica D. McIntoshJared K. CarpenterR+21.0
28Modeled D-vs-RGreg Elkins — >99 in 100Greg ElkinsR+26.3
24Modeled D-vs-RShelley "Funke" Frommeyer — >99 in 100Joshua BakerShelley "Funke" FrommeyerR+27.3
10Modeled D-vs-RMatt Deneen — >99 in 100Christopher GatrostMatt DeneenR+30.0
20Modeled D-vs-RGex "jay" Williams — >99 in 100Stella R. PollardGex "jay" WilliamsR+31.0