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(Top) 1 Democratic primary 1.1 Candidates 1.2 Results 2 Republican primary 2.1 Candidates 2.2 Results 3 General election 3.1 Results 4 See also 5 References

1972 United States Senate election in Kentucky

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← 1966

November 7, 1972

1978 →


Nominee	Walter Dee Huddleston	Louie Nunn
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	528,550	494,337
Percentage	50.93%	47.63%

County results
Huddleston: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Nunn: 50-60% 60-70% 70–80% 80–90%

U.S. senator before election

John Sherman Cooper
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Walter Dee Huddleston
Democratic

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The 1972 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper retired, and Democratic State Senator Walter Dee Huddleston narrowly won the open seat over former Republican Governor Louie Nunn.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Willis V. Johnson
Sandy Hockensmith
Walter Dee Huddleston, State Senator from Elizabethtown
Charles Van Winkle
James E. Wallace

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter Dee Huddleston	106,144	71.60%
	Democratic	Sandy Hockensmith	14,786	9.97%
	Democratic	James E. Wallace	11,290	7.62%
	Democratic	Willis V. Johnson	8,727	5.89%
	Democratic	Charles Van Winkle	7,306	4.93%
Total votes			148,253	100.00%

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

W. Howard Clay
Robert E. Gable, businessman and Commissioner of State Parks of Kentucky
Thurman Jerome Hamlin, perennial candidate from London
Louie Nunn, former Governor of Kentucky (1967–71)
George Wooton

Results[edit]

Republican Primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louie Nunn	57,348	69.71%
	Republican	Robert E. Gable	18,107	22.01%
	Republican	W. Howard Clay	2,786	3.39%
	Republican	George Wooton	2,716	3.30%
	Republican	Thurman Jerome Hamlin	1,312	1.60%
Total votes			82,269	100.00%

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

General election results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter Dee Huddleston	528,550	50.93%
	Republican	Louie Nunn	494,337	47.63%
	American	Helen Breeden	8,707	0.84%
	People's	Walter Bartley	6,267	0.60%
Total votes			1,037,861	100.00%

References[edit]

^ "Our Campaigns - KY US Senate - D Primary Race - May 23, 1972". www.ourcampaigns.com.

^ "Our Campaigns - KY US Senate - R Primary Race - May 23, 1972". www.ourcampaigns.com.

^ Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1973). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.

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