1966 United States Senate election in Kentucky

none March 2026 September 2023 1966 United States Senate election in Kentucky Kentucky presidential no 1960 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1960 1972 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1972 November 8, 1966 150x150px John Sherman Cooper (R-KY).jpg John Sherman Cooper Republican Party (United States) 483,805 64.52% File:John Y. Brown Sr.jpg John Y. Brown Sr. Democratic Party (United States) 266,079 35.48% 1966 United States Senate election in Kentucky results map by county.svg 300px County resultsCooper: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Brown: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% U.S. Senator John Sherman Cooper Republican Party (United States) John Sherman Cooper Republican Party (United States) The 1966 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper was elected to a second consecutive term in office,term Cooper had served three partial non-consecutive terms from 1946–1949, 1952–1955, and 1957–1961 and one full term beginning in 1961. defeating Democrat John Y. Brown Sr. in a rematch of the 1946 special election. This would be the first statewide election in Kentucky in which a Republican won Elliott County, and the only one until 2016 when Donald Trump won the county for president. Republican primary Candidates John Sherman Cooper, incumbent Senator since 1957term Thurman Jerome Hamlin, perennial candidate from London Sam M. Ward Results Republican Primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=734231 Our Campaigns - KY US Senate - R Primary Race - May 24, 1966 www.ourcampaigns.com John Sherman Cooper (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 65,023 92.80% Sam M. Ward Republican Party (United States) 2,927 4.18% W. Howard Clay Republican Party (United States) 2,120 3.03% 70,070 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates John Y. Brown Sr., former U.S. Representative at-large and nominee for Senate in 1946 Jesse N.R. Cecil James Ward Lentz Gaines P. Wilson Results Democratic primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=764388 Our Campaigns - KY US Senate - D Primary Race - May 24, 1966 www.ourcampaigns.com John Y. Brown Sr. Democratic Party (United States) 71,759 75.58% Gaines P. Wilson Democratic Party (United States) 12,921 13.61% James Ward Lentz Democratic Party (United States) 5,339 5.69% Jesse N.R. Cecil Democratic Party (United States) 4,861 5.12% 94,940 100.00% General election Results 1966 U.S. Senate election in Kentucky http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1966election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1966 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives U.S. Government Printing Office 1967 Republican Party (United States) John Sherman Cooper (incumbent) 483,805 64.52% Democratic Party (United States) John Y. Brown Sr. 266,079 35.48% 749,884 100.00% Results by county County John Sherman CooperRepublican John Young Brown Sr.Democratic Margin Total votes castOur Campaigns https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7086 KY US Senate Race, November 