1978Final results
1978 election for Nevada State Assembly: Washoe 31
Nevada State Assembly · Nevada
Peggy Westall (D) won re-election with 56.4% of the vote, defeating Joanne Garwood Dain (R) by 12.8 points.
Peggy WestallDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.4%2,444
Joanne Garwood DainRepublican
43.6%1,888
4,332 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: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)