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1980 United States Senate election in California
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Field
Value
election_name
1980 United States Senate election in California
country
California
type
presidential
ongoing
no
previous_election
1974 United States Senate election in California
previous_year
1974
next_election
1986 United States Senate election in California
next_year
1986
election_date
image1
AlanCranston.jpg
nominee1
**Alan Cranston**
party1
Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1
**4,705,399**
percentage1
**56.51%**
image2
Paul Gann 1955 Edit.jpg
nominee2
Paul Gann
party2
Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2
3,093,426
percentage2
37.15%
map_image
1980 United States Senate election in California results map by county.svg
map_size
300px
map_caption
County results
**Cranston:**
title
U.S. Senator
before_election
Alan Cranston
before_party
Democratic Party (United States)
after_election
Alan Cranston
after_party
Democratic Party (United States)
Cranston:
Gann:
The 1980 United States Senate election in California took place on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Alan Cranston easily won re-election to a third term, even as the state's former Republican governor, Ronald Reagan, won a landslide victory in the concurrent presidential election, and a target of the National Conservative Political Action Committee.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on June 3, 1980.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Alan Cranston, incumbent United States Senator
Richard Morgan
David Rees
Frank L. Thomas
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Paul Gann, political activist
Rayburn Hanzlik, former Nixon and Ford staffer
Brian Hyndman
John G. Schmitz, State Senator and American Independent Party candidate for President in 1972
Philip Schwartz
Sam Yorty, former Mayor of Los Angeles, and Democratic nominee in 1954
James A. Ware, nominee for Controller in 1978
Results
Results
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