United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1990

November 5, 1990



Nominee	Mitch McConnell	Harvey Sloane
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	478,034	437,976
Percentage	52.2%	47.8%

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Mitch McConnell
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mitch McConnell
Republican

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The 1990 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 5, 1990. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Harvey Sloane, former Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky
John Brock, Kentucky Superintendent of Public Education

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harvey I. Sloane	183,789	59.27
	Democratic	John Brock	126,318	40.73
Total votes			310,107	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Mitch McConnell, incumbent U.S. Senator
Tommy Klein, perennial candidate

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mitch McConnell (inc.)	64,063	88.52
	Republican	Tommy Klein	8,310	11.48
Total votes			72,373	100.00

General election

Candidates

Mitch McConnell (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
Harvey Sloane (D), former Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky

Results

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mitch McConnell (inc.)	478,034	52.19%	+2.28%
	Democratic	Harvey I. Sloane	437,976	47.81%	-1.68%
Majority			40,058	4.37%	+3.97%
Turnout			916,010
	Republican hold		Swing

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