1960 United States Senate election in Kentucky
1960 United States Senate election in Kentucky
County resultsCooper : 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80–90% >90%Johnson : 50–60% 60–70%
The 1960 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1960. Incumbent Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper , who won a 1956 special election to fill the vacant seat of Alben Barkley,[a] was elected to a full term in office, defeating Democratic former Governor and Undersecretary of Labor Keen Johnson .
This marked the first time that Republicans won consecutive Senate elections in the state.
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
John Y. Brown Sr. , former U.S. Representative at-large and nominee for Senate in 1946
Jesse N.R. Cecil
Wilton Benge Cupp
James L. Delk
Keen Johnson , former Governor of Kentucky (1939–43) and U.S. Undersecretary of Labor (1946–47)
Results
General election
Results
Results by county
County
John Sherman Cooper Republican
Keen Johnson Democratic
Margin
Total votes cast[4]
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adair
4,745
70.88%
1,949
29.12%
2,796
41.77%
6,694
Allen
3,401
68.89%
1,536
31.11%
1,865
37.78%
4,937
Anderson
2,318
58.48%
1,646
41.52%
672
16.95%
3,964
Ballard
1,393
37.71%
2,301
62.29%
-908
-24.58%
3,694
Barren
5,252
55.23%
4,258
44.77%
994
10.45%
9,510
Bath
2,071
55.07%
1,690
44.93%
381
10.13%
3,761
Bell
6,662
58.86%
4,657
41.14%
2,005
17.71%
11,319
Boone
4,700
61.93%
2,889
38.07%
1,811
23.86%
7,589
Bourbon
2,704
50.49%
2,651
49.51%
53
0.99%
5,355
Boyd
11,657
59.47%
7,945
40.53%
3,712
18.94%
19,602
Boyle
4,165
63.23%
2,422
36.77%
1,743
26.46%
6,587
Bracken
2,016
62.90%
1,189
37.10%
827
25.80%
3,205
Breathitt
2,143
41.99%
2,960
58.01%
-817
-16.01%
5,103
Breckinridge
4,137
60.92%
2,654
39.08%
1,483
21.84%
6,791
Bullitt
2,941
58.02%
2,128
41.98%
813
16.04%
5,069
Butler
3,610
80.76%
860
19.24%
2,750
61.52%
4,470
Caldwell
3,442
63.17%
2,007
36.83%
1,435
26.34%
5,449
Calloway
3,792
48.37%
4,048
51.63%
-256
-3.27%
7,840
Campbell
17,624
57.64%
12,953
42.36%
4,671
15.28%
30,577
Carlisle
1,020
39.05%
1,592
60.95%
-572
-21.90%
2,612
Carroll
1,296
40.21%
1,927
59.79%
-631
-19.58%
3,223
Carter
5,322
64.00%
2,993
36.00%
2,329
28.01%
8,315
Casey
4,911
80.42%
1,196
19.58%
3,715
60.83%
6,107
Christian
5,603
47.86%
6,103
52.14%
-500
-4.27%
11,706
Clark
3,672
58.87%
2,566
41.13%
1,106
17.73%
6,238
Clay
4,802
78.32%
1,329
21.68%
3,473
56.65%
6,131
Clinton
3,409
85.40%
583
14.60%
2,826
70.79%
3,992
Crittenden
