United States Senate election in Georgia, 1980

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United States Senate election in Georgia, 1980
← 1974 November 2, 1980 1986 →
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Nominee Mack Mattingly Herman Talmadge
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 803,686 776,143
Percentage 50.87% 49.13%
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County Results
Senator before election

Herman Talmadge
Democratic

 Elected Senator

Mack Mattingly
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1980 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 2, 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.[1]

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

1980 United States Senate election, Georgia[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mack Mattingly 803,686 50.87% +22.63
Democratic Herman Talmadge (inc.) 776,143 49.13% -22.63
Majority 27,543 1.74 -41.78
Turnout 1,579,829
Republican gain from Democratic Swing 22.63

References

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  1. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf
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