1980 United States Senate election in Nevada

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.

1980 United States Senate election in Nevada

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Nominee Paul Laxalt Mary Gojack
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 144,224 92,129
Percentage 58.52% 37.38%

County results
Laxalt:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Paul Laxalt
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Paul Laxalt
Republican

Major candidates

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Democratic

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  • Mary Gojack, former State Senator (1974–1978) and former State Assemblywoman (1972–1974)[1]

Republican

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Results

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General election results[2]
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

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References

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  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Mary L. Gojack".
  2. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). clerk.house.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2022.