United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1980

The 1980 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 4, 1980 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator Fritz Hollings easily defeated Republican challenger Marshall Mays.

Democratic primary

The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for Senator on June 10, 1980. Fritz Hollings, the incumbent Senator, won the Democratic primary against two unknown candidates.

General election campaign

The Republican Party did not see the race as winnable and Mays recevied little assistance for his campaign. Hollings did little campaigning for the race and easily won re-election in the midst of an otherwise strong Republican year.

General election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (United States)
candidate = Fritz Hollings
votes = 612,556
percentage = 70.4
change = +1.0 Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (United States)
candidate = Marshall Mays
votes = 257946
percentage = 29.6
change = +0.9 Election box candidate
party = "No party"
candidate = Write-Ins
votes = 94
percentage = 0.0
change = 0.0Election box majority
votes = 354,610
percentage = 40.8
change = +0.1Election box turnout
votes = 870,596
percentage = 70.5
change = +19.2
colspan=5 |Democratic hold
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frame|300px|none|1980 South Carolina U.S. Senate election map, by percentile by county.

ee also

*List of United States Senators from South Carolina
*United States Senate elections, 1980

References

*cite book | last = State Election Commission | title = Report of the South Carolina Election Commission for the Period Ending June 30, 1981 | year = 1981 | location = Columbia, SC | pages = pp. 30, 33, 35, 37