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1978 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada

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1978 United States House election in Nevada

← 1976 November 7, 1978 1980 →
 
Nominee Jim Santini Bill O'Mara
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 132,513 44,425
Percentage 69.51% 23.30%

County results
Santini:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Representative
At-large before election

James David Santini
Democratic

Elected Representative
At-large

James David Santini
Democratic

The 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada was held on Tuesday November 7, 1978, to elect the state's at-large representative. Primary elections were held on September 12, 1978.

Incumbent representative, James David Santini easily won re-election to a third term. He won every county except for Douglas County with over 60 percent of the vote.

Democratic primary

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Results

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Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James David Santini 67,338 80.22
Democratic Cal Weston 9,493 11.31
Democratic None of These Candidates 7,106 8.47
Total votes 83,937 100.00

Republican primary

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  • Bill O'Mara
  • Martin Hoffenblum
  • Sam M. Cavnar

Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican None of These Candidates 15,441 33.47
Republican Bill O'Mara 14,610 31.67
Republican Sam M. Cavnar 13,102 28.40
Republican Martin Hoffenblum 2,982 6.46
Total votes 46,135 100.00

General Election

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Candidates

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  • James David Santini, Incumbent Representative
  • Linda West, Libertarian candidate
  • Bill O'Mara, Republican candidate
General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James David Santini 132,513 69.51%
Republican Bill O'Mara 44,425 23.30%
Independent None of These Candidates 7,676 4.03%
Libertarian Linda West 6,029 3.16%
Total votes 190,643 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - NV At-Large - D Primary Race - Sep 12, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - NV At-Large - R Primary Race - Sep 12, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - NV At-Large Race - Nov 07, 1978". www.ourcampaigns.com.