The 1980 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 4, 1980, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as other elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Wendell Ford won re-election, defeating Republican nominee Mary Louise Foust.
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County results Ford: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Foust: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- Wendell Ford, incumbent Senator
- Flora Stuart
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Wendell Ford (incumbent) | 188,047 | 86.96% | |
Democratic | Flora Stuart | 28,202 | 13.04% |
Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
- Mary Louise Foust, former state Auditor[2]
- Granville Thomas
- Jackson Andrews
- Tommy Klein
- Yale Lubkin
- DeSota Vaught
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mary Louise Foust | 25,717 | 41.97% | |
Republican | Granville Thomas | 10,246 | 16.72% | |
Republican | Jackson Andrews | 8,382 | 13.68% | |
Republican | Tommy Klein | 6,418 | 10.47% | |
Republican | Yale Lubkin | 5,669 | 9.25% | |
Republican | DeSota Vaught | 4,848 | 7.91% |
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Wendell Ford (incumbent) | 720,891 | 65.13% | |
Republican | Mary Louise Foust | 386,029 | 34.87% | |
Democratic hold |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "KY US Senate- D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "History - Auditor of Public Accounts".
- ^ "KY US Senate- R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). clerk.house.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2022.