1980 United States Senate election in Indiana

The 1980 United States Senate election in Indiana took place on November 4, 1980, along with elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as the presidential election, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Birch Bayh ran for a fourth term, but was defeated by Republican nominee, U.S. Representative Dan Quayle.

1980 United States Senate election in Indiana
November 4, 1980
 
Nominee Dan Quayle Birch Bayh
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,182,414 1,015,922
Percentage 53.8% 46.2%
County results
Quayle:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Bayh:      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Birch Bayh
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Dan Quayle
Republican

Elections in Indiana
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Indianapolis
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Before Unigov
Unigov-era
City-County Council Elections
South Bend
Mayoral Elections

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Roger F. Marsh, author and activist
  • Dan Quayle, U.S. Representative

Results
Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Quayle 397,273 77.06%
Republican Roger Marsh 118,273 22.94%

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Birch Bayh, the incumbent Senator, faced no opposition from Indiana and avoided a primary election. Bayh was originally elected in 1962 and re-elected in 1968 and 1974. He was Chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee and architect of 25th and 26th Amendments. This election was one of the key races in the country, and signaled a trend that would come to be known as Reagan's coattails, describing the influence Ronald Reagan had in congressional elections. Incumbent three-term Senator Birch Bayh was defeated by over 160,000 votes to Representative Dan Quayle, who would later go on to be Vice President of the United States.

Results
General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Quayle 1,182,414 53.79%
Democratic Birch Bayh (incumbent) 1,015,922 46.21%
Total votes 2,198,366 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

See also

Notes
  1. "Official Results". OurCampaigns. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
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