1978Final results
1978 election for Nevada Senate District CLARK 1
Nevada State Senate · Nevada
James Gibson (D) won with 76.8% of the vote, defeating F. Bush (Lib) by 53.6 points.
James GibsonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
76.8%7,838
F. BushLibertarian
23.2%2,371
10,209 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