1979Final results
1979 primary for Kentucky Senate District 23
Kentucky State Senate · Kentucky
Gus Sheehan (D) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Robert E. Sanders (D) by 12.5 points.
Gus SheehanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.3%4,773
Robert E. SandersDemocrat
43.7%3,710
8,483 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET