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1992 United States Senate election in Nevada

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Nominee Harry Reid Demar Dahl
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 253,150 199,413
Percentage 51.05% 40.21%

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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Harry Reid (incumbent) 64,828 52.82
Democratic Charles Woods 48,364 39.40
None of These Candidates 4,429 3.61
Democratic Norman E. Hollingsworth 3,253 2.65
Total votes 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Demar Dahl, cattle rancher and President of Nevada Cattlemen's Association
  • Bob Gore
  • Pro-Life Anderson, activist
  • Patrick Matthew "Pat" Fitzpatrick
  • Sam M. Cavnar
  • Kirby Vanburch

Results

Republican Primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Demar Dahl 37,667 36.91
Republican Bob Gore 31,963 31.32
None of These Candidates 13,523 13.25
Republican Pro-Life Anderson 8,351 1.18
Republican Pat Fritzpatrick 4,772 4.68
Republican Sam M. Cavnar 4,243 4.16
Republican Kirby Vanburch 1,542 1.51
Total votes 100.00

General election

Candidates

  • Harry Reid (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Demar Dahl (R), cattle rancher and President of Nevada Cattlemen's Association

Results

General election results [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Harry Reid (incumbent) 253,150 51.05% +1.05%
Republican Demar Dahl 199,413 40.21% -4.30%
None of These Candidates 13,154 2.65% -0.96%
Independent American Joe S. Garcia 11,240 2.27%
Natural Law Lois Avery 7,279 1.47%
Libertarian Kent Cromwell 7,222 1.46% -0.41%
Populist Harry Tootle 4,429 0.89%
Majority 53,737 10.84% +5.36%
Turnout 495,887
Democratic hold Swing

See also

References

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