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1992 United States Senate election in Kentucky
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| election_name | 1992 United States Senate election in Kentucky |
| country | Kentucky |
| type | presidential |
| ongoing | no |
| previous_election | 1986 United States Senate election in Kentucky |
| previous_year | 1986 |
| next_election | 1998 United States Senate election in Kentucky |
| next_year | 1998 |
| election_date | November 3, 1992 |
| image_size | 150x150px |
| image1 | Wendell Ford.jpg |
| nominee1 | **Wendell Ford** |
| party1 | Democratic Party (United States) |
| popular_vote1 | **836,888** |
| percentage1 | **62.88%** |
| image2 | David L. Williams (1).jpg |
| nominee2 | David L. Williams |
| party2 | Republican Party (United States) |
| popular_vote2 | 476,604 |
| percentage2 | 35.81% |
| map_image | 1992 United States Senate election in Kentucky results map by county.svg |
| map_size | 300px |
| map_caption | County results |
| **Ford**: | |
| **Williams**: | |
| title | U.S. Senator |
| before_election | Wendell Ford |
| before_party | Democratic Party (United States) |
| after_election | Wendell Ford |
| after_party | Democratic Party (United States) |
Ford:
Williams:
The 1992 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 3, 1992. It was concurrent with elections to the United States House of Representatives. Incumbent Senator Wendell Ford won reelection to a fourth and final term. , this was the last time Democrats won a U.S. Senate election in Kentucky.
Republican primary
Candidates
- Denny Ormerod, machinist
- Phillip Thompson, executive director of the Kentucky Republican Party
- David L. Williams, State Senator
Campaign
Denny Ormerod, a machinist from Louisville dropped out before the primary election. Though Williams and Thompson represented opposing factions in the state Republican Party – Williams managed Larry Hopkins' 1991 primary campaign while Thompson worked full-time for Hopkins' primary opponent Larry Forgy – the two virtually ignored each other in the primary campaign, choosing instead to focus their rhetoric against Ford.
Results
General election
Candidates
- Wendell Ford (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
- James Ridenour (L)
- David L. Williams (R), State Senator
Campaign
Ford, the Senate Majority Whip and a former governor, raised $2.4 million for his campaign, about eight times the amount Williams raised. Given his limited finances, Williams relied on news conferences and interviews on small town radio stations to get his message out. During the campaign, Williams attempted to paint Ford as too liberal for Kentucky voters, citing his votes against the Gulf War and Clarence Thomas' confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. Both candidates declared their support for a Balanced Budget Amendment, but Williams said that Ford's support of pork barrel projects for the state and a procedural vote that kept the amendment from a vote in 1991 were evidence that Ford's support was not genuine.
Results
Ford had no trouble winning on election night. Ford won easily, despite the fact that fellow Democrat Bill Clinton was not declared the winner of the presidential race in Kentucky until around 10:00 E.S.T. Ford pulled big margins out of the majority of Kentucky's 124 counties. This would be Ford's last term in the senate. He served his final term from January 3, 1993, to January 3, 1999. Ford died sixteen years after his retirement at the age of 90 in January 2015.
