May 29, 1956:
The GOP, led by Eisenhower, will sweep both Senate races in Kentucky in November.
A divided Kentucky Democratic Party renominates Sen. Earle Clements, the Senate majority whip, in the primary over a candidate backed by Gov. Happy Chandler. Republicans nominate former Rep. Thruston Morton for the seat.
Regarding the Senate seat held by Alben Barkley, a Democrat who died in April, the two parties will later nominate ex-Gov. Lawrence Wetherby (D) and ex-Sen. John Sherman Cooper (R).
In November it will be a GOP sweep in Kentucky, led by President Eisenhower.
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