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 Nevadaportal |
The 1970 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada was held on Tuesday November 3, 1970, to elect the state's at-large representative. Primary elections were held on September 1, 1970.
Contents
- Democratic primary
- Candidates
- Results
- Republican primary
- Candidates 2
- Results 2
- General election
- Candidates 3
- Results 3
- References
Incumbent Democrat Walter S. Baring Jr. who had represented the district consecutively since 1956 won re-election to an 8th consecutive term and 10th term non-consecutively. Baring won by the biggest margin in his entire career, winning 2 counties with over 90% of the vote. His margin of 64.91% would only be beaten by Jim Santini in 1976. [1] This would be his last term in congress due to his loss in the 1972 primary. [2]