By county
| County | Ford# | Ford% | Williams# | Williams% | Ridenour# | Ridenour% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 2,378 | 41.69% | 3,280 | 57.51% | 45 | 0.8% | |
| Allen | 2,203 | 47.29% | 2,417 | 51.89% | 38 | 0.82% | |
| Anderson | 3,543 | 61.42% | 2,145 | 37.19% | 80 | 1.39% | |
| Ballard | 3,128 | 83.61% | 579 | 15.48% | 34 | 0.91% | |
| Barren | 6,990 | 61.05% | 4,375 | 38.21% | 85 | 0.74% | |
| Bath | 2,616 | 77.51% | 724 | 21.45% | 35 | 1.04% | |
| Bell | 5,364 | 63.77% | 2,901 | 34.49% | 147 | 1.74% | |
| Boone | 11,372 | 53.49% | 9,525 | 44.80% | 364 | 1.71% | |
| Bourbon | 4,188 | 69.17% | 1,777 | 29.35% | 90 | 1.48% | |
| Boyd | 13,256 | 67.92% | 6,076 | 31.13% | 184 | 0.95% | |
| Boyle | 5,025 | 60.48% | 3,210 | 38.64% | 73 | 0.88% | |
| Bracken | 1,740 | 72.90% | 609 | 25.51% | 38 | 1.59% | |
| Breathitt | 3,910 | 80.24% | 931 | 19.10% | 32 | 0.66% | |
| Breckinridge | 4,314 | 66.70% | 2,112 | 32.65% | 42 | 0.65% | |
| Bullitt | 10,954 | 63.05% | 6,205 | 35.71% | 216 | 1.24% | |
| Butler | 1,817 | 44.34% | 2,255 | 55.03% | 26 | 0.63% | |
| Caldwell | 3,644 | 68.69% | 1,626 | 30.65% | 35 | 0.66% | |
| Calloway | 7,452 | 64.06% | 4,058 | 34.89% | 122 | 1.05% | |
| Campbell | 15,765 | 57.38% | 11,181 | 40.69% | 531 | 1.93% | |
| Carlisle | 1,760 | 78.12% | 480 | 21.30% | 13 | 0.58% | |
| Carroll | 2,449 | 77.28% | 664 | 20.95% | 56 | 1.77% | |
| Carter | 4,973 | 64.95% | 2,628 | 34.32% | 56 | 0.73% | |
| Casey | 1,832 | 41.02% | 2,581 | 57.79% | 53 | 1.19% | |
| Christian | 7,982 | 55.71% | 6,210 | 43.34% | 136 | 0.95% | |
| Clark | 6,106 | 63.24% | 3,442 | 35.65% | 107 | 1.11% | |
| Clay | 2,250 | 40.81% | 3,210 | 58.23% | 53 | 0.96% | |
| Clinton | 1,297 | 36.42% | 2,222 | 62.40% | 42 | 1.18% | |
| Crittenden | 2,120 | 63.26% | 1,210 | 36.11% | 21 | 0.63% | |
| Cumberland | 1,041 | 36.46% | 1,804 | 63.19% | 10 | 0.35% | |
| Daviess | 22,194 | 67.16% | 10,374 | 31.39% | 478 | 1.45% | |
| Edmonson | 1,782 | 45.86% | 2,082 | 53.57% | 22 | 0.57% | |
| Elliott | 1,944 | 86.90% | 268 | 11.98% | 25 | 1.12% | |
| Estill | 2,623 | 55.96% | 2,013 | 42.95% | 51 | 1.09% | |
| Fayette | 45,941 | 56.29% | 34,047 | 41.72% | 1,621 | 1.99% | |
| Fleming | 2,909 | 67.95% | 1,321 | 30.86% | 51 | 1.19% | |
| Floyd | 13,138 | 84.67% | 2,223 | 14.33% | 155 | 1.00% | |
| Franklin | 12,717 | 70.40% | 4,986 | 27.60% | 362 | 2.00% | |
| Fulton | 1,999 | 75.60% | 616 | 23.30% | 29 | 1.10% | |
| Gallatin | 1,419 | 75.16% | 432 | 22.88% | 37 | 1.96% | |
| Garrard | 2,359 | 55.00% | 1,901 | 44.32% | 29 | 0.68% | |
| Grant | 3,297 | 69.87% | 1,338 | 28.35% | 84 | 1.78% | |
| Graves | 9,596 | 74.69% | 3,115 | 24.24% | 137 | 1.07% | |
