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Javits won reelection in the heavily Democratic year of 1974, having defeated former [[United States Attorney General]] [[Ramsey Clark]]. Six years later, Javits lost the   

Javits won reelection in the heavily Democratic year of 1974, having defeated former [[United States Attorney General]] [[Ramsey Clark]]. Six years later, Javits lost the   

lost the 1980 Republican Senate primary, 56 to 44 percent, to [[Al D'Amato|Alfonse Marcello D'Amato]], a local official from [[Long Island]], who campaigned to Javits' right.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=85658 NY US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 09, 1980]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref> Javits still ran as the nominee of the New York Liberal Party but polled only 11 percent of the vote in the [[general election]] in which D'Amato narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, U.S. Representative Elizabeth Holtzman.<ref name=nytobit/><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3894 NY US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1980]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref>

1980 Republican Senate primary, 56 to 44 percent, to [[Al D'Amato|Alfonse Marcello D'Amato]], a local official from [[Long Island]], who campaigned to Javits' right.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=85658 NY US Senate - R Primary Race - Sep 09, 1980]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref> Javits still ran as the nominee of the New York Liberal Party but polled only 11 percent of the vote in the [[general election]] in which D'Amato narrowly defeated the Democratic nominee, then U.S. Representative Elizabeth Holtzman.<ref name=nytobit/><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3894 NY US Senate Race - Nov 04, 1980]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 5, 2021.</ref>

==Death and legacy==

==Death and legacy==