United States Senate election in Nevada, 1958

November 4, 1958



Nominee	Howard Cannon	George W. Malone
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	48,732	35,760
Percentage	57.7%	42.3%

U.S. Senator before election

George W. Malone
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Howard Cannon
Democratic

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The 1958 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 4, 1958. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator George W. Malone ran for re-election to a third term, but was defeated by Democrat Howard Cannon.

Major candidates

Democratic

Howard Cannon, City Attorney of Las Vegas

Republican

George W. Malone, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Howard Cannon	48,732	57.65%	+7.63%
	Republican	George W. Malone (inc.)	35,760	42.32%	-9.35%
Majority			12,972	15.35%	+12.00%
Turnout			84,492
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

References

↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1958election.pdf