North Dakota United States Senate election, 1980

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The 1980 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 4, 1980. The incumbent, Republican Senator Milton Young, was retiring. Republican Mark Andrews defeated North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party candidate Kent Johanneson to fill the vacated seat. ^[1]

Andrews, who had served as a Representative since 1965, easily received the Republican nomination, and the endorsed Democratic-NPL candidate was Kent Johanneson. Andrews and Johanneson won the primary elections for their respective parties.

Two independent candidates, Harley McLain and Don J. Klingensmith also filed before the deadline under the Chemical Farming Banned and Statesman parties respectively. McLain would later run for the same seat in 1998 against then incumbent Byron Dorgan.

[edit] Election results

1980 United States Senate election, North Dakota
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mark Andrews	210,347	70.29
	Democratic	Kent Johanneson	86,658	28.96
	Independent	Harley McLain	1,625	0.54
	Independent	Don J. Klingensmith	642	0.22
Majority
Turnout			299,272

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 1980 North Dakota U.S. Senate Election results

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