08, 1966 # % # % # % Adair 3,003 70.21% 1,274 29.79% 1,729 40.43% 4,277 Allen 2,094 70.51% 876 29.49% 1,218 41.01% 2,970 Anderson 1,799 60.27% 1,186 39.73% 613 20.54% 2,985 Ballard 1,347 54.73% 1,114 45.27% 233 9.47% 2,461 Barren 4,194 61.24% 2,655 38.76% 1,539 22.47% 6,849 Bath 1,591 55.92% 1,254 44.08% 337 11.85% 2,845 Bell 4,240 61.28% 2,679 38.72% 1,561 22.56% 6,919 Boone 3,692 63.57% 2,116 36.43% 1,576 27.13% 5,808 Bourbon 2,051 60.01% 1,367 39.99% 684 20.01% 3,418 Boyd 8,462 62.95% 4,980 37.05% 3,482 25.90% 13,442 Boyle 3,368 67.16% 1,647 32.84% 1,721 34.32% 5,015 Bracken 1,190 64.46% 656 35.54% 534 28.93% 1,846 Breathitt 1,195 34.43% 2,276 65.57% -1,081 -31.14% 3,471 Breckinridge 2,847 60.65% 1,847 39.35% 1,000 21.30% 4,694 Bullitt 2,399 56.98% 1,811 43.02% 588 13.97% 4,210 Butler 2,513 81.70% 563 18.30% 1,950 63.39% 3,076 Caldwell 2,752 69.85% 1,188 30.15% 1,564 39.70% 3,940 Calloway 3,244 63.68% 1,850 36.32% 1,394 27.37% 5,094 Campbell 12,128 64.02% 6,817 35.98% 5,311 28.03% 18,945 Carlisle 1,417 61.08% 903 38.92% 514 22.16% 2,320 Carroll 940 47.36% 1,045 52.64% -105 -5.29% 1,985 Carter 3,234 66.65% 1,618 33.35% 1,616 33.31% 4,852 Casey 3,299 80.48% 800 19.52% 2,499 60.97% 4,099 Christian 4,394 58.96% 3,058 41.04% 1,336 17.93% 7,452 Clark 2,850 62.97% 1,676 37.03% 1,174 25.94% 4,526 Clay 2,802 76.68% 852 23.32% 1,950 53.37% 3,654 Clinton 2,150 84.41% 397 15.59% 1,753 68.83% 2,547 Crittenden 1,825 70.30% 771 29.70% 1,054 40.60% 2,596 Cumberland 1,698 80.13% 421 19.87% 1,277 60.26% 2,119 Daviess 10,152 59.62% 6,877 40.38% 3,275 19.23% 17,029 Edmonson 1,878 75.48% 610 24.52% 1,268 50.96% 2,488 Elliott 846 53.85% 725 46.15% 121 7.70% 1,571 Estill 2,201 67.66% 1,052 32.34% 1,149 35.32% 3,253 Fayette 22,374 66.27% 11,390 33.73% 10,984 32.53% 33,764 Fleming 1,892 63.81% 1,073 36.19% 819 27.62% 2,965 Floyd 4,890 55.98% 3,846 44.02% 1,044 11.95% 8,736 Franklin 5,002 47.91% 5,439 52.09% -437 -4.19% 10,441 Fulton 1,406 65.49% 741 34.51% 665 30.97% 2,147 Gallatin 529 51.01% 508 48.99% 21 2.03% 1,037 Garrard 2,210 67.92% 1,044 32.08% 1,166 35.83% 3,254 Grant 1,476 61.89% 909 38.11% 567 23.77% 2,385 Graves 5,231 61.82% 3,230 38.18% 2,001 23.65% 8,461 Grayson 3,642 72.94% 1,351 27.06% 2,291 45.88% 4,993 Green 2,099 67.06% 1,031 32.94% 1,068 34.12% 3,130 Greenup 4,676 61.02% 2,987 38.98% 1,689 22.04% 7,663 Hancock 980 64.64% 536 35.36% 444 29.29% 1,516 Hardin 5,876 64.69% 3,207 35.31% 2,669 29.38% 9,083 Harlan 6,056 69.26% 2,688 30.74% 3,368 38.52% 8,744 Harrison 1,905 55.56% 1,524 44.44% 381 11.11% 3,429 Hart 2,730 65.93% 1,411 34.07% 1,319 31.85% 4,141 Henderson 3,523 54.85% 2,900 45.15% 623 9.70% 6,423 Henry 1,625 52.30% 1,482 47.70% 143 4.60% 3,107 Hickman 1,298 69.30% 575 30.70% 723 38.60% 1,873 Hopkins 4,534 56.85% 3,442 43.15% 1,092 13.69% 7,976 Jackson 2,549 87.53% 363 12.47% 2,186 75.07% 2,912 Jefferson 113,648 66.48% 57,312 33.52% 56,336 32.95% 170,960 Jessamine 2,379 68.76% 1,081 31.24% 1,298 37.51% 3,460 Johnson 3,623 73.80% 1,286 26.20% 2,337 47.61% 4,909 Kenton 16,115 67.84% 7,638 32.16% 8,477 35.69% 23,753 Knott 1,474 43.49% 1,915 56.51% -441 -13.01% 3,389 Knox 3,884 74.35% 