Elections by year

1980 elections

Every election in 1980 in the 99chambers archive: generals, primaries, specials and runoffs for Congress, governor, statewide offices and the state legislatures.

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Races6,553
Changed party484
Unopposed27%1,440 races
Incumbents defeated326

Feb 1, 1980 special

2 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Apr 1, 1980 special

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

1980 primaries

1,200 races in 8 states: State legislatures

Jun 1, 1980 runoff

17 races in 2 states: State legislatures

Aug 1, 1980 runoff

13 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Aug 1, 1980 special

2 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Sep 1, 1980 runoff

13 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Oct 1, 1980 runoff

11 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Nov 1, 1980 special

2 races in 2 states: State legislatures

Nov 4, 1980 general

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

1980 general

5,290 races in 51 states: President, U.S. Senate, Governors, U.S. House, State legislaturesD 242 · R 192 · Other 1

Dec 1, 1980 special

1 races in 1 state: State legislatures

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab