1980 United States Senate election in New York

The 1980 United States Senate election in New York was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent U.S. Senator Jacob Javits ran for re-election to a fifth term in office on the Liberal Party line, but he finished third behind Hempstead town supervisor Al D'Amato and U.S. representative Elizabeth Holtzman of Brooklyn.

Primary elections were held on September 9. In the Democratic primary, Elizabeth Holtzman defeated Bess Myerson with former New York City mayor John Lindsay finishing a distant third. Queens district attorney John J. Santucci finished fourth. Because D'Amato and Javits had each secured ballot access through minor party endorsements in June, the Republican primary was reduced to a preliminary test of strength; D'Amato defeated Javits with 55.7 percent of the vote.

In the general election, D'Amato defeated Holtzman narrowly, with Javits splitting the liberal vote. Despite the narrow plurality and the fact that the seat technically remained with the Republican Party, D'Amato's victory over the liberal Javits is often included in discussions of the Reagan Revolution in the 1980 elections, in which the Republican Party, led by conservative presidential nominee Ronald Reagan, gained control of the White House and U.S. Senate by picking up twelve seats. D'Amato would go on to serve three terms in the Senate before losing the 1998 election to Chuck Schumer, who succeeded Holtzman in the House following this election.