2016 United States Senate elections
Kentucky
Table:
Kentucky Republican primary election[277]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

Republican

Rand Paul

169,180

84.79%

Republican

James Gould

16,611

8.33%

Republican

Stephen Slaughter

13,728

6.88%

Total votes

199,519

100.00%

Considering the table named 2016 United States Senate elections, section Kentucky, provide an answer in a short sentence to the question below: Which candidates participated in the 2016 Kentucky Republican Primary for United States Senate and how many votes did each candidate receive? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Paul of the Republican party won the 2016 United States Senate elections receiving 169,180 votes, James Gould received 16,611 and Stephen Slaughter received 13,728.