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 |
Image1: | Warren Rudman.jpg |
Nominee1: | Warren Rudman |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 195,559 |
Percentage1: | 52.15% |
Nominee2: | John Durkin |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 179,455 |
Percentage2: | 47.85% |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | John Durkin |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Warren Rudman |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1980 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Durkin was defeated by attorney Warren Rudman in a relatively close election, where nationwide Republicans would have a landslide election known as the Reagan Revolution.