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1980 U.S. Senate election results

33 races · 33 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 1980 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1980 U.S. Senate results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaJeremiah DentonR650,362 votes · +40,187 over Jim Folsom Jr.
AlaskaFrank H. MurkowskiR84,159 votes · +12,152 over Clark S. Gruening
ArizonaBarry GoldwaterR432,371 votes · +9,399 over Bill Schulz
ArkansasDale BumpersD477,905 votes · +147,329 over Bill Clark
CaliforniaAlan CranstonD4,704,098 votes · +1,612,427 over Paul Gann
ColoradoGary HartD590,501 votes · +19,206 over Mary Estill Buchanan
ConnecticutChristopher J. DoddD763,969 votes · +182,085 over James L. Buckley
FloridaPaula HawkinsR1,822,460 votes · +117,051 over Bill Gunter
GeorgiaMacK F. MattinglyR803,686 votes · +27,543 over Herman E. Talmadge
HawaiiDaniel K. InouyeD224,485 votes · +171,417 over Cooper Brown
IdahoSteve SymmsR218,701 votes · +4,262 over Frank Church
IllinoisAlan J. DixonD2,565,302 votes · +619,006 over David C. O'Neal
IndianaDan QuayleR1,182,414 votes · +166,452 over Birch Bayh
IowaCharles E. GrassleyR683,014 votes · +101,469 over John Culver
KansasBob DoleR598,686 votes · +258,415 over John Simpson
KentuckyWendell H. FordD720,891 votes · +334,862 over Mary Louise Foust
LouisianaRussell B. LongD484,770 votes · +158,848 over Louis Woody Jenkins
MarylandCharles McC. Mathias Jr.R850,970 votes · +415,852 over Edward T. Conroy
MissouriThomas F. EagletonD1,074,859 votes · +89,460 over Gene McNary
NevadaPaul LaxaltR144,224 votes · +52,095 over Mary Gojack
New HampshireWarren B. RudmanR195,559 votes · +16,104 over John A. Durkin
New YorkAlfonse M. D'AmatoR2,699,652 votes · +80,991 over Elizabeth Holtzman
North CarolinaJohn P. EastR898,064 votes · +10,411 over Robert Morgan
OhioJohn GlennD2,770,786 votes · +1,633,091 over James E. Betts
OklahomaDon NicklesR587,252 votes · +108,969 over Andy Coats
OregonBob PackwoodR594,290 votes · +92,327 over Ted Kulongoski
PennsylvaniaArlen SpecterR2,230,404 votes · +108,013 over Pete Flaherty
South CarolinaErnest Fritz HollingsD612,554 votes · +354,608 over Marshall Mays
South DakotaJames AbdnorR190,594 votes · +61,576 over George McGovern
UtahE. J. Jake GarnR437,675 votes · +286,221 over Dan Berman
VermontPatrick J. LeahyD104,176 votes · +2,755 over Stewart M. Ledbetter
WashingtonSlade GortonR936,317 votes · +144,265 over Warren G. Magnuson
WisconsinRobert W. Kasten Jr.R1,106,311 votes · +40,824 over Gaylord A. Nelson