Editing Reagan's coattails (section)

==1980 Senate Democratic losses==
The Democratic losses in the Senate in 1980 were:
#[[Alabama]]: [[Donald W. Stewart]] (first elected in 1978) lost in the Democratic primary to [[Jim Folsom, Jr.]] Folsom lost the general election to [[Jeremiah Denton]].
#[[Alaska]]: [[Mike Gravel]] (first elected in 1968) lost in the Democratic primary to [[Clark Gruening]]. Gruening lost the general election to [[Frank Murkowski]].
#[[Florida]]: [[Richard Stone (politician)|Richard B. Stone]] (first elected in 1974) lost in the Democratic primary to [[Bill Gunter]]. Gunter lost the general election to [[Paula Hawkins (politician)|Paula Hawkins]].
#[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]: [[Herman Talmadge]] (first elected in 1956) lost to [[Mack Mattingly]].
#[[Idaho]]: [[Frank Church]] (first elected in 1956) lost to [[Steve Symms]].
#[[Indiana]]: [[Birch Bayh]] (first elected in 1962) lost to [[Dan Quayle]].
#[[Iowa]]: [[John Culver]] (first elected in 1974) lost to [[Chuck Grassley]].
#[[New Hampshire]]: [[John A. Durkin]] (first elected in 1975) lost to [[Warren Rudman]]. Durkin resigned his seat in December and Rudman was appointed to fill out the remaining few days of Durkin's term.
#[[North Carolina]]: [[Robert Burren Morgan]] (first elected in 1974) lost to [[John P. East]].
#[[South Dakota]]: [[George McGovern]] (first elected in 1962) lost to [[James Abdnor]]. 
#[[Washington (state)|Washington]]: [[Warren Magnuson]] (first elected in 1944) lost to [[Slade Gorton]].
#[[Wisconsin]]: [[Gaylord Nelson]] (first elected in 1962) lost to [[Bob Kasten]].