1980 United States Senate election in Nevada

none March 2026 September 2023 1980 United States Senate election in Nevada Nevada 1929 presidential no 1974 United States Senate election in Nevada 1974 1986 United States Senate election in Nevada 1986 November 4, 1980 File:Paul Laxalt.jpg 150x150px Paul Laxalt Republican Party (United States) 144,224 58.52% 3x4.svg Mary Gojack Democratic Party (United States) 92,129 37.38% 1980 United States Senate election in Nevada results map by county.svg 250px County resultsLaxalt: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt Republican Party (United States) Paul Laxalt 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. Major candidates Democratic Mary Gojack, former State Senator (1974–1978) and former State Assemblywoman (1972–1974)http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=19582 Our Campaigns - Candidate - Mary L. Gojack Republican Paul Laxalt, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1974 and former Governor (1967–1971) Results General election resultshttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1980 clerk.house.gov live https://web.archive.org/web/20220320200405/https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf March 20, 2022 Republican Party (United States) Paul Laxalt (incumbent) 144,224 58.52% +11.55% Democratic Party (United States) Mary Gojack 92,129 37.38% -9.22% Libertarian Party (United States) Allen Hacker 6,920 2.81% 3,163 1.28% 52,095 21.14% +20.77% 246,436 Republican Party (United States) See also 1980 United States Senate elections References Nevada 1980 Category:1980 Nevada elections