1978 Senate elections · Kentucky history
Kentucky U.S. Senate election 1978
Walter Darlington Huddleston DEM +24.1 · Class II seat · held 11/7/78
- Votes counted
- 476,783
- Margin
- 24.1 pts
- Seat held by
- Democraticheld
General election 11/7/78
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Darlington Huddleston Won | DEM | 290,730 | 60.98% | |
| Louie Guenthner | REP | 175,766 | 36.87% | |
| Anthony Albert McCord | AMP | 10,244 | 2.15% | |
| Write-in | — | 43 | 0.01% | |
| Total | 476,783 | |||
Official source: data
Other Kentucky Senate races
| Year | Seat | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Class III | Rand Paul | 23.6 |
| 2020 | Class II | Mitch McConnell | 19.5 |
| 2016 | Class III | Rand Paul | 14.6 |
| 2014 | Class II | Mitch McConnell | 15.5 |
| 2010 | Class III | Rand Paul | 11.5 |
| 2008 | Class II | Mitch McConnell | 5.9 |
| 2004 | Class III | Jim Bunning | 1.3 |
| 2002 | Class II | Mitch McConnell | 29.4 |
| 1998 | Class III | Jim Bunning | 0.6 |
| 1996 | Class II | Mitch McConnell | 12.6 |
| 1992 | Class III | Wendell H. Ford | 27.1 |
| 1990 | Class II | Mitch McConnell | 4.4 |
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Questions and answers
Who won the 1978 Kentucky Senate race?
Walter Darlington Huddleston (DEM) won with 61.0% of the vote, ahead of Louie Guenthner (36.9%), a margin of 24.1 points.
Did the Kentucky Senate seat change party in 1978?
No. The Democratic Party held it.
How many votes were cast in the 1978 Kentucky Senate race?
476,783 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.
Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.