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1946 Kentucky U.S. Senate Special
Kentucky · 2 candidates
Cooper +6.8 pts · won by 41,823 votes
John Sherman CooperRepublicanWINNER53.27%
327,652 votes
John Y. Brown Sr.Democratic46.47%
285,829 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).