1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Nevada Senate District CAPITAL 1
Nevada State Senate · Nevada
Lawrence Jacobsen (R) won with 51.3% of the vote, defeating Gary A. Sheerin (D) by 2.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lawrence JacobsenRepublican · winner
51.3%8,041
Gary A. SheerinDemocrat · incumbent
48.7%7,635
15,676 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