United States Senate election in Idaho, 1980

November 4, 1980



Nominee	Steve Symms	Frank Church
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	218,701	214,439
Percentage	49.7%	48.8%

U.S. Senator before election

Frank Church
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Steve Symms
Republican

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The 1980 United States Senate election in Idaho 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 Frank Church ran for re-election to a fifth term, but was defeated by Republican Steve Symms.

Major candidates

Democratic

Frank Church, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

Steve Symms, U.S. Congressman

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Steve Symms	218,701	49.74%	+7.61%
	Democratic	Frank Church (inc.)	214,439	48.78%	-7.30%
	Libertarian	Larry Fullmer	6,507	1.48%
Majority			4,262	0.97%	-12.96%
Turnout			439,647
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980election.pdf

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