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Elections / 1980 · US Senate

The 1980 Senate map

33 Senate contests were decided in 1980: Democrats won 13, Republicans 20. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.

1980 US Senate elections
1980 Senate margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1980 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · R+2.9Alaska · R+7.8Arizona · R+1.1Colorado · D+1.6Florida · R+3.3Georgia · R+1.7Indiana · R+7.6Kansas · R+27.5Maine · —Massachusetts · —Minnesota · —New Jersey · —North Carolina · R+0.6North Dakota · —Oklahoma · R+9.9Pennsylvania · R+2.4South Dakota · R+18.8Texas · —Wyoming · —Connecticut · D+13.4Missouri · D+4.3West Virginia · —Illinois · D+13.5New Mexico · —Arkansas · D+18.2California · D+19.4Delaware · —District of Columbia · —Hawaii · D+59.5Iowa · R+7.9Kentucky · D+30.3Maryland · R+32.3Michigan · —Mississippi · —Montana · —New Hampshire · R+4.3New York · D+5.8Ohio · D+41.0Oregon · R+8.1Tennessee · —Utah · R+48.2Virginia · —Washington · R+8.3Wisconsin · R+1.9Nebraska · —South Carolina · D+40.7Idaho · R+1.0Nevada · R+21.4Vermont · D+1.3Louisiana · D+93.5Rhode Island · —
1980Senate margin
D+60
R+60
States with a Senate contest in 1980, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTD+1.3NHR+4.3CTD+13.4MDR+32.3
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won (e.g. Vermont or Maine). Where a state ran two contests in one year, the map shows the regular-cycle result.
Cycle summary
Wins by party — seats decided this cycle, not the resulting chamber balance.
Contests
33
Democratic wins
13
Republican wins
20
Democratic 1313Republican 2020
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
AlaskaR
−7.8%
72,00784,159156,166
AlabamaR
−2.9%
613,148650,3621,296,757
ArkansasD
+18.2%
477,905330,576808,481
ArizonaR
−1.1%
422,972432,371874,225
CaliforniaD
+19.4%
4,704,0983,091,6718,324,012
ColoradoD
+1.6%
590,501571,2951,173,142
ConnecticutD
+13.4%
763,969581,8841,355,961
FloridaR
−3.3%
1,705,4091,822,4603,527,869
GeorgiaR
−1.7%
776,143803,6861,579,829
HawaiiD
+59.5%
224,48553,068288,006
IowaR
−7.9%
581,545683,0141,276,986
IdahoR
−1.0%
214,439218,701439,647
IllinoisD
+13.5%
2,565,3021,946,2964,579,933
IndianaR
−7.6%
1,015,9621,182,4142,198,376
KansasR
−27.5%
340,271598,686938,957
KentuckyD
+30.3%
720,891386,0291,106,920
LouisianaD
+93.5%
810,69223,947841,013
MarylandR
−32.3%
435,118850,9701,286,088
MissouriD
+4.3%
1,074,859985,3992,066,965
North CarolinaR
−0.6%
887,653898,0641,797,665
New HampshireR
−4.3%
179,455195,559375,014
NevadaR
−21.4%
92,129144,224243,273
New YorkD
+5.8%
2,618,6612,272,0826,014,841
OhioD
+41.0%
2,770,7861,137,6953,984,893
OklahomaR
−9.9%
478,283587,2521,098,294
OregonR
−8.1%
501,963594,2901,139,939
PennsylvaniaR
−2.4%
2,122,3912,230,4044,418,042
South CarolinaD
+40.7%
612,554257,946870,500
South DakotaR
−18.8%
129,018190,594327,478
UtahR
−48.2%
151,454437,675594,298
VermontD
+1.3%
104,176101,421209,002
WashingtonR
−8.3%
792,052936,3171,728,369
WisconsinR
−1.9%
1,065,4871,106,3112,204,135