United States Senate election in California, 1980

United States Senate regular election in California, 1980

← 1974 November 3, 1980 (1980-11-03) 1986 →
Nominee Alan Cranston Paul Gann Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 4,705,399 3,093,426 Percentage 56.5% 37.2%
U.S. Senator before election Alan Cranston Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Alan Cranston Democratic

Alan Cranston
Democratic

Alan Cranston
Democratic

The 1980 United States Senate election in California took place on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Alan Cranston easily won re-election to a third term, even as the state's former Republican governor, Ronald Reagan, claimed a landslide victory in the presidential election.

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