1992 United States Senate election in Nevada

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 won re-election to a second term with over 50% of the vote.^[1] Although Harry Reid defeated Demar Dahl in a landslide in the election, Bill Clinton won the state by a very narrow margin in the concurrent presidential election in the state.

1992 United States Senate election in Nevada

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Nominee Harry Reid Demar Dahl Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 253,150 199,413 Percentage 51.05% 40.21%

County results Reid:      40–50%      50–60% Dahl:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Harry Reid, incumbent U.S. Senator
• Charles Woods, Perennial Candidate
• Norman E. Hollingsworth, businessman

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry Reid (incumbent)	64,828	52.82
	Democratic	Charles Woods	48,364	39.40
	None of These Candidates		4,429	3.61
	Democratic	Norman E. Hollingsworth	3,253	2.65
Total votes			120,874	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

• Demar Dahl, cattle rancher and President of Nevada Cattlemen's Association
• Bob Gore
• Pro-Life Anderson, activist
• Patrick Matthew "Pat" Fitzpatrick
• Sam M. Cavnar
• Kirby Vanburch

Results

Republican Primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Demar Dahl	37,667	36.91
	Republican	Bob Gore	31,963	31.32
	None of These Candidates		13,523	13.25
	Republican	Pro-Life Anderson	8,351	1.18
	Republican	Pat Fritzpatrick	4,772	4.68
	Republican	Sam M. Cavnar	4,243	4.16
	Republican	Kirby Vanburch	1,542	1.51
Total votes				100.00

General election

Candidates

• Harry Reid (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
• Demar Dahl (R), cattle rancher and President of Nevada Cattlemen's Association

Results

General election results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Harry Reid (incumbent)	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

See also

• 1992 United States Senate elections