1,340 25.65% 2,544 48.70% 5,224 Larue 2,052 69.16% 915 30.84% 1,137 38.32% 2,967 Laurel 4,988 78.54% 1,363 21.46% 3,625 57.08% 6,351 Lawrence 1,961 61.94% 1,205 38.06% 756 23.88% 3,166 Lee 1,449 68.71% 660 31.29% 789 37.41% 2,109 Leslie 2,049 82.39% 438 17.61% 1,611 64.78% 2,487 Letcher 3,528 65.88% 1,827 34.12% 1,701 31.76% 5,355 Lewis 2,327 75.65% 749 24.35% 1,578 51.30% 3,076 Lincoln 2,916 66.00% 1,502 34.00% 1,414 32.01% 4,418 Livingston 1,483 64.06% 832 35.94% 651 28.12% 2,315 Logan 2,638 46.54% 3,030 53.46% -392 -6.92% 5,668 Lyon 977 62.91% 576 37.09% 401 25.82% 1,553 Madison 5,329 61.77% 3,298 38.23% 2,031 23.54% 8,627 Magoffin 1,605 59.69% 1,084 40.31% 521 19.38% 2,689 Marion 1,927 55.82% 1,525 44.18% 402 11.65% 3,452 Marshall 3,465 64.75% 1,886 35.25% 1,579 29.51% 5,351 Martin 1,446 76.11% 454 23.89% 992 52.21% 1,900 Mason 2,812 66.23% 1,434 33.77% 1,378 32.45% 4,246 McCracken 9,039 66.21% 4,612 33.79% 4,427 32.43% 13,651 McCreary 2,460 86.86% 372 13.14% 2,088 73.73% 2,832 McLean 1,478 55.61% 1,180 44.39% 298 11.21% 2,658 Meade 1,823 57.85% 1,328 42.15% 495 15.71% 3,151 Menifee 710 57.68% 521 42.32% 189 15.35% 1,231 Mercer 2,695 60.93% 1,728 39.07% 967 21.86% 4,423 Metcalfe 1,636 62.92% 964 37.08% 672 25.85% 2,600 Monroe 3,171 80.73% 757 19.27% 2,414 61.46% 3,928 Montgomery 2,053 65.72% 1,071 34.28% 982 31.43% 3,124 Morgan 1,254 50.38% 1,235 49.62% 19 0.76% 2,489 Muhlenberg 4,016 56.19% 3,131 43.81% 885 12.38% 7,147 Nelson 3,280 61.93% 2,016 38.07% 1,264 23.87% 5,296 Nicholas 886 61.49% 555 38.51% 331 22.97% 1,441 Ohio 3,279 68.10% 1,536 31.90% 1,743 36.20% 4,815 Oldham 1,727 60.68% 1,119 39.32% 608 21.36% 2,846 Owen 1,042 44.10% 1,321 55.90% -279 -11.81% 2,363 Owsley 980 81.46% 223 18.54% 757 62.93% 1,203 Pendleton 1,548 58.28% 1,108 41.72% 440 16.57% 2,656 Perry 4,303 65.31% 2,286 34.69% 2,017 30.61% 6,589 Pike 8,495 52.96% 7,544 47.04% 951 5.93% 16,039 Powell 1,277 61.04% 815 38.96% 462 22.08% 2,092 Pulaski 8,364 80.91% 1,973 19.09% 6,391 61.83% 10,337 Robertson 394 65.89% 204 34.11% 190 31.77% 598 Rockcastle 2,841 75.80% 907 24.20% 1,934 51.60% 3,748 Rowan 2,054 64.41% 1,135 35.59% 919 28.82% 3,189 Russell 2,592 79.98% 649 20.02% 1,943 59.95% 3,241 Scott 1,932 55.84% 1,528 44.16% 404 11.68% 3,460 Shelby 2,504 56.63% 1,918 43.37% 586 13.25% 4,422 Simpson 1,419 61.64% 883 38.36% 536 23.28% 2,302 Spencer 849 60.08% 564 39.92% 285 20.17% 1,413 Taylor 2,563 69.74% 1,112 30.26% 1,451 39.48% 3,675 Todd 1,514 60.01% 1,009 39.99% 505 20.02% 2,523 Trigg 1,412 57.21% 1,056 42.79% 356 14.42% 2,468 Trimble 683 43.75% 878 56.25% -195 -12.49% 1,561 Union 1,788 51.86% 1,660 48.14% 128 3.71% 3,448 Warren 6,570 62.99% 3,861 37.01% 2,709 25.97% 10,431 Washington 1,930 63.34% 1,117 36.66% 813 26.68% 3,047 Wayne 2,642 66.13% 1,353 33.87% 1,289 32.27% 3,995 Webster 1,801 53.46% 1,568 46.54% 233 6.92% 3,369 Whitley 5,023 77.68% 1,443 22.32% 3,580 55.37% 6,466 Wolfe 1,100 65.13% 589 34.87% 511 30.25% 1,689 Woodford 2,305 64.62% 1,262 35.38% 1,043 29.24% 3,567Totals483,80564.52%266,07935.48%217,72629.03%749,884 See also 1966 United States Senate elections Notes References 1966 Kentucky United States Senate