1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 Nevada election results

Every race on Nevada's ballot in the 1988 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races56
Changed party5
Unopposed9%5 races
Incumbents defeated2

President

R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NevadaGeorge H.w. Bush (R)21.4

U.S. Senate

D 1 · 1 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NevadaRichard Bryan (D)4.2Flipped

U.S. House

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NV-1James Bilbray (D)30.3
NV-2Barbara Vucanovich (R)16.6

Nevada State Senate

D 3 · R 7 · 1 changed party

Nevada State Assembly

D 30 · R 12 · 3 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AD-CARSONCITY 40Ernie Adler (D)24.7
AD-CARSONCITYWASHOE 37Gary A. Sheerin (D)10.5Flipped
AD-CLARK 1Matt Callister (D)12.0
AD-CLARK 2John Dubois (R)60.8
AD-CLARK 3Jane Wisdom (D)33.5
AD-CLARK 4Bill Kissam (D)12.1
AD-CLARK 5Vince Triggs (D)16.9
AD-CLARK 6Wendell Williams (D)64.9
AD-CLARK 7Morse Arberry Jr. (D)84.6
AD-CLARK 8Gene Porter (D)15.3
AD-CLARK 9Eileen Brookman (D)45.6
AD-CLARK 10Myrna Williams (D)31.2
AD-CLARK 11Jim Banner (D)74.1
AD-CLARK 12Jim Schofield (D)Unopposed
AD-CLARK 13Jim McGaughey (R)27.7
AD-CLARK 14Val Garner (D)30.1
AD-CLARK 15Marvin Sedway (D)10.6
AD-CLARK 16Bob Gaston (D)0.4
AD-CLARK 17Robert E. Price (D)32.5
AD-CLARK 18Robert W. Fay (D)12.3
AD-CLARK 19Vonne Chowning (D)52.2
AD-CLARK 20Jack Regan (D)12.2
AD-CLARK 21Danny Thompson (D)40.2
AD-CLARK 22John E. Jeffrey (D)27.2
AD-CLARK 41James Spinello (D)34.5
AD-CLARK 42Renee Diamond (D)14.4Flipped
AD-DOUGLAS 39Louis W. Bergevin (R)49.8
AD-ELKOEUREKA 33John Carpenter (R)29.7
AD-ESMERALDALINCOLNMINERALNYE 36Gaylyn Spriggs (R)Unopposed
AD-HUMBOLDTPERSHINGLANDERWASHOE 34John Marvel (R)Unopposed
AD-LYONSTOREYCHURCHILLDOUGLAS 38Joseph E. Dini (D)Unopposed
AD-WASHOE 23James Gibbons (R)30.1
AD-WASHOE 24Vivian Freeman (D)10.8
AD-WASHOE 25Bob L. Kerns (R)31.6
AD-WASHOE 26David Humke (R)66.5
AD-WASHOE 27Bruce Bogaert (R)3.8FlippedIncumbent lost
AD-WASHOE 28Courtenay Swain (D)26.0
AD-WASHOE 29Joan Lambert (R)41.1
AD-WASHOE 30Jan Evans (D)36.3
AD-WASHOE 31Leonard V. Nevin (D)Unopposed
AD-WASHOE 32Bob Sader (D)24.6
AD-WHITEPINECHURCHILLEUREKALANDER 35Mike McGinness (R)53.0

Nevada

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