United States Senate election in Illinois, 1980

November 4, 1980



Nominee	Alan J. Dixon	Dave O'Neal
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	2,565,302	1,946,296
Percentage	56.0%	42.5%

U.S. Senator before election

Adlai Stevenson III
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Alan J. Dixon
Democratic

The 1980 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Adlai Stevenson III decided to retire. Democrat Alan J. Dixon won the open seat.

Major candidates

Democratic

Alan J. Dixon, Illinois Secretary of State

Republican

Dave O'Neal, Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

Results

Illinois United States Senate election, 1980^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Alan Dixon	2,565,302	56.0
	Republican	Dave O'Neal	1,946,296	42.5
	Libertarian	Bruce Green	29,328	0.6
	Independent	Sidney Lens	19,213	0.4
	Communist	Charles F. Wilson	5,671	0.2
	Workers World	Michael Soriano	5,626	0.1
	Socialist Workers	Burton L. Artz	2,715	0.1

References

↑ "IL US Senate Race - November 04, 1980". Ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2015-04-04.

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