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1992 United States Senate election in Nevada Nevada presidential no 1986 United States Senate election in Nevada 1986 1998 United States Senate election in Nevada 1998 November 3, 1992 File:Rep Harry Reid.jpg Harry Reid Democratic Party (United States) 253,150 51.05% 3x4.svg 150x150px Demar Dahl Republican Party (United States) 199,413 40.21% 1992 United States Senate election in Nevada results map by county.svg 250px County resultsReid: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60%Dahl: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% U.S. Senator Harry Reid Democratic Party (United States) Harry Reid Democratic Party (United States)
The 1992 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 3, 1992. Although nearly 10% of the electorate voted for neither of the two major U.S. political parties, incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Harry Reid won re-election to a second term with over 50% of the vote.https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992 Clerk of the House of Representatives 1993 U.S. Government Printing Office
Although Harry Reid defeated Demar Dahl in a landslide in the election, Bill Clinton won the state by a narrow margin in the concurrent presidential election in the state.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Harry Reid, incumbent U.S. Senator
Charles Woods, Perennial Candidate
Norman E. Hollingsworth, businessman
Results
Democratic primary results
Harry Reid (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 64,828 52.82
Charles Woods Democratic Party (United States) 48,364 39.40
4,429 3.61
Norman E. Hollingsworth Democratic Party (United States) 3,253 2.65
120,874 100.00
Republican primary
Candidates
Demar Dahl, cattle rancher and President of Nevada Cattlemen's Association
Bob Gore
Pro-Life Anderson, activist
Patrick Matthew "Pat" Fitzpatrick
Sam M. Cavnar
Kirby Vanburch
Results
Republican Primary results
Demar Dahl Republican Party (United States) 37,667 36.91
Bob Gore Republican Party (United States) 31,963 31.32
13,523 13.25
Pro-Life Anderson Republican Party (United States) 8,351 1.18
Pat Fritzpatrick Republican Party (United States) 4,772 4.68
Sam M. Cavnar Republican Party (United States) 4,243 4.16
Kirby Vanburch Republican Party (United States) 1,542 1.51
100.00
General election
Candidates
Harry Reid (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
Demar Dahl (R), cattle rancher and President of Nevada Cattlemen's Association
Results
General election results
Democratic Party (United States)
Harry Reid (incumbent)
253,150
51.05%
+1.05%
Republican Party (United States)
Demar Dahl
199,413
40.21%
-4.30%
13,154
2.65%
-0.96%
Independent American Party of Nevada
Joe S. Garcia
11,240
2.27%
Natural Law Party (United States)
Lois Avery
7,279
1.47%
Libertarian Party (United States)
Kent Cromwell
7,222
1.46%
-0.41%
Populist Party (United States, 1984)
Harry Tootle
4,429
0.89%
53,737
10.84%
+5.36%
495,887
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
See also
1992 United States Senate elections
References
Nevada
1990
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Category:Harry Reid