Election Name: | 1980 United States Senate election in Nevada |
Country: | Nevada |
Flag Year: | 1929 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1974 United States Senate election in Nevada |
Previous Year: | 1974 |
Next Election: | 1986 United States Senate election in Nevada |
Next Year: | 1986 |
Election Date: | November 4, 1980 |
Image1: | File:Paul Laxalt (colorized).jpg |
Nominee1: | Paul Laxalt |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 144,224 |
Percentage1: | 58.52% |
Nominee2: | Mary Gojack |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 92,129 |
Percentage2: | 37.38% |
Map Size: | x250px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Paul Laxalt |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Paul Laxalt |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1980 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt won re-election to a second term. As of, this is the last time that the Republicans have won the Class 3 Senate seat from Nevada. 42 years later Laxalt's grandson and former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt would run to take this senate seat in 2022, but narrowly lost to incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto.