United States Senate election in Georgia, 1980
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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, he 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
Democratic
- Herman Talmadge, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1957
Republican
- Mack Mattingly, businessman and Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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% | |||
See also
References
- ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf
- ↑ "United States Senator". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
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