# Electoral history of Rand Paul

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Rand Paul, a United States senator from Kentucky since 2011, has campaigned in multiple elections.

## 2010 United States Senate election in Kentucky
### Republican primary

2010 United States Senate Republican primary in Kentucky :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Rand Paul | 206,986 | 58.8% |
| | Republican | Trey Grayson | 124,864 | 35.4% |
| | Republican | Bill Johnson | 7,861 | 2.2% |
| | Republican | John Stephenson | 6,885 | 2.0% |
| | Republican | Gurley L. Martin | 2,850 | 0.8% |
| | Republican | Jon J. Scribner | 2,829 | 0.8% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 352,275 | 100.0% |

### General election

2010 United States Senate election in Kentucky :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Rand Paul | 755,411 | 55.69% | +5.03% |
| | Democratic | Jack Conway | 599,617 | 44.26% | −5.12% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,354,833 | 100.0% | N/A |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
### Primaries

Cumulative results of the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Donald Trump | 14,015,993 | 44.95% |
| Republican | Ted Cruz | 7,822,100 | 25.08% |
| Republican | John Kasich | 4,290,448 | 13.76% |
| Republican | Marco Rubio | 3,515,576 | 11.27% |
| Republican | Ben Carson | 857,039 | 2.75% |
| Republican | Jeb Bush | 286,694 | 0.92% |
| Republican | Rand Paul | 66,788 | 0.21% |
| Republican | Mike Huckabee | 51,450 | 0.16% |
| Republican | Carly Fiorina | 40,666 | 0.13% |
| Republican | Chris Christie | 57,637 | 0.18% |
| Republican | Jim Gilmore | 18,369 | 0.06% |
| Republican | Rick Santorum | 16,627 | 0.05% |

### 2016 Republican National Convention

2016 Republican National Convention delegate count :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Donald Trump | 1,441 | 58.3% |
| Republican | Ted Cruz | 551 | 22.3% |
| Republican | Marco Rubio | 173 | 7.0% |
| Republican | John Kasich | 161 | 6.5% |
| Republican | Ben Carson | 9 | 0.4% |
| Republican | Jeb Bush | 4 | 0.2% |
| Republican | Rand Paul | 1 | <0.1% |
| Republican | Mike Huckabee | 1 | <0.1% |
| Republican | Carly Fiorina | 1 | <0.1% |

## 2016 United States Senate election in Kentucky
### Republican primary

2016 United States Senate Republican primary in Kentucky :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Rand Paul (incumbent) | 169,180 | 84.79% |
| | Republican | James Gould | 16,611 | 8.33% |
| | Republican | Stephen Slaughter | 13,728 | 6.88% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 199,519 | 100.0% |

### General election

2016 United States Senate election in Kentucky :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Rand Paul (incumbent) | 1,090,177 | 57.27% | +1.58% |
| | Democratic | Jim Gray | 813,246 | 42.73% | −1.53% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 42 | 0.00% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,903,465 | 100.0% | N/A |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |

## 2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky
### Republican primary

2022 United States Senate Republican primary in Kentucky :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Rand Paul (incumbent) | 333,051 | 86.4% |
| | Republican | Valerie Frederick | 14,018 | 3.6% |
| | Republican | Paul V. Hamilton | 13,473 | 3.5% |
| | Republican | Arnold Blankenship | 10,092 | 2.6% |
| | Republican | Tami Stanfield | 9,526 | 2.5% |
| | Republican | John Schiess | 5,538 | 1.4% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 385,698 | 100.0% |

### General election

2022 United States Senate election in Kentucky :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Rand Paul (incumbent) | 913,257 | 61.81% | +4.54% |
| | Democratic | Charles Booker | 564,231 | 38.18% | −4.55% |
| | Independent | Charles Lee Thomason | 110 | 0.01% | N/A |
| | Independent | Billy Ray Wilson | 24 | 0.00% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,477,622 | 100.0% | N/A |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |