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1986 United States Senate election in Kentucky

The 1986 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 4, 1986, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democrat Wendell Ford won re-election in a landslide against Republican Jackson Andrews, winning every county in the state.

1986 United States Senate election in Kentucky
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Nominee Wendell Ford Jackson Andrews
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 503,775 173,330
Percentage 74.40% 25.60%
Country results
Ford:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
U.S. senator before election

Wendell Ford
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Wendell Ford
Democratic

Democratic primary edit

Wendell Ford was unchallenged.

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

  • Jackson Andrews, attorney[1]
  • Carl Brown
  • Tommy Klein
  • Thurman Jerome Hamlin

Results edit

Republican Party primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jackson Andrews 16,211 38.98%
Republican Carl Brown 9,724 23.38%
Republican Tommy Klein 8,595 20.67%
Republican Thurman Jerome Hamlin 7,062 16.98%

Results edit

General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wendell Ford (incumbent) 503,775 74.40%
Republican Jackson Andrews 173,330 25.60%
Democratic hold

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Louisville attorney Jackson Andrews defeated three rivals to win..." UPI. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  2. ^ "KY US Senate- R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 15.
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