1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1998 election for Nevada Senate District 7-2
Nevada State Senate · Nevada
Terry Care (D) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Jack D. Close (R) by 5.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Terry CareDemocrat · winner
52.6%16,155
Jack D. CloseRepublican
47.4%14,545
30,700 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET