The 1980 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 4, 1980, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as other elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Wendell Ford won re-election, defeating Republican nominee Mary Louise Foust.
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County results Ford: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Foust: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Wendell Ford (incumbent) | 188,047 | 86.96% | |
Democratic | Flora Stuart | 28,202 | 13.04% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mary Louise Foust | 25,717 | 41.97% | |
Republican | Granville Thomas | 10,246 | 16.72% | |
Republican | Jackson Andrews | 8,382 | 13.68% | |
Republican | Tommy Klein | 6,418 | 10.47% | |
Republican | Yale Lubkin | 5,669 | 9.25% | |
Republican | DeSota Vaught | 4,848 | 7.91% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Wendell Ford (incumbent) | 720,891 | 65.13% | |
Republican | Mary Louise Foust | 386,029 | 34.87% | |
Democratic hold |