United States Senate election in Georgia, 1980

November 4, 1980

County Results

Senator before election

Herman Talmadge
Democratic

Elected Senator

Mack Mattingly
Republican

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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.^[1]

Candidates

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

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