1960 United States Senate election in Kentucky

The 1960 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1960. Incumbent Republican Senator John Sherman Cooper, who won a 1956 special election to fill the vacant seat of Alben Barkley, was elected to a full term in office, defeating Democratic former Governor and Undersecretary of Labor Keen Johnson.

This marked the first time that Republicans won consecutive Senate elections in the state.

Candidates

 * John Sherman Cooper, incumbent Senator since 1957
 * Thurman Jerome Hamlin, perennial candidate from London

Candidates

 * John Y. Brown Sr., former U.S. Representative at-large and nominee for Senate in 1946
 * Jesse N.R. Cecil
 * Wilton Benge Cupp
 * James L. Delk
 * Keen Johnson, former Governor of Kentucky (1939–43) and U.S. Undersecretary of Labor (1946–47)