2,787
69.35%
1,232
30.65%
1,555
38.69%
4,019
Cumberland
2,614
79.62%
669
20.38%
1,945
59.24%
3,283
Daviess
13,968
62.14%
8,511
37.86%
5,457
24.28%
22,479
Edmonson
2,834
75.09%
940
24.91%
1,894
50.19%
3,774
Elliott
932
37.96%
1,523
62.04%
-591
-24.07%
2,455
Estill
3,395
70.51%
1,420
29.49%
1,975
41.02%
4,815
Fayette
27,379
67.42%
13,228
32.58%
14,151
34.85%
40,607
Fleming
2,850
58.93%
1,986
41.07%
864
17.87%
4,836
Floyd
5,657
39.47%
8,676
60.53%
-3,019
-21.06%
14,333
Franklin
5,531
50.32%
5,461
49.68%
70
0.64%
10,992
Fulton
1,761
43.80%
2,260
56.20%
-499
-12.41%
4,021
Gallatin
754
44.88%
926
55.12%
-172
-10.24%
1,680
Garrard
2,891
64.36%
1,601
35.64%
1,290
28.72%
4,492
Grant
2,289
58.11%
1,650
41.89%
639
16.22%
3,939
Graves
5,125
41.60%
7,194
58.40%
-2,069
-16.80%
12,319
Grayson
4,771
69.69%
2,075
30.31%
2,696
39.38%
6,846
Green
3,683
72.53%
1,395
27.47%
2,288
45.06%
5,078
Greenup
6,348
56.62%
4,863
43.38%
1,485
13.25%
11,211
Hancock
1,471
60.89%
945
39.11%
526
21.77%
2,416
Hardin
6,722
61.98%
4,124
38.02%
2,598
23.95%
10,846
Harlan
8,157
51.20%
7,775
48.80%
382
2.40%
15,932
Harrison
2,641
46.77%
3,006
53.23%
-365
-6.46%
5,647
Hart
3,796
58.80%
2,660
41.20%
1,136
17.60%
6,456
Henderson
5,326
50.77%
5,165
49.23%
161
1.53%
10,491
Henry
2,302
50.92%
2,219
49.08%
83
1.84%
4,521
Hickman
1,303
42.82%
1,740
57.18%
-437
-14.36%
3,043
Hopkins
5,576
47.46%
6,173
52.54%
-597
-5.08%
11,749
Jackson
3,825
90.32%
410
9.68%
3,415
80.64%
4,235
Jefferson
137,946
59.51%
93,872
40.49%
44,074
19.01%
231,818
Jessamine
2,788
63.18%
1,625
36.82%
1,163
26.35%
4,413
Johnson
5,480
71.84%
2,148
28.16%
3,332
43.68%
7,628
Kenton
22,312
57.16%
16,722
42.84%
5,590
14.32%
39,034
Knott
1,843
35.49%
3,350
64.51%
-1,507
-29.02%
5,193
Knox
5,843
70.98%
2,389
29.02%
3,454
41.96%
8,232
Larue
2,613
66.51%
1,316
33.49%
1,297
33.01%
3,929
Laurel
7,342
78.37%
2,026
21.63%
5,316
56.75%
9,368
Lawrence
3,203
58.82%
2,242
41.18%
961
17.65%
5,445
Lee
2,000
69.18%
891
30.82%
1,109
38.36%
2,891
Leslie
3,830
83.97%
731
16.03%
3,099
67.95%
4,561
Letcher
4,570
54.78%
3,773
45.22%
797
9.55%
8,343
Lewis
3,807
71.87%
1,490
28.13%
2,317
43.74%
5,297
Lincoln
4,003
67.03%
1,969
32.97%
2,034
34.06%
5,972
Livingston
1,592
52.32%
1,451
47.68%
141
4.63%
3,043
Logan
4,349
50.91%
4,194
49.09%
155
1.81%
8,543
Lyon
1,063
45.12%
1,293
54.88%
-230
-9.76%
2,356
Madison
7,060
57.85%
5,145
42.15%
1,915
15.69%
12,205
Magoffin
2,785
55.19%
2,261
44.81%
524
10.38%
5,046
Marion
2,587
42.71%
3,470
57.29%
-883
-14.58%
6,057
Marshall
3,635
54.08%
3,087
45.92%
