The 1980 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 4, 1980, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Donald Stewart, elected in a special election to finish the term of the seat left vacant by the death of Senator James B. Allen, decided to run for a full term, but was defeated in the primary by Jim Folsom, who lost the general election to Republican Jeremiah Denton.
Denton was the first Republican elected to the Senate from Alabama since the end of Reconstruction in 1879 and the first Republican elected since the passage of the 17th Amendment requiring the direct election of senators. He would lose reelection in 1986 to Democratic nominee Richard Shelby, who later joined the Republican Party in 1994.[1]
1980, united, states, senate, election, alabama, took, place, november, 1980, alongside, other, elections, united, states, senate, other, states, well, elections, united, states, house, representatives, various, state, local, elections, incumbent, democratic, . The 1980 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 4 1980 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections Incumbent Democratic U S Senator Donald Stewart elected in a special election to finish the term of the seat left vacant by the death of Senator James B Allen decided to run for a full term but was defeated in the primary by Jim Folsom who lost the general election to Republican Jeremiah Denton 1980 United States Senate election in Alabama 1978 special November 4 1980 1986 Nominee Jeremiah Denton Jim FolsomParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 650 363 610 175Percentage 50 15 47 05 County resultsDenton 40 50 50 60 60 70 Folsom 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 U S senator before electionDonald StewartDemocratic Elected U S Senator Jeremiah DentonRepublicanDenton was the first Republican elected to the Senate from Alabama since the end of Reconstruction in 1879 and the first Republican elected since the passage of the 17th Amendment requiring the direct election of senators He would lose reelection in 1986 to Democratic nominee Richard Shelby who later joined the Republican Party in 1994 1 Contents 1 Candidates 1 1 Democratic 1 2 Republican 2 Results 3 See also 4 ReferencesCandidates editDemocratic edit Jim Folsom Public Service Commissioner Donald Stewart incumbent U S SenatorRepublican edit Jeremiah Denton U S Navy veteran Armistead I Selden Jr former Democratic U S Representative and Ambassador to New Zealand Fiji and SamoaResults edit1980 United States Senate election in Alabama 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Jeremiah Denton 650 362 50 15 Democratic Jim Folsom 610 175 47 05 Conservative Michael R A Erdey 15 989 1 23 Libertarian William A Crew 13 098 1 01 National Democrat Sallie M Hadnott 2 973 0 23 Statesman Party Jim Partain 2 649 0 20 Socialist Workers Mohammed Oliver 1 511 0 12 Majority 40 187 3 10 Turnout 1 296 757Republican gain from DemocraticSee also edit1980 United States Senate elections Reagan s coattailsReferences edit Wayne Stephen 2008 Parties and Elections in America The Electoral Process Fifth Edition Rowman amp Littlefield Clerk of the United States House of Representatives 1981 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4 1980 PDF U S Government Printing Office nbsp nbsp This Alabama elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1980 United States Senate election in Alabama amp oldid 1212507968, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
