- President Donald Trump has won Kentucky, according to projections from Decision Desk HQ.
- Kentucky has voted for a Republican president in nine of the last 12 elections.
- The state has eight electoral votes.
- Republicans hold seven of Kentucky’s eight congressional seats.
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Kentucky has voted Republican in nine of the last 12 presidential elections, serving as a reliable mainstay of the Republican nominee’s electoral-vote count.
The state is not home to many competitive down-ballot races except in the northeastern 6th Congressional District.
Control over Kentucky’s state government is split: The governor is a Democrat, while the Republicans hold both chambers of the state’s Legislature.
In Congress, Kentucky’s delegation is majority Republican, with seven of eight seats.
The state has eight electoral votes, and analysts did not expect it to be competitive.
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