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The 1980 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 4, 1980. Incumbent Republican Senator Milton Young retired. Republican Mark Andrews defeated North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party candidate Kent Johanneson to fill the seat.[1] This was the last time Republicans won any congressional election in North Dakota until 2010, when John Hoeven was elected to the Senate and Rick Berg to the House.
Andrews, who had served as a Representative since 1963, 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.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Mark Andrews | 210,347 | 70.29% | |
| Democratic–NPL | Kent Johanneson | 86,658 | 28.96% | |
| Independent | Harley McLain | 1,625 | 0.54% | |
| Independent | Don J. Klingensmith | 642 | 0.22% | |
| Majority | 123,689 | |||
| Turnout | 299,272 | |||
| Republican hold | ||||
Notes
- ^ “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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