1992 United States Senate election in Nevada

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1992 United States Senate election in Nevada
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  1986 November 3, 1992 1998  
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Nominee Harry Reid Demar Dahl
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote253,150199,413
Percentage51.05%40.21%

1992 United States Senate election in Nevada results map by county.svg
County results
Reid:     40–50%     50–60%
Dahl:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Harry Reid
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Harry Reid
Democratic

The 1992 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 3, 1992. Although nearly 10% of the electorate voted for neither of the two major U.S. political parties, incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Harry Reid won re-election to a second term with over 50% of the vote. [1] Although Harry Reid defeated Demar Dahl in a landslide in the election, Bill Clinton won the state by a very narrow margin in the concurrent presidential election in the state.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Harry Reid (incumbent) 64,828 52.82
Democratic Charles Woods 48,36439.40
None of These Candidates 4,4293.61
Democratic Norman E. Hollingsworth3,2532.65
Total votes120,874 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Demar Dahl 37,667 36.91
Republican Bob Gore31,96331.32
None of These Candidates 13,52313.25
Republican Pro-Life Anderson8,3511.18
Republican Pat Fritzpatrick4,7724.68
Republican Sam M. Cavnar4,2434.16
Republican Kirby Vanburch1,5421.51
Total votes100.00

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Harry Reid (incumbent) 253,150 51.05% +1.05%
Republican Demar Dahl199,41340.21%−4.30%
None of These Candidates 13,1542.65%-0.96%
Independent American Joe S. Garcia11,2402.27%
Natural Law Lois Avery7,2791.47%
Libertarian Kent Cromwell7,2221.46%−0.41%
Populist Harry Tootle4,4290.89%
Majority 53,73710.84%+5.36%
Turnout 495,887
Democratic hold Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.