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1964 United States Senate election in Nevada

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Nominee Howard Cannon Paul Laxalt
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 67,336 67,288
Percentage 50.02% 49.98%

County results
Cannon:      50–60%      60–70%
Laxalt:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Howard Cannon
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Howard Cannon
Democratic

The 1964 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Howard Cannon won re-election to a second term by a slim margin of only 48 votes. Howard Cannon defeated Paul Laxalt by a very narrow margin despite Lyndon Baines Johnson winning the state over Barry Goldwater in a landslide in the concurrent presidential election in Nevada.

As of 2023, this remains the closest Senate race in US history since the passing of the 17th amendment in which the winner was seated as Senator.[ citation needed] [a]

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Howard Cannon (incumbent) 67,336 50.02 -7.66
Republican Paul Laxalt 67,288 49.98 +7.66
Majority 48 0.04 -15.32
Total votes 134,624 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing

Notes

  1. ^ The 1974 election in New Hampshire, decided by only two votes, was certified but challenged before the Senate without a conclusion. New Hampshire held a second election which was decided by around 27,000 votes.

References

  1. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 27.