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1962 United States Senate election in Kentucky Kentucky presidential no 1956 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1956 1968 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1968 November 6, 1962 150x150px File:Thruston B Morton.jpg Thruston Ballard Morton Republican Party (United States) 432,648 52.76% File:Wilson W. Wyatt 1946.jpg Wilson W. Wyatt Democratic Party (United States) 387,440 47.24%
1962 United States Senate election in Kentucky results map by county.svg
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County resultsMorton: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Wyatt: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% U.S. Senator Thruston Ballard Morton Republican Party (United States) Thruston Ballard Morton Republican Party (United States)
The 1962 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Republican Senator Thruston Ballard Morton won re-election to a second term.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on May 29, 1962.
Republican primary
Candidates
Thurman Jerome Hamlin, perennial candidate
Thruston Ballard Morton, incumbent U.S. Senator
Results
Republican primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 122America Votes 5 152https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=403515 KY US Senate, 1962 - R Primary Our Campaigns 21 September 2021
Thruston Ballard Morton (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 41,892 91.19
Thurman J. Hamlin Republican Party (United States) 4,048 8.81
45,940 100.00
Democratic primary
Candidates
James L. Delk, perennial candidate
Marion Vance, attorneyhttp://www.45cat.com/record/gr411us Pat Kingery and His Kentuckians - Jam on the Lower Shelf
Wilson W. Wyatt, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
Results
Democratic primary resultsCongressional Quarterly 1998 122America Votes 5 152https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=403514 KY US Senate, 1962 - D Primary Our Campaigns 21 September 2021
Wilson W. Wyatt Democratic Party (United States) 127,403 77.03
Marion Vance Democratic Party (United States) 28,513 17.24
James L. Delk Democratic Party (United States) 9,483 5.73
165,399 100.00
General election
Results
1962 United States Senate election in KentuckyCongressional Quarterly 1998 87America Votes 5 145https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=66082 KY US Senate, 1962 Our Campaigns 21 September 2021Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 1963-03-16 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1962 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1962election.pdf U.S. Government Printing OfficeUnited States Senator - Official Kentucky General Election Results - November 6, 1962 https://elect.ky.gov/results/1973-1979/Documents/1962.pdf Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections
Republican Party (US)
Thruston Ballard Morton (Incumbent)
432,648
52.76
Democratic Party (US)
Wilson W. Wyatt
387,440
47.24
45,208
5.52
820,088
Republican Party (US)
See also
1962 United States Senate elections
References
Bibliography
Congressional Elections, 1946-1996 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-248-4 Congressional Quarterly 1998
Scammon Richard M. America Votes 5: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1962 1964 Washington, D.C. Governmental Affairs Institute 1964 https://archive.org/details/americavotes5han00scam/mode/2up America Votes 5
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