United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1984

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

U.S. senator before election Walter Huddleston Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell Republican

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
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

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