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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Nevada election results

Every race on Nevada's ballot in the 1978 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races49
Changed party10
Unopposed4%2 races
Incumbents defeated5

Governors

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NevadaRobert F. List (R)17.2

U.S. House

D 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NV-ALJim Santini (D)48.1

Nevada State Senate

D 7 · R 3 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1-2Thomas R. C. Wilson · Cliff McCorkle (DEM)1.0
SD-3-2Mel Close Jr. · Jean E. Ford · Don W. Ashworth (D)2.4
SD-CAPITAL 1Lawrence Jacobsen (R)2.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-CLARK 1James Gibson (D)53.6
SD-CLARK 2Eugene V. Echols (D)45.0
SD-WASHOE 2Jim Kosinski (D)24.0
SD-WESTERN 1Carl F. Dodge (R)37.1

Nevada State Assembly

D 26 · R 14 · 9 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AD-CARSONCITY 40Alan Glover (D)3.4
AD-CARSONCITYDOUGLAS 39Louis W. Bergevin (R)1.6
AD-CLARK 1Peggy Cavnar (R)3.2Flipped
AD-CLARK 2Lloyd W. Mann (D)20.7
AD-CLARK 3Roger Bremner (D)72.0
AD-CLARK 4Mike Malone (R)3.3FlippedIncumbent lost
AD-CLARK 5Bill Brady (R)8.6FlippedIncumbent lost
AD-CLARK 6Marion Bennett (D)68.4
AD-CLARK 7Lonie Chaney (D)77.1
AD-CLARK 8Robert E. Robinson (D)48.3
AD-CLARK 9Darrell D. Tanner (R)11.0Flipped
AD-CLARK 10John Vergiels (D)45.1
AD-CLARK 11Jim Banner (D)52.3
AD-CLARK 12Michael T. Fitzpatrick (R)2.0Flipped
AD-CLARK 13Karen W. Hayes (D)41.6
AD-CLARK 14Janson F. Stewart (D)36.8
AD-CLARK 15Nick Horn (D)51.5
AD-CLARK 16Harley L. Harmon (D)10.9
AD-CLARK 17Robert E. Price (D)44.2
AD-CLARK 18Thomas J. Hickey (D)59.1
AD-CLARK 19Paul W. May Jr. (D)13.8
AD-CLARK 20Robert G. Craddock (D)64.1
AD-CLARK 21Nash M. Sena (D)74.9
AD-CLARK 22John E. Jeffrey (D)35.4
AD-ELKO 33Dean A. Rhoads (R)Unopposed
AD-ESMERALDAMINERALNYE 36Jack F. Fielding (D)57.9
AD-HUMBOLDTEUREKACARLIN 34John Marvel (R)14.3
AD-LINCOLNWHITEPINE 35John M. Polish (D)67.4
AD-LYONSTOREYCHURCHILL 38Joseph E. Dini (D)Unopposed
AD-PERSHINGCHURCHILL 37Virgil Getto (R)14.4FlippedIncumbent lost
AD-WASHOE 23Robert L. Weise (R)57.1
AD-WASHOE 24Todd Bedrosian (D)11.4
AD-WASHOE 25Sue Wagner (R)64.6
AD-WASHOE 26Paul Prengaman (R)0.6FlippedIncumbent lost
AD-WASHOE 27Steve Coulter (D)23.6
AD-WASHOE 28Robert F. Rusk (R)27.8Flipped
AD-WASHOE 29Robert Barengo (D)52.5
AD-WASHOE 30Donald R. Mello (D)35.8
AD-WASHOE 31Peggy Westall (D)12.8
AD-WASHOE 32Douglas J. Webb (R)10.2Flipped

Nevada

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab