United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1984

November 5, 1984



Nominee	Mitch McConnell	Walter Huddleston
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	644,990	639,821
Percentage	49.9%	49.5%

County results

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Walter Huddleston
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Mitch McConnell
Republican

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The 1984 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 5, 1984. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Walter Huddleston ran for re-election to a third term, but lost by less than 1% to Mitch McConnell.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Walter Huddleston, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Huddleston was unopposed in the Democratic Party's primary.

Republican primary

Candidates

Mitch McConnell, Jefferson County Executive
Roger Harker
Tommy Klein, perennial candidate
Thurman Jerome Hamlin, perennial candidate

Results

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mitch McConnell	39,465	79.22
	Republican	C. Roger Harker	3,798	7.62
	Republican	Tommy Klein	3,352	6.73
	Republican	Thurman Jerome Hamlin	3,202	6.43
Total votes			49,817	100.00

General election

Candidates

Walter Huddleston (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
Mitch McConnell (R), Jefferson County Executive
Dave Welters (SW)

Results

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Mitch McConnell	644,990	49.91%	+13.04%
	Democratic	Walter Huddleston (inc.)	639,821	49.50%	-11.48%
	Socialist Workers	Dave Welters	7,696	0.60%
Majority			5,269	0.41%	-23.70%
Turnout			1,292,407
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

References

↑ "Kentucky State Board of Elections Welcome to the State Board of Elections". Elect.ky.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1984" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-04.

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(1982 ←) 1984 United States elections (→ 1986)

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