1980 United States Senate election in Kentucky

none March 2026 September 2023 1980 United States Senate election in Kentucky Kentucky presidential no 1974 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1974 1986 United States Senate election in Kentucky 1986 November 4, 1980 File:Wendell-H-Ford.jpg 150x150px Wendell Ford Democratic Party (United States) 720,891 65.13% 3x4.svg Mary Louise Foust Republican Party (United States) 386,029 34.87% 1980 United States Senate election in Kentucky results map by county.svg 300px County resultsFord: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Foust: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% U.S. Senator Wendell Ford Democratic Party (United States) Wendell Ford Democratic Party (United States) The 1980 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 4, 1980, concurrently with the U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as other elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Wendell Ford won re-election, defeating Republican nominee Mary Louise Foust. Democratic primary Candidates Wendell Ford, incumbent Senator Flora Stuart Results Democratic Party primary resultsKY US Senate- D Primary https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=260741 Our Campaigns February 18, 2019 Wendell Ford (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 188,047 86.96% Flora Stuart Democratic Party (United States) 28,202 13.04% Republican primary Candidates Mary Louise Foust, former state auditorhttps://auditor.ky.gov/about/Pages/AuditorsOfficeHistory.aspx History - Auditor of Public Accounts Granville Thomas Jackson Andrews Tommy Klein Yale Lubkin DeSota Vaught Results Republican Party primary resultsKY US Senate- R Primary https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=260740 Our Campaigns February 18, 2019 Mary Louise Foust Republican Party (United States) 25,717 41.97% Granville Thomas Republican Party (United States) 10,246 16.72% Jackson Andrews Republican Party (United States) 8,382 13.68% Tommy Klein Republican Party (United States) 6,418 10.47% Yale Lubkin Republican Party (United States) 5,669 9.25% DeSota Vaught Republican Party (United States) 4,848 7.91% Results General election resultshttps://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1980 clerk.house.gov live https://web.archive.org/web/20220320200405/https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf March 20, 2022 Democratic Party (United States) Wendell Ford (incumbent) 720,891 65.13% Republican Party (United States) Mary Louise Foust 386,029 34.87% Democratic Party (United States) See also 1980 United States Senate elections References 1980 Kentucky United States Senate