United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1980

United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 1980

November 4, 1980

Nominee Bob Kasten Gaylord Nelson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,106,311 1,065,487 Percentage 50.2% 48.3%

County results

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.^[1]

Major candidates

Democratic

• Gaylord Nelson, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1963

Republican

• Bob Kasten, Former U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 9th congressional district (1975-1979)

Results

General election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bob Kasten	1,106,311	50.44
	Democratic	Gaylord Nelson	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
Majority			40,284	1.85
Turnout			2,204,135

References

1. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf