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The 1980 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt won re-election to a second term. As of 2024, this is the last time that the Republicans have won the Class 3 Senate seat from Nevada. 42 years later Laxalt's grandson and former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt would run to take this senate seat in 2022, but narrowly lost to incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto.

Major candidates

Democratic

  • Mary Gojack, former State Senator (1974–1978) and former State Assemblywoman (1972–1974)[1]

Republican

Results

General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Paul Laxalt (incumbent) 144,224 58.52% +11.55%
Democratic Mary Gojack 92,129 37.38% -9.22%
Libertarian Allen Hacker 6,920 2.81%
None of These Candidates 3,163 1.28%
Majority 52,095 21.14% +20.77%
Turnout 246,436
Republican hold Swing

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