1980 United States Senate election in Kentucky

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.

1980 United States Senate election in Kentucky
November 4, 1980
 
Nominee Wendell Ford Mary Louise Foust
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 720,891 386,029
Percentage 65.13% 34.87%
County results
Ford:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Foust:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
U.S. senator before election

Wendell Ford
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Wendell Ford
Democratic

Elections in Kentucky
Government

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results
Democratic Party primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wendell Ford 188,047 86.96%
Democratic Flora Stuart 28,202 13.04%

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Mary Louis Foust, former state Auditor[2]
  • Granville Thomas
  • Jackson Andrews
  • Tommy Klein
  • Yale Lubkin
  • DeSota Vaught

Results
Republican Party primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
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%

Results
General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wendell Ford 720,891 65.13%
Republican Mary Louise Foust 386,029 34.87%

See also

References
  1. "KY US Senate- D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  2. https://auditor.ky.gov/about/Pages/AuditorsOfficeHistory.aspx
  3. "KY US Senate- R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  4. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf
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