United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 1980

November 2, 1980



Nominee	Warren Rudman	John Durkin
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	195,559	179,455
Percentage	52.2%	47.9%

Senator before election

John A. Durkin
Democratic

Elected Senator

Warren Rudman
Republican

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The 1980 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 2, 1980. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Durkin was defeated by attorney Warren Rudman in a relatively close election, where nationwide Republicans would have a landslide election known as the Reagan Revolution.

Candidates

Democratic

John Durkin, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

Warren Rudman, former Attorney General of New Hampshire

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Warren Rudman	195,559	52.15
	Democratic	John A. Durkin (Incumbent)	179,455	47.85
Majority			16,104	4.3
Turnout			375,014
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

References

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