United States Senate election in Nevada, 1992

United States Senate election in Nevada, 1992

November 3, 1992

Nominee Harry Reid Demar Dahl Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 253,150 199,413 Percentage 51.0% 40.2%

U.S. Senator before election Harry Reid Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Harry Reid Democratic

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 ultimately won a majority of votes cast and, with that, re-election to a second term.^[1]

Major candidates

Democratic

• Harry Reid, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

• Demar Dahl, cattle rancher and President of Nevada Cattlemen's Association

Results

General election results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Harry Reid (inc.)	253,150	51.05%	+1.05%
	Republican	Demar Dahl	199,413	40.21%	-4.30%
	None of These Candidates		13,154	2.65%	-0.96%
	Independent American	Joe S. Garcia	11,240	2.27%
	Natural Law	Lois Avery	7,279	1.47%
	Libertarian	Kent Cromwell	7,222	1.46%	-0.41%
	Populist	Harry Tootle	4,429	0.89%
Majority			53,737	10.84%	+5.36%
Turnout			495,887
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

1. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf
2. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992/92Stat.htm#28