Election Name: | 1986 United States Senate election in Kentucky |
Country: | Kentucky |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1980 United States Senate election in Kentucky |
Previous Year: | 1980 |
Next Election: | 1992 United States Senate election in Kentucky |
Next Year: | 1992 |
Election Date: | November 4, 1986 |
Image1: | File:Wendell Ford.jpg |
Nominee1: | Wendell Ford |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 503,775 |
Percentage1: | 74.40% |
Nominee2: | Jackson Andrews |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 173,330 |
Percentage2: | 25.60% |
Map Size: | 300px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Wendell Ford |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Wendell Ford |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1986 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 4, 1986, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democrat Wendell Ford won re-election in a landslide against Republican Jackson Andrews, winning every county in the state.
Wendell Ford was unchallenged.