1980 United States Senate election in Nevada
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The 1980 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt won re-election to a second term. As of 2024, this is the last time that the Republicans have won the Class 3 Senate seat from Nevada. 42 years later Laxalt's grandson and former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt would run to take this senate seat in 2022, but narrowly lost to incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto.
Major candidates
[edit]Democratic
[edit]- Mary Gojack, former State Senator (1974–1978) and former State Assemblywoman (1972–1974)[1]
Republican
[edit]- Paul Laxalt, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1974 and former Governor (1967–1971)
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Paul Laxalt (incumbent) | 144,224 | 58.52% | +11.55% | |
| Democratic | Mary Gojack | 92,129 | 37.38% | −9.22% | |
| Libertarian | Allen Hacker | 6,920 | 2.81% | ||
| None of These Candidates | 3,163 | 1.28% | |||
| Majority | 52,095 | 21.14% | +20.77% | ||
| Turnout | 246,436 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Mary L. Gojack".
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). clerk.house.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2022.