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
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
See also 1948 United States Senate elections
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