1968 United States Senate election in Kentucky

The 1968 United States Senate election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1968. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thruston Morton retired from office. Jefferson County Judge (the equivalent of a County Executive) Marlow Cook won the open seat.

Candidates

 * Marlow Cook, Jefferson County Judge
 * Eugene Siler, former U.S. Representative
 * Thurman Jerome Hamlin, perennial candidate
 * E. W. Kemp

Candidates

 * Katherine Peden, Commissioner of Commerce
 * John Y. Brown Sr., former U.S. Representative
 * Foster Ockerman, former State Representative
 * Ted Osborn, State Representative