1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 U.S. House election results

Every U.S. House race in the 1980 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races435
Changed party43
Unopposed6%28 races

Alabama

D 4 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AL-1Jack Edwards (R)89.5
AL-2William Dickinson (R)23.9
AL-3Bill Nichols (D)Unopposed
AL-4Tom Bevill (D)95.9
AL-5Ronnie Flippo (D)88.0
AL-6Albert Lee Smith Jr. (R)4.0
AL-7Richard C. Shelby (D)46.9
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AK-ALDon Young (R)48.0

Arizona

D 2 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AZ-1John Rhodes (R)51.9
AZ-2Morris Udall (D)17.8
AZ-3Robert Stump (D)34.4
AZ-4Eldon Rudd (R)25.3

Arkansas

D 2 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AR-1William Alexander (D)Unopposed
AR-2Ed Bethune (R)58.0
AR-3John Hammerschmidt (R)Unopposed
AR-4Beryl Anthony (D)Unopposed

California

D 22 · R 21

Colorado

D 3 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
CO-1Patricia Schroeder (D)22.0
CO-2Timothy Wirth (D)15.3
CO-3Ray Kogovsek (D)11.2
CO-4Hank Brown (R)38.9
CO-5Ken Kramer (R)47.1

Connecticut

D 4 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
DE-ALThomas B. Evans Jr. (R)24.3

Florida

D 11 · R 4

Georgia

D 9 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
GA-1Bo Ginn (D)Unopposed
GA-2Charles Hatcher (D)47.2
GA-3Jack Brinkley (D)Unopposed
GA-4Elliott H. Levitas (D)38.9
GA-5Wyche Fowler (D)48.1
GA-6Newton Gingrich (R)18.1
GA-7Larry P. McDonald (D)36.2
GA-8Billy L. Evans (D)49.2
GA-9Edgar Jenkins (D)36.0
GA-10Doug Barnard Jr. (D)60.4
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HI-1Cec Heftel (D)63.7
HI-2Daniel K. Akaka (D)79.8
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ID-1Larry Craig (R)7.4
ID-2George Hansen (R)17.6

Illinois

D 10 · R 14

Indiana

D 6 · R 5

Iowa

D 3 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IA-1James Leach (R)29.2
IA-2Thomas Tauke (R)8.9
IA-3Cooper Evans (R)2.9
IA-4Neal Smith (D)8.0
IA-5Tom Harkin (D)20.4
IA-6Berkley Bedell (D)28.6

Kansas

D 1 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KS-1Pat Roberts (R)24.6
KS-2Jim Jeffries (R)7.7
KS-3Larry Winn Jr. (R)13.6
KS-4Daniel Glickman (D)37.9
KS-5Robert Whittaker (R)50.2

Kentucky

D 4 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KY-1Carroll Hubbard (D)Unopposed
KY-2William Natcher (D)31.3
KY-3Romano Mazzoli (D)29.1
KY-4Gene Snyder (R)34.0
KY-5Hal Rogers (R)35.0
KY-6Larry Hopkins (R)18.4
KY-7Carl Perkins (D)Unopposed

Louisiana

D 6 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LA-1Robert Livingston (R)79.4
LA-2Lindy "mrs Hale" Boggs (D)26.4
LA-3William Tauzin (D)70.2Flipped
LA-4Buddy Roemer (D)27.7
LA-5Jerry Huckaby (D)77.7
LA-6W. Henson Moore (R)81.4
LA-7John Breaux (D)Unopposed
LA-8Gillis W. Long (D)43.5
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ME-1David F. Emery (R)37.0
ME-2Olympia J. Snowe (R)57.0

Maryland

D 7 · R 1

Massachusetts

D 10 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MA-1Silvio Conte (R)49.8
MA-2Edward P. Boland (D)45.7
MA-3Joseph Early (D)44.6
MA-4Barney Frank (D)3.8
MA-5James M. Shannon (D)31.9
MA-6Nicholas Mavroules (D)3.7
MA-7Ed Markey (D)Unopposed
MA-8Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. (D)56.8
MA-9John Moakley (D)Unopposed
MA-10Margaret M. Heckler (R)21.2
MA-11Brian Donnelly (D)Unopposed
MA-12Gerry Studds (D)46.4

Michigan

D 12 · R 7

Minnesota

D 3 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MN-1Arlen Erdahl (R)43.6
MN-2Tom Hagedorn (R)21.3
MN-3William Frenzel (R)51.2
MN-4Bruce Vento (D)18.0
MN-5Martin Sabo (D)43.4
MN-6Vin Weber (R)5.3Flipped
MN-7Arlan Stangeland (R)4.3
MN-8James Oberstar (D)42.5

Mississippi

D 3 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MS-1Jamie Whitten (D)26.0
MS-2David R. Bowen (D)39.2
MS-3Gillespie Montgomery (D)Unopposed
MS-4Jon C. Henson (R)9.2
MS-5Trent Lott (R)47.8

Missouri

D 6 · R 4

Montana

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MT-1Pat Williams (D)22.9
MT-2Ronald Marlenee (R)18.1
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NE-1Douglas Bereuter (R)57.3
NE-2Hal Daub (R)9.3Flipped
NE-3Virginia Smith (R)67.9
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NV-ALJim Santini (D)43.2

New Hampshire

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NH-1Norman E. D'Amours (D)21.6
NH-2Judd Gregg (R)28.3

New Jersey

D 8 · R 7

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NM-1Manuel Lujan Jr. (R)2.0
NM-2Joseph Skeen (R)4.0Flipped

New York

D 22 · R 17

North Carolina

D 7 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ND-ALByron Dorgan (D)14.2Flipped

Ohio

D 10 · R 13

Oklahoma

D 5 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OK-1James R. Jones (D)16.7
OK-2Michael Synar (D)8.0
OK-3Wes Watkins (D)Unopposed
OK-4David McCurdy (D)2.0
OK-5Mickey Edwards (R)40.5
OK-6Glenn English (D)29.4

Oregon

D 3 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OR-1Les AuCoin (D)31.9
OR-2Denny Smith (R)1.3Flipped
OR-3Ron Wyden (D)43.9
OR-4Jim Weaver (D)9.6

Pennsylvania

D 12 · R 12 · Other 1

Rhode Island

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
RI-1Fernand J. St Germain (D)35.2
RI-2Claudine Schneider (R)10.6Flipped

South Carolina

D 2 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SC-1Thomas F. Hartnett (R)3.3Flipped
SC-2Floyd Spence (R)11.4
SC-3Butler Derrick (D)20.3
SC-4Carroll Campbell (R)85.7
SC-5Ken Holland (D)75.0
SC-6John L. Napier (R)3.6Flipped

South Dakota

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Thomas Daschle (D)31.6
SD-2Clint Roberts (R)16.8

Tennessee

D 5 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
TN-1James Quillen (R)72.4
TN-2John J. Duncan, Jr. (R)52.1
TN-3Marilyn Lloyd Bouquard (D)22.2
TN-4Albert Gore (D)58.6
TN-5Bill Boner (D)30.8
TN-6Robin L. Beard Jr. (R)Unopposed
TN-7Ed Jones (D)54.6
TN-8Harold Ford (D)Unopposed

Texas

D 19 · R 5

Utah

R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
UT-1James Hansen (R)4.2Flipped
UT-2Dan Marriott (R)36.8
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
VT-ALJames Jeffords (R)66.5

Virginia

D 1 · R 9

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
VA-1Paul S. Trible Jr. (R)81.0
VA-2G. William Whitehurst (R)79.7
VA-3Tom Bliley (R)19.0Flipped
VA-4Robert W. "bob" Daniel Jr. (R)21.4
VA-5Wc "dan" Daniel (D)Unopposed
VA-6M. Caldwell Butler (R)Unopposed
VA-7J. Kenneth Robinson (R)Unopposed
VA-8Stanford Parris (R)0.6Flipped
VA-9William C. Wampler (R)38.7
VA-10Frank R. Wolf (R)2.3Flipped

Washington

D 5 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WA-1Joel Pritchard (R)60.1
WA-2Allan Swift (D)31.3
WA-3Don Bonker (D)25.3
WA-4Sidney Morrison (R)14.7Flipped
WA-5Thomas Foley (D)3.8
WA-6Norman D. Dicks (D)7.3
WA-7Mike Lowry (D)14.5

West Virginia

D 2 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WV-1Robert H. Mollohan (D)27.3
WV-2Cleve Benedict (R)11.9Flipped
WV-3Mick Staton (R)5.3Flipped
WV-4Nick J. Rahall II (D)53.1

Wisconsin

D 5 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WY-ALDick Cheney (R)37.1

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab