United States Senate election in Nevada, 1970

United States Senate election in Nevada, 1970

November 3, 1970

Nominee Howard Cannon William Raggio Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 85,187 60,838 Percentage 57.7% 41.2%

U.S. Senator before election Howard Cannon Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Howard Cannon Democratic

The 1970 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Howard Cannon won re-election to a third term.

Major candidates

Democratic

• Howard Cannon, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1959

Republican

• William Raggio, Washoe County District Attorney

Campaign

In the Senate, Cannon was known as a moderate in the Democratic Party. He served as chairman of several committees, including the rules committee and the inaugural arrangements committee. Cannon was nearly defeated for re-election in 1964 by Republican Lieutenant Governor Paul Laxalt in one of the closest election in history. However, he became more popular over the next few years and defeated D.A. William Raggio, whose 1970 senate campaign began his long political career. Raggio ran for the Nevada Senate in 1972 and won. He then served there for decades to come.

Results

General election results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Howard Cannon (inc.)	85,187	57.65%	+7.63%
	Republican	William Raggio	60,838	41.17%	-8.81%
	American Independent	Harold G. DeSellem	1,743	1.18%
Majority			24,349	16.48%	+16.44%
Turnout			147,768
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

1. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1970election.pdf