1976 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada

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1976 United States House election in Nevada

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November 2, 1976

1978 →


Nominee	Jim Santini	Walden Charles Earhart	Janine M. Hansen
Party	Democratic	Republican	Independent American
Popular vote	153,996	24,124	12,038
Percentage	77.05%	12.07%	6.02%

County results
Santini: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%

Representative
At-large before election

James David Santini
Democratic

Elected Representative
At-large

James David Santini
Democratic

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The 1976 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada was held on Tuesday November 2, 1976, to elect the state's at-large representative. Primary elections were held on September 2, 1976.

Incumbent Democrat James David Santini won re-election by a landslide margin of 64.98% over Republican nominee Walden Charles Earhart and Independent American, Janine M. Hansen.

Republican primary

Walden Charles Earhart
Anthony Dart

Results

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	None of These Candidates	16,097	47.31
	Republican	Walden Charles Earhart	9,831	28.89
	Republican	Anthony Dart	8,097	23.80
Total votes			34,025	100.00

General Election

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James David Santini	153,996	77.05%
	Republican	Walden Charles Earhart	24,124	12.07%
	Independent American	Janine M. Hansen	12,038	6.02%
	Independent	None of These Candidates	6,880	3.44%
	Libertarian	Jim Burns	2,825	1.41%
Total votes			167,966	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References

^ "Our Campaigns - NV At-Large - R Primary Race - Sep 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com.
^ "Our Campaigns - NV At-Large Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com.

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