United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 1980
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The 1980 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 2, 1980. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Durkin
was defeated by attorney Warren Rudman
in a relatively close election, where nationwide Republicans would have a landslide election known as the Reagan Revolution.
John A. Durkin
John Anthony Durkin was a Democratic U.S. Senator from New Hampshire from 1975 until 1980.Durkin graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1959 and Georgetown University Law Center in 1965...
was defeated by attorney Warren Rudman
Warren Rudman
Warren Bruce Rudman is an American attorney and Republican politician who served as United States Senator from New Hampshire between 1980 and 1993...
in a relatively close election, where nationwide Republicans would have a landslide election known as the Reagan Revolution.