1972 United States Senate election in Kentucky

1972 United States Senate election in Kentucky

← 1966 November 7, 1972 1978 →
 
Nominee Walter Dee Huddleston Louie Nunn
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 528,550 494,337
Percentage 50.93% 47.63%

County results
Huddleston:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Nunn:      50-60%      60-70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

John Sherman Cooper
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Walter Dee Huddleston
Democratic

The 1972 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper retired, and Democratic State Senator Walter Dee Huddleston narrowly won the open seat over former Republican Governor Louie Nunn.