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1940 Kentucky U.S. Senate Special
Kentucky · 2 candidates
Chandler +16.5 pts · won by 159,339 votes
Happy ChandlerDemocraticWINNER58.27%
561,151 votes
Walter B. SmithRepublican41.73%
401,812 votes
A special election fills a Senate seat that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).