United States Senate election in Georgia, 1980

United States Senate election in Georgia, 1980

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Nominee Mack Mattingly Herman Talmadge Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 803,686 776,143 Percentage 50.87% 49.13%
County Results
Senator before election Herman Talmadge Democratic Elected Senator Mack Mattingly Republican

Herman Talmadge
Democratic

Mack Mattingly
Republican

The 1980 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator and former Governor of Georgia Herman Talmadge decided to run for re-election to a fifth term,but lost a close race to Mack Mattingly, Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. 1980 resulted in a landslide election for Republicans that would come to be known as the Reagan Revolution.

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