As governor’s race begins, Senate race has new signals

By: Al Cross

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: April 24, 2026

Words: 841

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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Kentucky’s unusual political calendar, in which we elect governors in the odd-numbered year before presidential races, has occasionally interfered with even-year races for U.S. Senator. That has hurt Democrats; factional splits led to Sen. Earle Clements’ defeat in 1956 and Wilson Wyatt’s loss in 1962, both to Thruston Morton, and Katherine Peden lost in 1968 to Marlow Cook, whose narrow loss to Louie Nunn in the 1967 primary for governor set him up for the …

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