Candidate for: U.S. Senate;
Party: Republican;
Nate Morris did not respond to LINK nky’s requests to comment. This profile was compiled using reporting from Morris’ visit to Kenton County on Oct. 25, 2025.
Nate Morris is an entrepreneur in the waste management industry from Morgan County.
Morris spoke at the Kenton County Republican Party Fall Fest in October 2025. A focus of his remarks at the event was his criticism of career politicians.
Morris said he met Vice President J.D. Vance about a decade ago, and they bonded over their similar upbringings. In 2023, Vance encouraged him to consider running for the U.S. Senate, noting that McConnell might retire.
Morris initially said he hesitated because he was focused on his business and his family, but Vance and Charlie Kirk persuaded him that the country needed outsiders who would support President Trump and reject career politicians.
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The Republican candidates in the May 19 primary are: Andy Barr, Daniel Cameron, Anissa Catlett, James Duncan, Michael Faris, Valerie Fredrick, Jonathan Holliday, Jimmy Leon, Nate Morris, A. Nick Shelley, George Washington and Donald Wenzel.
Long-time incumbent Mitch McConnell is not seeking reelection.
Morris criticized McConnell, saying he has betrayed conservative values and Trump by blaming him for January 6 and opposing his nominees. He said that McConnell represents a failed political establishment that has dominated Kentucky for over 40 years.
“If you want something that stands with MAGA (Make America Great Again) and stands with our president, and that’s willing to shake it up and provide a new perspective, an outsider’s perspective, and someone who’s not a career politician who doesn’t need the job, that’s what our campaign is all about,” Morris said at the fall fest.