United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1980

November 4, 1980



Nominee	Bob Kasten	Gaylord Nelson
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,106,311	1,065,487
Percentage	50.2%	48.3%

County results

U.S. Senator before election

Gaylord Nelson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Bob Kasten
Republican

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The 1980 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson ran for re-election to a fourth term, but was defeated by Bob Kasten.^[1]

Major candidates

Democratic

Gaylord Nelson, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1963

Republican

Bob Kasten, Former U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 9th congressional district (1975-1979)

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Kasten	1,106,311	50.44
	Democratic	Gaylord Nelson	1,065,487	48.34
	Constitution	James P. Wickstrom	16,156	0.73
	Libertarian	Bervin J. Larson	9,679	0.44
	Socialist Workers	Susan Hagen	6,502	0.30
Majority			40,284	1.85
Turnout			2,204,135
	Republican gain from Democratic

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf

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