1992 United States Senate election in Nevada

1992 United States Senate election in Nevada
	November 3, 1992
	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

Harry Reid, incumbent U.S. Senator
Charles Woods, Perennial Candidate
Norman E. Hollingsworth, businessman

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			120,874	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

References

^ ^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.

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

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Candidates

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Candidates

Results

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Candidates

Results

See also

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