Overview
- The Associated Press called the race Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET with Barr up 64% to 28% over Daniel Cameron in early returns.
- Trump endorsed Barr earlier this month after urging businessman Nate Morris to step aside for a reported ambassadorship, which has not been publicly finalized.
- The crowded GOP field narrowed after Morris exited, leaving Barr to defeat Cameron, a former attorney general who lost the 2023 governor’s race.
- Trump promoted Barr as a loyal ally who backs tax cuts, more domestic energy, stricter border policy, and ending the Senate filibuster, the 60-vote hurdle that blocks most bills.
- Barr enters the general election as the clear favorite in Kentucky, which has not elected a Democratic senator since 1992.