United States Senate election in Iowa, 1980

November 3, 1980

Senator before election

John Culver
Democratic

Elected Senator

Chuck Grassley
Republican

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The 1980 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 3, 1980. Incumbent Democratic United States Senator John Culver sought re-election to a second term in the Senate, but he was unsuccessful in his bid to do so, falling to Chuck Grassley, the United States Congressman from Iowa's 3rd congressional district, the Republican nominee.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Culver (inc.)	95,656	99.95
	Democratic	Write-ins	52	0.05
Total votes			95,708	100.00

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Grassley	170,120	65.54
	Republican	Tom Stoner	89,409	34.45
	Republican	Write-ins	34	0.01
Total votes			259,563	100.00

United States Senate election in Iowa, 1980^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Chuck Grassley	683,014	53.49%	+4.21%
	Democratic	John Culver (inc.)	581,545	45.54%	-4.48%
	Independent	Garry De Young	5,858	0.46%
	Libertarian	Robert V. Hengerer	4,233	0.33%
	Independent	John Ingram Henderson	2,336	0.18%
Majority			101,469	7.95%	+7.20%
Turnout			1,772,983
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

(1978 ←) United States elections, 1980 (→ 1982)

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