United States Senate election in Washington, 1980

United States Senate election in Washington, 1980

November 3, 1980

Nominee Slade Gorton Warren Magnuson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 936,317 792,052 Percentage 54.2% 45.8%

Senator before election Warren Magnuson Democratic Elected Senator Slade Gorton Republican

The 1980 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 3, 1980. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Warren Magnuson lost re-election to State Senator Slade Gorton.

Candidates

Democratic

• Warren Magnuson, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

• Slade Gorton, State Attorney General

Results

General election results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Slade Gorton	936,317	54.2
	Democratic	Warren Magnuson	792,052	45.8
Invalid or blank votes				%
Total votes			'	'
Voter turnout			%

References

1. http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=33&c=&c2=&t=&t2=&p=&p2=&y=