| Grayson | 3,753 | 49.81% | 3,694 | 49.02% | 88 | 1.17% | |
| Green | 2,100 | 46.48% | 2,394 | 52.99% | 24 | 0.53% | |
| Greenup | 8,691 | 67.36% | 4,096 | 31.74% | 116 | 0.90% | |
| Hancock | 2,141 | 69.47% | 855 | 27.74% | 86 | 2.79% | |
| Hardin | 14,858 | 62.15% | 8,728 | 36.51% | 321 | 1.34% | |
| Harlan | 7,370 | 73.96% | 2,500 | 25.09% | 95 | 0.95% | |
| Harrison | 4,084 | 71.53% | 1,567 | 27.44% | 59 | 1.03% | |
| Hart | 3,351 | 65.35% | 1,744 | 34.01% | 33 | 0.64% | |
| Henderson | 10,891 | 72.82% | 3,912 | 26.15% | 154 | 1.03% | |
| Henry | 3,483 | 75.54% | 1,065 | 23.09% | 63 | 1.37% | |
| Hickman | 1,808 | 77.33% | 493 | 21.09% | 37 | 1.58% | |
| Hopkins | 11,672 | 73.07% | 4,127 | 25.84% | 174 | 1.09% | |
| Jackson | 1,011 | 28.16% | 2,543 | 70.84% | 36 | 1.00% | |
| Jefferson | 195,253 | 64.96% | 100,956 | 33.58% | 4,379 | 1.46% | |
| Jessamine | 5,778 | 52.55% | 5,101 | 46.39% | 117 | 1.06% | |
| Johnson | 4,672 | 63.05% | 2,650 | 35.76% | 88 | 1.19% | |
| Kenton | 24,978 | 53.01% | 21,040 | 44.66% | 1,098 | 2.33% | |
| Knott | 5,299 | 85.87% | 799 | 12.95% | 73 | 1.18% | |
| Knox | 4,594 | 56.58% | 3,443 | 42.41% | 82 | 1.01% | |
| LaRue | 3,006 | 67.37% | 1,412 | 31.64% | 44 | 0.99% | |
| Laurel | 6,202 | 46.12% | 7,127 | 53.00% | 119 | 0.88% | |
| Lawrence | 2,813 | 63.17% | 1,601 | 35.95% | 39 | 0.88% | |
| Lee | 1,395 | 53.02% | 1,207 | 45.88% | 29 | 1.10% | |
| Leslie | 1,766 | 44.62% | 2,171 | 54.85% | 21 | 0.53% | |
| Letcher | 5,488 | 74.26% | 1,775 | 24.02% | 127 | 1.72% | |
| Lewis | 2,001 | 47.87% | 2,122 | 50.77% | 57 | 1.36% | |
| Lincoln | 3,501 | 62.54% | 2,049 | 36.60% | 48 | 0.86% | |
| Livingston | 2,886 | 75.71% | 876 | 22.98% | 50 | 1.31% | |
| Logan | 4,903 | 61.77% | 2,953 | 37.20% | 82 | 1.03% | |
| Lyon | 1,998 | 76.17% | 596 | 22.72% | 29 | 1.11% | |
| Madison | 10,976 | 60.69% | 6,914 | 38.23% | 196 | 1.08% | |
| Magoffin | 3,256 | 70.17% | 1,327 | 28.60% | 57 | 1.23% | |
| Marion | 4,149 | 77.71% | 1,125 | 21.07% | 65 | 1.22% | |
| Marshall | 8,648 | 72.47% | 3,199 | 26.80% | 87 | 0.73% | |
| Martin | 2,097 | 58.09% | 1,466 | 40.61% | 47 | 1.30% | |
| Mason | 3,552 | 66.45% | 1,737 | 32.50% | 56 | 1.05% | |
| McCracken | 17,841 | 70.58% | 7,262 | 28.73% | 175 | 0.69% | |
| McCreary | 1,853 | 47.55% | 1,948 | 49.99% | 96 | 2.46% | |
| McLean | 2,759 | 73.12% | 967 | 25.63% | 47 | 1.25% | |
| Meade | 4,776 | 70.60% | 1,891 | 27.95% | 98 | 1.45% | |
| Menifee | 1,423 | 77.72% | 391 | 21.35% | 17 | 0.93% | |
| Mercer | 3,829 | 62.23% | 2,195 | 35.67% | 129 | 2.10% | |
| Metcalfe | 1,895 | 57.27% | 1,377 | 41.61% | 37 | 1.12% | |
| Monroe | 1,464 | 35.46% | 2,618 | 63.40% | 47 | 1.14% | |
