Rowan County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Rowan County by 27.8 points, out of 9,873 votes for president.

Rowan County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

2024

Kentucky 2024

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump Republican Party	6,224	63.0%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	3,484	35.3%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	100	1.0%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	33	0.3%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	28	0.3%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	3	0.0%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (Write-In)	0	0.0%
James D. SODERNA / Matthew J. TREWHELLA (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Jay J. BOWMAN / De BOWMAN (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Joseph KISHORE / Jerry WHITE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
John CHENG / Wayne WALIGORSKI (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Billy KELLEY JR. / Jason HOLDEMAN (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Cherunda FOX / Harlan McVAY JR. (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Andre Ramon McNEIL SR. / Roschelle McNEIL (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Future Madam POTUS / Jessica KENNEDY (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	9,873

Rowan County was R+27.7 against R+30.5 statewide, 2.8 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, Official 2024 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-7 of 120)

2020

Kentucky 2020

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump Republican Party	5,994	59.6%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	3,880	38.5%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	137	1.4%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	31	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	16	0.2%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	4	0.0%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Mark CHARLES / Adrian WALLACE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Jade SIMMONS / Claudeliah J. ROZE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Andy PRIOR (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Shawn HOWARD / Alyssa HOWARD (Write-In)	0	0.0%
President R19 BODDIE / Eric C. STONEHAM (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Kasey WELLS / Rachel WELLS (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Timothy Allen STEVENS / Susan Congleton FLETCHER (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Mary Ruth Caro SIMMONS / Sherri DOW (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	10,065

Rowan County was R+21.1 against R+25.9 statewide, 4.8 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, Official 2020 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-6 of 95)

2016

Kentucky 2016

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump	5,174	58.5%
Hillary Clinton	3,295	37.2%
Gary Johnson WELD	207	2.3%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	85	1.0%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	68	0.8%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	13	0.1%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	4	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Steve SCHULIN	2	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	0	0.0%
Chris KENISTON / Deacon TAYLOR	0	0.0%
Denny Carroll JACKSON / Michelle Faye HICKS	0	0.0%
Irving D. SMITH / Craig ELLIS	0	0.0%
Timothy Allen STEVENS / John Paul MABRY JR.	0	0.0%
Mike SMITH / Daniel WHITE	0	0.0%
Laurence KOTLIKOFF / Edward LEAMER	0	0.0%
Scott CUBBLER / Michael RODRIGUEZ	0	0.0%
Richard Turner LUESING JR. / Paul Dudley BOWLING III	0	0.0%
Dave MARSHALL / Ben HARTNELL	0	0.0%
David PERRY / Eric "Rick" SEILEY	0	0.0%
Jerry WHITE / Niles NIEMUTH	0	0.0%
Joseph MALDONADO / Douglas TERRANOVA	0	0.0%
Marshall SCHOENKE / James MITCHELL JR.	0	0.0%
Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	0	0.0%
David L. KNIGHT / Santa Roy A. CLARK	0	0.0%
Sheila "Samm" TITTLE / R. Charles CASPER-KACPROWICZ	0	0.0%
Cherunda FOX / Roger KUSHNER	0	0.0%
William Martin LING / Robert E. LING	0	0.0%
Daniel Paul ZUTLER / Valerie M. MICHAELS	0	0.0%
Anthony J. VALDIVIA / Aaron BARRIERE	0	0.0%
Total	8,848

Rowan County was R+21.3 against R+29.8 statewide, 8.5 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, Official 2016 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-5 of 64); the 29 ticket headers are printed vertically

2012

Kentucky 2012

Ticket	Votes	Share
Mitt Romney RYAN	4,035	52.6%
Barack Obama	3,438	44.9%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	89	1.2%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	40	0.5%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	39	0.5%
Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	24	0.3%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	0	0.0%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	0	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Jonathan ELLIS	0	0.0%
Jerry WHITE / Phyllis SCHERRER	0	0.0%
Stephen DURHAM / Christina LOPEZ	0	0.0%
Louis Todd HOUSE / Suzanne D. HOUSE	0	0.0%
Dennis KNILL / David GILDER	0	0.0%
Barbara Ann PROKOPICH / Allen R. FARNHAM	0	0.0%
Erin Kent MAGEE / William Thomas HARNEY	0	0.0%
Keith JUDD / Dorne SMITH	0	0.0%
Total	7,665

Rowan County was R+7.7 against R+22.7 statewide, 15.0 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Secretary of State, Official 2012 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-6 of 83; the PDF is encrypted against text extraction, a decrypted copy under state_pdfs/2012/_pages/ was read)

2008

Kentucky 2008

Ticket	Votes	Share
Barack Obama DEM	4,074	50.0%
John McCain REP	3,907	47.9%
All other candidates	173	2.1%
Total	8,154

Rowan County was D+2.1 against R+16.2 statewide, 18.3 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2004

Kentucky 2004

Ticket	Votes	Share
John Kerry DEM	4,556	52.3%
George W. Bush REP	4,063	46.7%
All other candidates	87	1.0%
Total	8,706

Rowan County was D+5.6 against R+19.9 statewide, 25.5 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2000

Kentucky 2000

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	3,546	49.1%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	3,505	48.5%
All other candidates	175	2.4%
Total	7,226

Rowan County was R+0.6 against R+15.1 statewide, 14.5 points more Democratic than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

Questions and answers

Who won Rowan County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Rowan County by 27.8 points, out of 9,873 votes counted for president.

Is Rowan County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 27.7 points; 2020: Republican by 21.1 points; 2016: Republican by 21.3 points; 2012: Republican by 7.7 points; 2008: Democratic by 2.1 points; 2004: Democratic by 5.6 points; 2000: Republican by 0.6 points.

How does Rowan County vote compared with the rest of Kentucky?

In 2024 it was 2.8 points more Democratic than the state as a whole (Republican by 27.7 points against Republican by 30.5 points statewide).

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data