Mitch McConnell
Electoral history
In the graphics below, elections are shown with a map depicting county-by-county information. McConnell is shown in red and Democratic opponents shown in blue.

Mitch McConnell

Section Title: Electoral history
Table Section Text: In the graphics below, elections are shown with a map depicting county-by-county information. McConnell is shown in red and Democratic opponents shown in blue.

Year	% McConnell	Opponent(s)	Party affiliation	% of vote	County-by-county map

1984	49.9%	Walter Huddleston (incumbent) Dave Welters	Democratic Socialist Workers	49.5%	-

1990	52.2%	Harvey I. Sloane	Democratic	47.8%	-

1996	55.5%	Steve Beshear Dennis Lacy Patricia Jo Metten Mac Elroy	Democratic Libertarian Natural Law U.S. Taxpayers	42.8%	-

2002	64.7%	Lois Combs Weinberg	Democratic	35.3%	-

2008	53.0%	Bruce Lunsford	Democratic	47.0%	-

2014	56.2%	Alison Lundergan Grimes David Patterson	Democratic Libertarian	40.7%	-

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McConnell defeated Grimes by 56.2 to 40.7%.

final_sentence: McConnell defeated Grimes by 56.2 to 40.7%.