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Election 1978 Results

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1978 Nevada governor election

Robert F. List (Republican) beat Robert E. Rose (Democrat) in Nevada in 1978, 56.2% to 39.7%, a margin of 16.5 points and 31,736 votes.

Nevada changed party: in 1974 it went Democratic, for Mike O'Callaghan.

Republicans led in 16 of the 17 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Clark, cast 96,602 votes and went to the Republican by 9.6 points. The closest was Mineral, where 47 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Robert F. List won Republican 108,097 56.2%
Robert E. Rose Democratic 76,361 39.7%
All other candidates 7,987 4.2%
Total192,445

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Clark 42,472 44.0% 51,708 53.5% 2,422 96,602 R+9.6
Washoe 17,570 35.9% 28,759 58.8% 2,595 48,924 R+22.9
Carson City 3,250 31.1% 6,721 64.3% 482 10,453 R+33.2
Douglas 1,742 31.3% 3,523 63.4% 293 5,558 R+32.0
Elko 1,380 28.2% 3,162 64.6% 352 4,894 R+36.4
Churchill 1,410 31.7% 2,692 60.4% 352 4,454 R+28.8
Lyon 1,658 38.9% 2,331 54.7% 273 4,262 R+15.8
White Pine 1,086 32.9% 1,966 59.5% 253 3,305 R+26.6
Nye 1,300 43.4% 1,553 51.8% 145 2,998 R+8.4
Humboldt 954 37.3% 1,420 55.5% 183 2,557 R+18.2
Mineral 1,061 44.2% 1,108 46.2% 229 2,398 R+2.0
Lincoln 579 37.5% 888 57.4% 79 1,546 R+20.0
Lander 567 40.8% 735 52.9% 88 1,390 R+12.1
Pershing 562 43.3% 630 48.5% 106 1,298 R+5.2
Storey 428 52.9% 329 40.7% 52 809 D+12.2
Eureka 154 30.1% 314 61.4% 43 511 R+31.3
Esmeralda 188 38.7% 258 53.1% 40 486 R+14.4

Counties as they stood in 1978; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Nevada governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Joe Lombardo (R) R+1.5
2018 Steve Sisolak (D) D+4.1
2014 Brian Sandoval (R) R+46.7
2010 Brian Sandoval (R) R+11.7
2006 James A. Gibbons (R) R+4.0
2002 Kenny Guinn (R) R+46.2
1998 Kenny Guinn (R) R+9.6
1994 Robert J. Miller (D) D+11.4
1990 Robert J. Miller (D) D+34.9
1986 Richard H. Bryan (D) D+46.9
1982 Richard H. Bryan (D) D+11.7
1978 Robert F. List (R) R+16.5
1974 Mike O'Callaghan (D) D+50.3
1970 Mike O'Callaghan (D) D+4.3
1966 Paul Laxalt (R) R+4.3
1962 Grant Sawyer (D) D+33.7
1958 Grant Sawyer (D) D+19.8
1954 Charles H. Russell (R) R+6.2
1950 Charles H. Russell (R) R+15.3
1946 Vail Pittman (D) D+14.8
1942 Edward P. Carville (D) D+20.5
1938 Edward P. Carville (D) D+23.7
1934 Richard Kirman Sr. (D) D+19.4
1930 Fred B. Balzar (R) R+6.5
1926 Fred B. Balzar (R) R+6.0
1922 James G. Scrugham (D) D+7.8
1918 Emmet D. Boyle (D) D+4.2
1914 Emmet D. Boyle (D) D+5.0
1910 Tasker Oddie (R) R+7.9
1906 John Sparks (D) D+22.6
1902 John Sparks (D) D+15.6
1898 Reinhold Sadler (other)
1894 John Edward Jones (other)
1890 Roswell K. Colcord (R) R+6.5
1886 Charles C. Stevenson (R) R+4.8
1882 Jewett W. Adams (D) D+8.6
1878 John H. Kinkead (R) R+2.6
1874 Lewis R. Bradley (D) D+14.3
1870 Lewis R. Bradley (D) D+7.9
1866 Henry G. Blasdel (R) R+11.1