United States Senate election in Maryland, 1980

United States Senate elections, 1980

← 1978

November 4, 1980

1982 / 1983 →

34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate
51 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Howard Baker	Robert Byrd
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader's seat	Tennessee	West Virginia
Seats before	41	58
Seats after	53	46
Seat change	12	12
Popular vote	26,597,169	30,699,463
Percentage	44.7%	51.6%
Swing	2.9%	1.0%
Seats up	10	24
Races won	22	12

	Third party

Party	Independent
Seats before	1
Seats after	1
Seat change
Seats up	0
Races won	0

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Results
Democratic gain Democratic hold
Republican gain Republican hold

Majority Leader before election

Robert Byrd
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

Howard Baker
Republican

U.S. Senate election in Alabama, 1980

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1986 →


Nominee	Jeremiah Denton	Jim Folsom
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	650,363	610,175
Percentage	50.2%	47.1%

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U.S. Senate election results map.
Red denotes counties won by Denton.
Blue denotes those won by Folsom.

Denton—40-50%

Denton—50-60%

Denton—60-70%

Folsom—40-50%

Folsom—50-60%

Folsom—60-70%

Folsom—70-80%

Folsom—80-90%

U.S. Senator before election

Donald Stewart
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jeremiah Denton
Republican

U.S. Senate election in Alaska, 1980

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1986 →


Nominee	Frank Murkowski	Clark Gruening
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	84,159	72,007
Percentage	53.69%	45.93%

U.S. Senator before election

Mike Gravel
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Frank Murkowski
Republican

U.S. Senate election in Arizona, 1980

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1986 →


Nominee	Barry Goldwater	Bill Schulz
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	432,371	422,972
Percentage	49.46%	48.38%

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U.S. Senate election results map.
Red denotes counties won by Goldwater.
Blue denotes those won by Schulz.

U.S. Senator before election

Barry Goldwater
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Barry Goldwater
Republican

U.S. Senate election in Arkansas, 1980

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1986 →


Nominee	Dale Bumpers	William Clark
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	477,905	360,576
Percentage	57.0%	43.0%

U.S. Senator before election

Dale Bumpers
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Dale Bumpers
Democratic

U.S. Senate election in California, 1980

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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

U.S. Senate election in Colorado, 1980

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1986 →


Nominee	Gary Hart	Mary Estill Buchanan
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	590,501	571,295
Percentage	50.3%	48.7%

U.S. Senator before election

Gary Hart
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Gary Hart
Democratic

U.S. Senate election in Connecticut, 1980

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1986 →


Nominee	Chris Dodd	James Buckley
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	763,969	581,884
Percentage	56.3%	42.9%

U.S. Senator before election

Abraham Ribicoff
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Chris Dodd
Democratic

U.S. Senate election in Florida, 1980

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1986 →


Nominee	Paula Hawkins	Bill Gunter
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,822,460	1,705,409
Percentage	51.7%	48.3%

U.S. Senator before election

Richard Stone
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Paula Hawkins
Republican

U.S. Senate election in Georgia, 1980

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1986 →


Nominee	Mack Mattingly	Herman Talmadge
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	803,686	776,143
Percentage	50.87%	49.13%

County Results

U.S. Senator before election

Herman Talmadge
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Mack Mattingly
Republican

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