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Kentucky’s 3rd District

U.S. House · KY-3

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 34.3 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 67.2%

    Morgan McGarvey, incumbent

  • Republican 32.8%

    Maria Rodriguez

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
KY-3 67.2%32.8%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+12.7 44.2%−11.4

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over4.0% (± 0.2)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Morgan McGarvey · Democrat

Primary results

Held May 19, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Morgan McGarvey 0.0%
Republican primary Maria Rodriguez 48.2% 15,855 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Morgan McGarvey

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Maria Rodriguez

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Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 23.9 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 34.3 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • KY-4 Republican, safe seat
  • KY-2 Republican, safe seat
  • KY-6 Republican, toss-up
  • KY-1 Republican, safe seat
  • KY-5 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated