United States Senate election in Georgia, 1980

United States Senate election in Georgia, 1980

November 2, 1980

125px 120px Nominee Mack Mattingly Herman Talmadge Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 803,686 776,143 Percentage 50.87% 49.13%

100px County Results

Senator before election Herman Talmadge Democratic Elected Senator Mack Mattingly Republican

The 1980 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 2, 1980. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator and former Governor of Georgia Herman Talmadge decided to run for re-election to a fifth term,but lost a close race to Mack Mattingly, Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party. 1980 resulted in a landslide election for Republicans that would come to be known as the Reagan Revolution.

Candidates

Democratic

• Herman Talmadge, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1957

Republican

• Mack Mattingly, businessman and Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party

Results

1980 United States Senate election, Georgia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mack Mattingly	803,686	50.87%	+22.63
	Democratic	Herman Talmadge (inc.)	776,143	49.13%	-22.63
Majority			27,543	1.74	-41.78
Turnout			1,579,829
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing	22.63