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1966 United States Senate election in Kentucky 
Summary
The 1966 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper was elected to a second consecutive term in office,[a] defeating Democrat John Y. Brown Sr. in a rematch of the 1946 special election.
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 County results Cooper: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80–90% Brown: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
- John Sherman Cooper, incumbent Senator since 1957[a]
- Thurman Jerome Hamlin, perennial candidate from London
- Sam M. Ward
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Sherman Cooper (incumbent) | 65,023 | 92.80% | |
| Republican | Sam M. Ward | 2,927 | 4.18% | |
| Republican | W. Howard Clay | 2,120 | 3.03% | |
| Total votes | 70,070 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- John Y. Brown Sr., former U.S. Representative at-large and nominee for Senate in 1946
- Jesse N.R. Cecil
- James Ward Lentz
- Gaines P. Wilson
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Y. Brown Sr. | 71,759 | 75.58% | |
| Democratic | Gaines P. Wilson | 12,921 | 13.61% | |
| Democratic | James Ward Lentz | 5,339 | 5.69% | |
| Democratic | Jesse N.R. Cecil | 4,861 | 5.12% | |
| Total votes | 94,940 | 100.00% | ||
General election edit
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Sherman Cooper (incumbent) | 483,805 | 64.52% | |
| Democratic | John Y. Brown Sr. | 266,079 | 35.48% | |
| Total votes | 749,884 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county edit
| County | John Sherman Cooper Republican |
John Young Brown Sr. Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 3,003 | 70.21% | 1,274 | 29.79% | 1,729 | 40.43% | 4,277 |
| Allen | 2,094 | 70.51% | 876 | 29.49% | 1,218 | 41.01% | 2,970 |
| Anderson | 1,799 | 60.27% | 1,186 | 39.73% | 613 | 20.54% | 2,985 |
| Ballard | 1,347 | 54.73% | 1,114 | 45.27% | 233 | 9.47% | 2,461 |
| Barren | 4,194 | 61.24% | 2,655 | 38.76% | 1,539 | 22.47% | 6,849 |
| Bath | 1,591 | 55.92% | 1,254 | 44.08% | 337 | 11.85% | 2,845 |
| Bell | 4,240 | 61.28% | 2,679 | 38.72% | 1,561 | 22.56% | 6,919 |
| Boone | 3,692 | 63.57% | 2,116 | 36.43% | 1,576 | 27.13% | 5,808 |
| Bourbon | 2,051 | 60.01% | 1,367 | 39.99% | 684 | 20.01% | 3,418 |
| Boyd | 8,462 | 62.95% | 4,980 | 37.05% | 3,482 | 25.90% | 13,442 |
| Boyle | 3,368 | 67.16% | 1,647 | 32.84% | 1,721 | 34.32% | 5,015 |
| Bracken | 1,190 | 64.46% | 656 | 35.54% | 534 | 28.93% | 1,846 |
| Breathitt | 1,195 | 34.43% | 2,276 | 65.57% | -1,081 | -31.14% | 3,471 |
| Breckinridge | 2,847 | 60.65% | 1,847 | 39.35% | 1,000 | 21.30% | 4,694 |
| Bullitt | 2,399 | 56.98% | 1,811 | 43.02% | 588 | 13.97% | 4,210 |
| Butler | 2,513 | 81.70% | 563 | 18.30% | 1,950 | 63.39% | 3,076 |
| Caldwell | 2,752 | 69.85% | 1,188 | 30.15% | 1,564 | 39.70% | 3,940 |
| Calloway | 3,244 | 63.68% | 1,850 | 36.32% | 1,394 | 27.37% | 5,094 |
| Campbell | 12,128 | 64.02% | 6,817 | 35.98% | 5,311 | 28.03% | 18,945 |
| Carlisle | 1,417 | 61.08% | 903 | 38.92% | 514 | 22.16% | 2,320 |
| Carroll | 940 | 47.36% | 1,045 | 52.64% | -105 | -5.29% | 1,985 |
| Carter | 3,234 | 66.65% | 1,618 | 33.35% | 1,616 | 33.31% | 4,852 |
| Casey | 3,299 | 80.48% | 800 | 19.52% | 2,499 | 60.97% | 4,099 |
| Christian | 4,394 | 58.96% | 3,058 | 41.04% | 1,336 | 17.93% | 7,452 |
| Clark | 2,850 | 62.97% | 1,676 | 37.03% | 1,174 | 25.94% | 4,526 |
| Clay | 2,802 | 76.68% | 852 | 23.32% | 1,950 | 53.37% | 3,654 |
| Clinton | 2,150 | 84.41% | 397 | 15.59% | 1,753 | 68.83% | 2,547 |
| Crittenden | 1,825 | 70.30% | 771 | 29.70% | 1,054 | 40.60% | 2,596 |
| Cumberland | 1,698 | 80.13% | 421 | 19.87% | 1,277 | 60.26% | 2,119 |
| Daviess | 10,152 | 59.62% | 6,877 | 40.38% | 3,275 | 19.23% | 17,029 |
| Edmonson | 1,878 | 75.48% | 610 | 24.52% | 1,268 | 50.96% | 2,488 |
| Elliott | 846 | 53.85% | 725 | 46.15% | 121 | 7.70% | 1,571 |
| Estill | 2,201 | 67.66% | 1,052 | 32.34% | 1,149 | 35.32% | 3,253 |
| Fayette | 22,374 | 66.27% | 11,390 | 33.73% | 10,984 | 32.53% | 33,764 |
| Fleming | 1,892 | 63.81% | 1,073 | 36.19% | 819 | 27.62% | 2,965 |
| Floyd | 4,890 | 55.98% | 3,846 | 44.02% | 1,044 | 11.95% | 8,736 |
| Franklin | 5,002 | 47.91% | 5,439 | 52.09% | -437 | -4.19% | 10,441 |
| Fulton | 1,406 | 65.49% | 741 | 34.51% | 665 | 30.97% | 2,147 |
| Gallatin | 529 | 51.01% | 508 | 48.99% | 21 | 2.03% | 1,037 |
| Garrard | 2,210 | 67.92% | 1,044 | 32.08% | 1,166 | 35.83% | 3,254 |
| Grant | 1,476 | 61.89% | 909 | 38.11% | 567 | 23.77% | 2,385 |
| Graves | 5,231 | 61.82% | 3,230 | 38.18% | 2,001 | 23.65% | 8,461 |
| Grayson | 3,642 | 72.94% | 1,351 | 27.06% | 2,291 | 45.88% | 4,993 |
| Green | 2,099 | 67.06% | 1,031 | 32.94% | 1,068 | 34.12% | 3,130 |
| Greenup | 4,676 | 61.02% | 2,987 | 38.98% | 1,689 | 22.04% | 7,663 |
| Hancock | 980 | 64.64% | 536 | 35.36% | 444 | 29.29% | 1,516 |
| Hardin | 5,876 | 64.69% | 3,207 | 35.31% | 2,669 | 29.38% | 9,083 |
| Harlan | 6,056 | 69.26% | 2,688 | 30.74% | 3,368 | 38.52% | 8,744 |
| Harrison | 1,905 | 55.56% | 1,524 | 44.44% | 381 | 11.11% | 3,429 |
| Hart | 2,730 | 65.93% | 1,411 | 34.07% | 1,319 | 31.85% | 4,141 |
| Henderson | 3,523 | 54.85% | 2,900 | 45.15% | 623 | 9.70% | 6,423 |
