Kentucky official results
Counts exactly as Kentucky State Board of Elections reports them, with a link to the official source.
Unofficial results until certified. These are counts as published by the official state election authority on election night. Counts change as ballots are counted. Power & Politics does not call races or project winners. Where news organizations' projections are shown, each is labeled as that outlet's and kept apart from the official record.
Election Week: how news outlets are covering the count, beside the official record
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Results: see Kentucky State Board of Elections official results page
Official site does not let us copy its counts (checked Oct 5, 2026). Kentucky's live results site does not let us copy its counts, so we link to it.
Certification and canvass: Kentucky
Not yet certified. No official certification has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.
- County canvass deadline: Nov 10, 2026, 12:00 p.m. (the Tuesday following the election); county board issues certificates of election for county races no later than Nov 16, 2026 (second Monday after the election). (KRS 118.425(2),(4): official text) The statute: “not later than 12 p.m., prevailing time, on the Tuesday following all elections...not later than the second Monday after the election, the county board of elections shall issue certificates of election” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- State certification deadline: Nov 23, 2026 (third Monday after the election). (KRS 118.425(5): official text) The statute: “The State Board of Elections shall meet, to count and tabulate the votes received by the different candidates as certified to the Secretary of State no later than the third Monday after the election.” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Recount request deadline: Nov 13, 2026 (10 days after the election, for candidates certified by a county board) or Nov 17, 2026 (second Tuesday following the election, for candidates certified by the State Board of Elections). (KRS 120.185(1)(c)-(d): official text) The statute: “shall file his or her petition requesting a recount not later than ten (10) days after the day of the election...shall file his or her petition requesting a recount not later than the second Tuesday following the election” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Election contest filing deadline: Dec 3, 2026 (petition filed and process issued within 30 days after the day of election, for offices other than Governor, Lt. Governor, and General Assembly). (KRS 120.155(2)(a): official text) The statute: “The petition shall be filed and process issued within thirty (30) days after the day of election.” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Mail and military ballot receipt and cure deadlines: Set by rule, not a fixed date. The statute: “To be valid, a military-overseas ballot shall be received by the appropriate local election official not later than the time established by the election laws generally for the closing of the polls, which time shall not include the extra hour during which those voters may vote who were waiting in line to vote at the scheduled poll closing time.” (KRS 117A.090: official text) Source checked Sep 26, 2026.
Deadlines are the state's own statutes and official guidance, each linked. Where a deadline depends on when an earlier step happens, the rule is shown instead of a date. Every date shown is worked out from the statute quoted beside it. Certification status changes only from the certifying authority's own announcement or official results file. All states