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1980 United States Senate election in New Hampshire

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Field	Value
election_name	1980 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
country	New Hampshire
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1974–75 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire#Special election: September 1975
previous_year	1975 (special)
next_election	1986 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
next_year	1986
election_date	November 4, 1980
image_size	x140px
image1	Warren Rudman.jpg
nominee1	Warren Rudman
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	195,563
percentage1	52.15%
image2	D000574.jpg
nominee2	John Durkin
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	179,455
percentage2	47.85%
map	{{switcher
map_caption	Rudman:
Durkin:
Tie:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	John Durkin
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Warren Rudman
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

|x245px |County results |x245px |Municipality results}} Durkin:
Tie:

The 1980 United States Senate election in New Hampshire took place on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Democratic Senator John A. Durkin, who won a contentious do-over election in 1975 following an extremely close election in 1974, ran for re-election to a second term. Former New Hampshire Attorney General Warren Rudman won a crowded Republican primary and faced Durkin in the general election. While Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan won the state by a wide margin in the presidential election, Rudman unseated Durkin by a slim margin, winning 52 percent of the vote to Durkin's 48 percent. After Durkin's loss, no Democrat would be elected to the Senate from the state until 2008.

Democratic primary

Candidates

John A. Durkin, incumbent U.S. Senator
William F. Sullivan, disabled veteran

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Warren Rudman, former New Hampshire Attorney General
John Sununu, former State Representative, Tufts University professor
Wesley Powell, former Governor of New Hampshire
Edward B. Hager, physician
Lawrence J. Brady, former Deputy Director of the Office of Export Enforcement
David H. Bradley, former State Senator
Anthony Campaigne, businessman
George B. Roberts, Jr., Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Robert Marvel, retired United States Navy commander
E. J. Smith, encyclopedia salesman
Carmen Chimento, 1974 and 1975 American Independent Party nominee for the U.S. Senate

Results

General election

Results

References

Burton, Meg. (August 23, 1980). "He's Durkin's Opponent, But Chooses to Ignore Him". [[Concord Monitor]].
New Hampshire Secretary of State. (1981). "State of New Hampshire Manual for the General Court 1981".
Burton, Meg. (June 12, 1980). "Finding the Common Denominator: GOP's Senate Forum Becomes a Durkin Roast". [[Concord Monitor]].
(June 26, 1980). "11 GOP Hopefuls Running for Senate". [[Valley News]].

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