1978 United States Senate election in Kentucky

1978 United States Senate election in Kentucky
	November 7, 1978
	County results; Huddleston: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Guenthner: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Walter Dee Huddleston; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Walter Dee Huddleston; Democratic

The 1978 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Senator Walter Dee Huddleston won reelection to a second term. This remains the most recent occurrence of a Democrat winning Kentucky's Class 2 Senate seat, which has been held by Mitch McConnell since his victory over Huddleston in 1984.

Republican primary

Candidates

Louie Guenthner Jr, Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Oline Carmical
Thurman Jerome Hamlin

Results

Republican Primary results^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Louie Guenthner Jr.	14,218	47.21%
Republican	Oline Carmical	9,346	31.04%
Republican	Thurman Jerome Hamlin	6,550	21.75%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Walter Huddleston, incumbent U.S. Senator
Jack Watson
William Taylor
George Tolhurst

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Walter Dee Huddleston (incumbent)	89,333	75.62%
Democratic	Jack Watson	13,177	11.15%
Democratic	William Taylor	8,710	7.37%
Democratic	George Tolhurst	6,921	5.86%

General election

Results

General election results^[3]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Walter Dee Huddleston (incumbent)	290,730	60.98%
Republican	Louie Guenthner Jr.	175,766	36.87%
Democratic hold

References

^ "Our Campaigns - KY US Senate - R Primary Race - May 23, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com.
^ "Our Campaigns - KY US Senate - D Primary Race - May 23, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com.
^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1979). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

[1] "Our Campaigns - KY US Senate - R Primary Race - May 23, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[2] "Our Campaigns - KY US Senate - D Primary Race - May 23, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[Clerk-3] Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1979). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

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See also

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