Candidate profile: Michael James Faris

Faris and the 2026 election

Michael James Faris is running as a Republican in Kentucky’s contested 2026 U.S. Senate race. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.

No biography or documented policy position is on file for Faris. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand also are not on file. That leaves Faris’s party affiliation and candidacy as the central facts voters can use to identify the candidate at this stage.

The field has 22 candidates: 12 Republicans, eight Democrats, one Independent candidate and one candidate listed as Other. Each candidate’s current record is summarized below using the same categories: party, biography, policy positions and campaign-finance totals.

Republican candidates

• Anissa Catlett — Republican. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• James D Duncan — Republican. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Andrew Nicholas Shelley — Republican. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Michael Faris — Republican. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Michael James Faris — Republican. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Garland Andy Barr — Republican. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Wende Carol MS Kennedy — Republican. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Donald Ray Wenzel — Republican. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Mitch McConnell — Republican, incumbent. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Daniel Cameron — Republican. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Nate Morris — Republican. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Jacob Daniel Trimble — Republican. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.

Democratic candidates

• Jared Randall — Democrat. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Dale Romans — Democrat. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Pamela Stevenson — Democrat. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Vincent Anthony Thompson — Democrat. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Charles Booker — Democrat. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Joel Willett — Democrat. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Amy McGrath — Democrat. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Logan Forsythe — Democrat. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.

Independent and other candidates

• Scott Micheal Duncan — Independent. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.
• Christopher Todd Campbell — Other. No biography or documented policy position is on file. Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are not on file.

Candidate records can change during an election cycle. Voters can watch for updates to the candidate list, biographical entries, documented policy positions and campaign-finance totals before the general election.