1948 United States Senate election in Kentucky

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.

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)