| Henry | 1,625 | 52.30% | 1,482 | 47.70% | 143 | 4.60% | 3,107 |
| Hickman | 1,298 | 69.30% | 575 | 30.70% | 723 | 38.60% | 1,873 |
| Hopkins | 4,534 | 56.85% | 3,442 | 43.15% | 1,092 | 13.69% | 7,976 |
| Jackson | 2,549 | 87.53% | 363 | 12.47% | 2,186 | 75.07% | 2,912 |
| Jefferson | 113,648 | 66.48% | 57,312 | 33.52% | 56,336 | 32.95% | 170,960 |
| Jessamine | 2,379 | 68.76% | 1,081 | 31.24% | 1,298 | 37.51% | 3,460 |
| Johnson | 3,623 | 73.80% | 1,286 | 26.20% | 2,337 | 47.61% | 4,909 |
| Kenton | 16,115 | 67.84% | 7,638 | 32.16% | 8,477 | 35.69% | 23,753 |
| Knott | 1,474 | 43.49% | 1,915 | 56.51% | -441 | -13.01% | 3,389 |
| Knox | 3,884 | 74.35% | 1,340 | 25.65% | 2,544 | 48.70% | 5,224 |
| Larue | 2,052 | 69.16% | 915 | 30.84% | 1,137 | 38.32% | 2,967 |
| Laurel | 4,988 | 78.54% | 1,363 | 21.46% | 3,625 | 57.08% | 6,351 |
| Lawrence | 1,961 | 61.94% | 1,205 | 38.06% | 756 | 23.88% | 3,166 |
| Lee | 1,449 | 68.71% | 660 | 31.29% | 789 | 37.41% | 2,109 |
| Leslie | 2,049 | 82.39% | 438 | 17.61% | 1,611 | 64.78% | 2,487 |
| Letcher | 3,528 | 65.88% | 1,827 | 34.12% | 1,701 | 31.76% | 5,355 |
| Lewis | 2,327 | 75.65% | 749 | 24.35% | 1,578 | 51.30% | 3,076 |
| Lincoln | 2,916 | 66.00% | 1,502 | 34.00% | 1,414 | 32.01% | 4,418 |
| Livingston | 1,483 | 64.06% | 832 | 35.94% | 651 | 28.12% | 2,315 |
| Logan | 2,638 | 46.54% | 3,030 | 53.46% | -392 | -6.92% | 5,668 |
| Lyon | 977 | 62.91% | 576 | 37.09% | 401 | 25.82% | 1,553 |
| Madison | 5,329 | 61.77% | 3,298 | 38.23% | 2,031 | 23.54% | 8,627 |
| Magoffin | 1,605 | 59.69% | 1,084 | 40.31% | 521 | 19.38% | 2,689 |
| Marion | 1,927 | 55.82% | 1,525 | 44.18% | 402 | 11.65% | 3,452 |
| Marshall | 3,465 | 64.75% | 1,886 | 35.25% | 1,579 | 29.51% | 5,351 |
| Martin | 1,446 | 76.11% | 454 | 23.89% | 992 | 52.21% | 1,900 |
| Mason | 2,812 | 66.23% | 1,434 | 33.77% | 1,378 | 32.45% | 4,246 |
| McCracken | 9,039 | 66.21% | 4,612 | 33.79% | 4,427 | 32.43% | 13,651 |
| McCreary | 2,460 | 86.86% | 372 | 13.14% | 2,088 | 73.73% | 2,832 |
| McLean | 1,478 | 55.61% | 1,180 | 44.39% | 298 | 11.21% | 2,658 |
| Meade | 1,823 | 57.85% | 1,328 | 42.15% | 495 | 15.71% | 3,151 |
| Menifee | 710 | 57.68% | 521 | 42.32% | 189 | 15.35% | 1,231 |
| Mercer | 2,695 | 60.93% | 1,728 | 39.07% | 967 | 21.86% | 4,423 |
| Metcalfe | 1,636 | 62.92% | 964 | 37.08% | 672 | 25.85% | 2,600 |
| Monroe | 3,171 | 80.73% | 757 | 19.27% | 2,414 | 61.46% | 3,928 |
| Montgomery | 2,053 | 65.72% | 1,071 | 34.28% | 982 | 31.43% | 3,124 |
| Morgan | 1,254 | 50.38% | 1,235 | 49.62% | 19 | 0.76% | 2,489 |
| Muhlenberg | 4,016 | 56.19% | 3,131 | 43.81% | 885 | 12.38% | 7,147 |
