Primary Election 2024: Kentucky Republicans pick Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump and Democratic President Joe Biden are the presumed nominees for their respective parties, setting the stage for a 2020 rematch.
www.kentucky.comI don’t currently have enough up-to-date access to reliably pull the latest news (from May 2026) about Kentucky’s Republican presidential primary. What I can confirm from recently available coverage is mostly tied to the 2024 Kentucky GOP presidential primary, where former President Donald Trump won.[3][4]
What the most recent readily available reporting says (2024)
- Kentucky held its Republican presidential primary on May 20, 2024, and Donald Trump was projected/called as the winner.[4][3]
- Coverage also noted that Trump had already amassed enough delegates to be the presumptive nominee before Kentucky, since it is among the later presidential primaries in the cycle.[3]
- Other Republican presidential contenders (e.g., Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley) had suspended campaigns earlier, though they could still appear on ballots.[6][7][3]
If you want “latest news” for 2026
Tell me whether you mean:
- the presidential primary date/results (if Kentucky is holding one in the 2026 cycle for some reason), or
- coverage leading up to the next scheduled Kentucky GOP presidential primary (likely for the 2028 cycle), or
- a specific subtopic (e.g., delegate counts, candidates on the ballot, endorsements, or campaign events).
Reply with which one you want, and I’ll narrow it down to the most relevant items I can find.