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The1980 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary was held on February 26, 1980, inNew Hampshire as one of theDemocratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the1980 United States presidential election.
TheNew Hampshire primary was the third contest in the nation, held after theIowa caucuses and the Maine caucuses. The primary was won by incumbent PresidentJimmy Carter by a relatively narrow margin for an incumbent president. Carter received 49% of the vote and 10 delegates, while his main challenger, SenatorTed Kennedy, received 39% of the vote and 9 delegates.[1][2] California governorJerry Brown received just under 10% of the vote, but did not earn a single delegate.
This is the last New Hampshire primary in which an incumbent President running for re-election lost at least one of the Granite State's 10 counties.
