1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for Nevada State Assembly: Pershing–Churchill 37
Nevada State Assembly · Nevada
John Serpa (D) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Jack N. Tedford (R) by 9.3 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
John SerpaDemocrat · winner
54.6%2,668
Jack N. TedfordRepublican
45.4%2,214
4,882 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1976
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)