1980 United States Senate election in Florida

1980 United States Senate election in Florida

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Nominee Paula Hawkins Bill Gunter
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,822,460 1,705,409
Percentage 51.66% 48.34%

County results

Hawkins:      50–60%      60–70%

Gunter:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Richard Stone
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Paula Hawkins
Republican

The 1980 United States Senate election in Florida took place on November 4, 1980, alongside other elections for President of the United States as well as to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Stone ran for re-election to a second term, but lost the Democratic primary election to Bill Gunter. Republican Paula Hawkins defeated Gunter in the general election.[1]

  1. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). clerk.house.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2022.

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