1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Nevada Assembly District CLARK 1
Nevada State Assembly · Nevada
Peggy Cavnar (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Edward J. Kovacs (D) by 3.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Peggy CavnarRepublican · winner
50.1%2,664
Edward J. KovacsDemocrat
46.9%2,496
I. HendersonIndependent
3.0%158
5,318 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET