1976 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada

1976 United States House election in Nevada

November 2, 1976
 
Nominee Jim Santini Walden Charles Earhart Janine M. Hansen
Party Democratic Republican Independent American
Popular vote 153,996 24,124 12,038
Percentage 77.05% 12.07% 6.02%

County results
Santini:      60โ€“70%      70โ€“80%      80โ€“90%

Representative
At-large before election

James David Santini
Democratic

Elected Representative
At-large

James David Santini
Democratic

The 1976 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada was held on Tuesday November 2, 1976, to elect the state's at-large representative. Primary elections were held on September 2, 1976.

Incumbent Democrat James David Santini won re-election by a landslide margin of 64.98% over Republican nominee Walden Charles Earhart and Independent American, Janine M. Hansen.

Republican primary

  • Walden Charles Earhart
  • Anthony Dart

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican None of These Candidates 16,097 47.31
Republican Walden Charles Earhart 9,831 28.89
Republican Anthony Dart 8,097 23.80
Total votes 34,025 100.00

General Election

General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James David Santini 153,996 77.05%
Republican Walden Charles Earhart 24,124 12.07%
Independent American Janine M. Hansen 12,038 6.02%
Independent None of These Candidates 6,880 3.44%
Libertarian Jim Burns 2,825 1.41%
Total votes 167,966 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - NV At-Large - R Primary Race - Sep 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - NV At-Large Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com.