548
8.15%
6,722
Martin
2,731
74.39%
940
25.61%
1,791
48.79%
3,671
Mason
4,320
59.03%
2,998
40.97%
1,322
18.07%
7,318
McCracken
10,422
49.06%
10,821
50.94%
-399
-1.88%
21,243
McCreary
3,738
84.42%
690
15.58%
3,048
68.83%
4,428
McLean
2,316
58.35%
1,653
41.65%
663
16.70%
3,969
Meade
2,167
53.57%
1,878
46.43%
289
7.14%
4,045
Menifee
871
51.75%
812
48.25%
59
3.51%
1,683
Mercer
3,838
64.28%
2,133
35.72%
1,705
28.55%
5,971
Metcalfe
2,246
63.64%
1,283
36.36%
963
27.29%
3,529
Monroe
4,220
83.07%
860
16.93%
3,360
66.14%
5,080
Montgomery
2,618
54.84%
2,156
45.16%
462
9.68%
4,774
Morgan
1,812
41.86%
2,517
58.14%
-705
-16.29%
4,329
Muhlenberg
6,070
58.10%
4,377
41.90%
1,693
16.21%
10,447
Nelson
3,782
49.59%
3,844
50.41%
-62
-0.81%
7,626
Nicholas
1,136
47.61%
1,250
52.39%
-114
-4.78%
2,386
Ohio
5,280
69.96%
2,267
30.04%
3,013
39.92%
7,547
Oldham
2,494
60.96%
1,597
39.04%
897
21.93%
4,091
Owen
1,525
43.82%
1,955
56.18%
-430
-12.36%
3,480
Owsley
2,169
86.24%
346
13.76%
1,823
72.49%
2,515
Pendleton
2,274
61.91%
1,399
38.09%
875
23.82%
3,673
Perry
5,909
56.14%
4,617
43.86%
1,292
12.27%
10,526
Pike
10,450
46.09%
12,222
53.91%
-1,772
-7.82%
22,672
Powell
1,484
57.65%
1,090
42.35%
394
15.31%
2,574
Pulaski
12,490
83.64%
2,443
16.36%
10,047
67.28%
14,933
Robertson
632
52.32%
576
47.68%
56
4.64%
1,208
Rockcastle
3,956
79.34%
1,030
20.66%
2,926
58.68%
4,986
Rowan
2,807
57.06%
2,112
42.94%
695
14.13%
4,919
Russell
3,683
78.41%
1,014
21.59%
2,669
56.82%
4,697
Scott
2,415
52.08%
2,222
47.92%
193
4.16%
4,637
Shelby
3,610
54.75%
2,984
45.25%
626
9.49%
6,594
Simpson
1,898
44.98%
2,322
55.02%
-424
-10.05%
4,220
Spencer
1,191
57.56%
878
42.44%
313
15.13%
2,069
Taylor
4,778
72.31%
1,830
27.69%
2,948
44.61%
6,608
Todd
1,936
43.29%
2,536
56.71%
-600
-13.42%
4,472
Trigg
1,680
44.11%
2,129
55.89%
-449
-11.79%
3,809
Trimble
870
38.34%
1,399
61.66%
-529
-23.31%
2,269
Union
1,920
38.13%
3,116
61.87%
-1,196
-23.75%
5,036
Warren
9,177
58.68%
6,461
41.32%
2,716
17.37%
15,638
Washington
2,910
60.26%
1,919
39.74%
991
20.52%
4,829
Wayne
4,070
70.48%
1,705
29.52%
2,365
40.95%
5,775
Webster
2,466
45.46%
2,959
54.54%
-493
-9.09%
5,425
Whitley
7,597
75.49%
2,467
24.51%
5,130
50.97%
10,064
Wolfe
1,369
50.29%
1,353
49.71%
16
0.59%
2,722
Woodford
2,613
65.67%
1,366
34.33%
1,247
31.34%
3,979
Totals
644,087
59.15%
444,830
40.85%
199,257
18.30%
1,088,917
See also
1960 United States Senate elections
Notes
^ a b Cooper had served three partial non-consecutive terms from 1946–49, 1952–55, and his current term from 1957–61.
References