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1980 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

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1980 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

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Nominee Bob Kasten Gaylord Nelson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,106,311 1,065,487
Percentage 50.19% 48.34%

County results
Kasten:      50–60%      60–70%
Nelson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Gaylord Nelson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Bob Kasten
Republican

The 1980 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson ran for re-election to a fourth term but was defeated by Bob Kasten, a Republican.[1]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Primary results by county:
  Kasten
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Kohler
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Cofrin
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Olson
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Kasten 134,586 36.77%
Republican Terry Kohler 106,270 29.03%
Republican Doug Cofrin 84,355 23.05%
Republican Russell Olson 40,823 11.15%
Total votes 366,034 100.00%

Results

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General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Kasten 1,106,311 50.19%
Democratic Gaylord Nelson (incumbent) 1,065,487 48.34%
Constitution James P. Wickstrom 16,156 0.73%
Libertarian Bervin J. Larson 9,679 0.44%
Socialist Workers Susan Hagen 6,502 0.30%
Total votes 2,204,135 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). clerk.house.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "WI US Senate - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 2, 2020.