United States Senate election in New York, 1980
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The 1980 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jacob Javits was defeated in the primary, and Republican Al D'Amato won the three-way election.
Contents
1 Candidates
1.1 Democratic
1.2 Results
1.3 Liberal
1.4 Republican
1.5 Results
2 Campaign
3 Results
4 See also
5 References
Candidates
Democratic
Elizabeth Holtzman, U.S. Representative
John Lindsay, former Mayor of New York City; former Republican U.S. Representative
Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945; former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs
John J. Santucci, Queens County District Attorney
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elizabeth Holtzman | 378,567 | 40.74% | |
Democratic | Bess Myerson | 292,767 | 31.51% | |
Democratic | John Lindsay | 146,815 | 15.80% | |
Democratic | John Santucci | 36,770 | 11.96% |
Liberal
Jacob Javits, incumbent U.S. Senator (registered Republican)
Republican
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alfonse M D'Amato | 323,468 | 55.68% | |
Republican | Jacob Javits | 257,433 | 44.32% | |
Total votes | 580,901 | 100.00% |
Nominated: Al D'Amato, Presiding Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead
Campaign
Javits's refusal to adjust politically to the rightward movement of his party as well as his 1979 diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease) led to a primary challenge. Javits was defeated in the primary by Hempstead Presiding Supervisor Al D'Amato on September 9.
D'Amato, also running on the Conservative line, proceeded to defeat Democratic U.S. Representative Elizabeth Holtzman and Javits, who ran on the Liberal Party ticket. In the traditionally liberal state of New York, Javits split the Democratic vote with Holtzman to give D'Amato a close victory.[3]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alfonse D'Amato | 2,272,082 | ||
Conservative (N.Y.) | Alfonse D'Amato | 275,100 | ||
Right to Life | Alfonse D'Amato | 152,470 | ||
Total | Alfonse D'Amato | 2,699,652 | 44.88% | |
Democratic | Elizabeth Holtzman | 2,618,661 | 43.54% | |
Liberal | Jacob Javits (Incumbent) | 664,544 | 11.05% | |
Libertarian | Richard Savadel | 21,465 | 0.36% | |
Communist | William R. Scott | 4,161 | 0.07% | |
Workers World | Thomas Soto | 3,643 | 0.06% | |
Socialist Workers | Victor A. Nieto | 2,715 | 0.05% | |
Write-in votes | 73 | <0.01% | ||
Majority | 80,991 | 1.34% | ||
Turnout | 6,014,914 | |||
Republican hold |
See also
- United States Senate elections, 1980
References
^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=43852.
^ Syracuse Mayoral Primary Results - 9wsyr.com
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^ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3894
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf
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