| Montgomery | 4,719 | 72.88% | 1,669 | 25.78% | 87 | 1.34% | |
| Morgan | 2,928 | 81.70% | 620 | 17.30% | 36 | 1.00% | |
| Muhlenberg | 8,685 | 74.52% | 2,870 | 24.63% | 99 | 0.85% | |
| Nelson | 6,617 | 68.88% | 2,827 | 29.42% | 163 | 1.70% | |
| Nicholas | 1,597 | 74.56% | 492 | 22.97% | 53 | 2.47% | |
| Ohio | 5,106 | 62.61% | 2,985 | 36.60% | 64 | 0.79% | |
| Oldham | 7,612 | 50.16% | 7,425 | 48.93% | 138 | 0.91% | |
| Owen | 2,418 | 75.09% | 765 | 23.76% | 37 | 1.15% | |
| Owsley | 854 | 53.68% | 717 | 45.07% | 20 | 1.25% | |
| Pendleton | 2,480 | 68.64% | 1,047 | 28.98% | 86 | 2.38% | |
| Perry | 6,656 | 70.04% | 2,768 | 29.13% | 79 | 0.83% | |
| Pike | 18,032 | 73.43% | 6,372 | 25.95% | 153 | 0.62% | |
| Powell | 2,586 | 67.50% | 1,174 | 30.65% | 71 | 1.85% | |
| Pulaski | 7,623 | 48.50% | 7,964 | 50.66% | 132 | 0.84% | |
| Robertson | 582 | 71.94% | 217 | 26.82% | 10 | 1.24% | |
| Rockcastle | 1,839 | 41.83% | 2,533 | 57.62% | 24 | 0.55% | |
| Rowan | 4,572 | 70.80% | 1,819 | 28.17% | 67 | 1.03% | |
| Russell | 2,560 | 39.02% | 3,953 | 60.25% | 48 | 0.73% | |
| Scott | 5,305 | 63.80% | 2,913 | 35.03% | 97 | 1.17% | |
| Shelby | 5,754 | 61.05% | 3,577 | 37.95% | 94 | 1.00% | |
| Simpson | 2,991 | 62.08% | 1,789 | 37.13% | 38 | 0.79% | |
| Spencer | 1,862 | 69.37% | 793 | 29.55% | 29 | 1.08% | |
| Taylor | 4,413 | 53.56% | 3,780 | 45.88% | 46 | 0.56% | |
| Todd | 1,893 | 62.70% | 1,050 | 34.78% | 76 | 2.52% | |
| Trigg | 2,804 | 67.55% | 1,283 | 30.91% | 64 | 1.54% | |
| Trimble | 1,905 | 75.78% | 583 | 23.19% | 26 | 1.03% | |
| Union | 4,286 | 80.75% | 981 | 18.48% | 41 | 0.77% | |
| Warren | 14,177 | 50.62% | 13,558 | 48.41% | 273 | 0.97% | |
| Washington | 2,502 | 64.34% | 1,315 | 33.81% | 72 | 1.85% | |
| Wayne | 2,675 | 50.34% | 2,590 | 48.74% | 49 | 0.92% | |
| Webster | 4,240 | 81.59% | 894 | 17.20% | 63 | 1.21% | |
| Whitley | 4,610 | 50.38% | 4,404 | 48.13% | 136 | 1.49% | |
| Wolfe | 1,730 | 78.64% | 441 | 20.05% | 29 | 1.31% | |
| Woodford | 4,624 | 57.85% | 3,270 | 40.91% | 99 | 1.24% |
References
References
- Straub, "GOP Candidates: Ford Ripe Target as Incumbent"
- Thompson did question Williams' [[Conservatism
- "Archived copy".
- Gibson, "Election Results 1992"
- Williams repeatedly lamented that Ford would not agree to a formal debate; Ford said that could not be arranged because Congress was still in session and he needed to be in [[Washington, D.C.
- Straub, "Campaign '92: U.S. House and Senate"
- "Our Campaigns - KY US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1992".
- "1992 Primary and General Election Results - State Board of Elections".
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