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1948 United States Senate election in Kentucky

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Field	Value
election_name	1948 United States Senate election in Kentucky
country	Kentucky
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1946 United States Senate special election in Kentucky
previous_year	1946 (special)
next_election	1952 United States Senate special election in Kentucky
next_year	1952 (special)
election_date	November 2, 1948
image_size	150x150px
image1	File:Senator Virgil Chapman (1895-1951).jpg
nominee1	Virgil Chapman
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	408,256
percentage1	51.39%
image2	File:John Sherman Cooper.jpg
nominee2	John Sherman Cooper
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	383,776
percentage2	48.31%
map_image	1948 United States Senate election in Kentucky results map by county.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results
Chapman:
Cooper:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	John Sherman Cooper
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Virgil Chapman
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Chapman:
Cooper:

The 1948 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper, who won a 1946 special election to fill the vacant seat of Commissioner of Baseball Happy Chandler, ran for a full term in office but was defeated by Democratic U.S. Representative Virgil Chapman.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Virgil Chapman, incumbent U.S. Representative
John Y. Brown, Sr., member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
D. E. McQueary
Milton Whiteworth

Results

Primary results by county

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General election

Candidates

Virgil Chapman, U.S. Representative from Lexington (Democratic)
John Sherman Cooper, incumbent Senator since 1946 (Republican)
David R. Cox (Socialist Labor)
W. A. Standefur (Socialist)
H. G. Stanfield (Progressive)

Results

Notes

References

Jewell, Malcolm E.. (1963). "Kentucky Votes". [[University Press of Kentucky]].
[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]]. (1949). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1948". [[U.S. Government Printing Office]].

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