United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1984

United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1984
Kentucky
November 5, 1984
 
Nominee Mitch McConnell Walter Huddleston
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 644,990 639,821
Percentage 49.9% 49.5%

County results
U.S. Senator before election

Walter Huddleston
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Mitch McConnell
Republican

Elections in Kentucky

The 1984 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 5, 1984. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Walter Huddleston lost re-election to Mitch McConnell.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Huddleston was unopposed in the Democratic Party's primary.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitch McConnell 39,465 79.22
Republican C. Roger Harker 3,798 7.62
Republican Tommy Klein 3,352 6.73
Republican Thurman Jerome Hamlin 3,202 6.43
Total votes 49,817 100.00

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mitch McConnell 644,990 49.91% +13.04%
Democratic Walter Huddleston (inc.) 639,821 49.50% -11.48%
Socialist Workers Dave Welters 7,696 0.60%
Majority 5,269 0.41% -23.70%
Turnout 1,292,407
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Kentucky State Board of Elections Welcome to the State Board of Elections". Elect.ky.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  2. ↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1984" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-04.

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