| Nelson | 3,280 | 61.93% | 2,016 | 38.07% | 1,264 | 23.87% | 5,296 |
| Nicholas | 886 | 61.49% | 555 | 38.51% | 331 | 22.97% | 1,441 |
| Ohio | 3,279 | 68.10% | 1,536 | 31.90% | 1,743 | 36.20% | 4,815 |
| Oldham | 1,727 | 60.68% | 1,119 | 39.32% | 608 | 21.36% | 2,846 |
| Owen | 1,042 | 44.10% | 1,321 | 55.90% | -279 | -11.81% | 2,363 |
| Owsley | 980 | 81.46% | 223 | 18.54% | 757 | 62.93% | 1,203 |
| Pendleton | 1,548 | 58.28% | 1,108 | 41.72% | 440 | 16.57% | 2,656 |
| Perry | 4,303 | 65.31% | 2,286 | 34.69% | 2,017 | 30.61% | 6,589 |
| Pike | 8,495 | 52.96% | 7,544 | 47.04% | 951 | 5.93% | 16,039 |
| Powell | 1,277 | 61.04% | 815 | 38.96% | 462 | 22.08% | 2,092 |
| Pulaski | 8,364 | 80.91% | 1,973 | 19.09% | 6,391 | 61.83% | 10,337 |
| Robertson | 394 | 65.89% | 204 | 34.11% | 190 | 31.77% | 598 |
| Rockcastle | 2,841 | 75.80% | 907 | 24.20% | 1,934 | 51.60% | 3,748 |
| Rowan | 2,054 | 64.41% | 1,135 | 35.59% | 919 | 28.82% | 3,189 |
| Russell | 2,592 | 79.98% | 649 | 20.02% | 1,943 | 59.95% | 3,241 |
| Scott | 1,932 | 55.84% | 1,528 | 44.16% | 404 | 11.68% | 3,460 |
| Shelby | 2,504 | 56.63% | 1,918 | 43.37% | 586 | 13.25% | 4,422 |
| Simpson | 1,419 | 61.64% | 883 | 38.36% | 536 | 23.28% | 2,302 |
| Spencer | 849 | 60.08% | 564 | 39.92% | 285 | 20.17% | 1,413 |
| Taylor | 2,563 | 69.74% | 1,112 | 30.26% | 1,451 | 39.48% | 3,675 |
| Todd | 1,514 | 60.01% | 1,009 | 39.99% | 505 | 20.02% | 2,523 |
| Trigg | 1,412 | 57.21% | 1,056 | 42.79% | 356 | 14.42% | 2,468 |
| Trimble | 683 | 43.75% | 878 | 56.25% | -195 | -12.49% | 1,561 |
| Union | 1,788 | 51.86% | 1,660 | 48.14% | 128 | 3.71% | 3,448 |
| Warren | 6,570 | 62.99% | 3,861 | 37.01% | 2,709 | 25.97% | 10,431 |
| Washington | 1,930 | 63.34% | 1,117 | 36.66% | 813 | 26.68% | 3,047 |
| Wayne | 2,642 | 66.13% | 1,353 | 33.87% | 1,289 | 32.27% | 3,995 |
| Webster | 1,801 | 53.46% | 1,568 | 46.54% | 233 | 6.92% | 3,369 |
| Whitley | 5,023 | 77.68% | 1,443 | 22.32% | 3,580 | 55.37% | 6,466 |
| Wolfe | 1,100 | 65.13% | 589 | 34.87% | 511 | 30.25% | 1,689 |
| Woodford | 2,305 | 64.62% | 1,262 | 35.38% | 1,043 | 29.24% | 3,567 |
| Totals | 483,805 | 64.52% | 266,079 | 35.48% | 217,726 | 29.03% | 749,884 |
See also edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "Our Campaigns - KY US Senate - R Primary Race - May 24, 1966". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - KY US Senate - D Primary Race - May 24, 1966". www.ourcampaigns.com.
- ^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1967). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1966" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "KY US Senate Race, November 08, 1966". Our Campaigns.