United States Senate election in Indiana, 1980

November 4, 1980

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Birch Bayh
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Dan Quayle
Republican

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The 1980 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 4, 1980, along with elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as the presidential election, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Birch Bayh ran for a fourth term, but was defeated by Republican Dan Quayle.

Republican primary

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	J. Danforth Quayle	397,273	77.06
	Republican	Roger Marsh	118,273	22.94

Birch Bayh, the incumbent Senator, faced no opposition from Indiana and avoided a primary election. Bayh was originally elected in 1962 and re-elected in 1968 and 1974. He was Chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee and architect of 25th and 26th Amendments. This election was one of the key races in the country, and signaled a trend that would come to be known as Reagan's coattails, describing the influence Ronald Reagan had in congressional elections. Incumbent three-term Senator Birch Bayh was defeated by over 160,000 votes to Representative J. Danforth Quayle, who would later go on to be Vice President of the United States.

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Danforth Quayle	1,182,414	53.79
	Democratic	Birch Bayh (Incumbent)	1,015,922	46.21
Majority			166,492	7.58
Turnout			2,198,366
	Republican gain from Democrat

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