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Election 1950 Results

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1950 US Senate election in Nevada

Pat McCarran (Democrat) beat George E. Marshall (Republican) in Nevada in 1950, 58.0% to 42.0%, a margin of 16.0 points and 9,896 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1944, when Pat McCarran also won.

Democrats led in 15 of the 17 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, Washoe, cast 20,207 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.0 points. The closest was Storey, where 26 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pat McCarran won Democratic 35,829 58.0%
George E. Marshall Republican 25,933 42.0%
Total61,762

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Washoe 10,506 52.0% 9,701 48.0% 20,207 D+4.0
Clark 9,425 57.6% 6,942 42.4% 16,367 D+15.2
Elko 2,553 64.5% 1,407 35.5% 3,960 D+28.9
White Pine 2,637 71.7% 1,043 28.3% 3,680 D+43.3
Churchill 1,664 64.1% 933 35.9% 2,597 D+28.1
Ormsby (Ext) 1,014 52.0% 935 48.0% 1,949 D+4.1
Humboldt 1,234 65.5% 650 34.5% 1,884 D+31.0
Mineral 1,365 73.0% 504 27.0% 1,869 D+46.1
Lincoln 1,322 75.8% 423 24.2% 1,745 D+51.5
Lyon 956 55.9% 754 44.1% 1,710 D+11.8
Nye 845 57.1% 635 42.9% 1,480 D+14.2
Pershing 652 48.3% 697 51.7% 1,349 R+3.3
Douglas 482 46.3% 560 53.7% 1,042 R+7.5
Lander 414 67.8% 197 32.2% 611 D+35.5
Eureka 291 54.4% 244 45.6% 535 D+8.8
Storey 215 53.2% 189 46.8% 404 D+6.4
Esmeralda 254 68.1% 119 31.9% 373 D+36.2

Counties as they stood in 1950; 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 Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Jacky S. Rosen (D) D+1.6
2022 Catherine Cortez Masto (D) D+0.8
2018 Jacky Rosen (D) D+5.0
2016 Catherine Cortez Masto (D) D+2.4
2012 Dean Heller (R) R+1.2
2010 Harry Reid (D) D+5.7
2006 John Ensign (R) R+14.4
2004 Harry Reid (D) D+25.9
2000 John Ensign (R) R+15.4
1998 Harry Reid (D) D+0.1
1994 Richard H. Bryan (D) D+9.9
1992 Harry Reid (D) D+10.8
1988 Richard Bryan (D) D+4.1
1986 Harry Reid (D) D+5.5
1982 Chic Hecht (R) R+2.4
1980 Paul Laxalt (R) R+21.1
1976 Howard W. Cannon (D) D+31.6
1974 Paul Laxalt (R) R+0.4
1970 Howard Cannon (D) D+16.5
1968 Alan Bible (D) D+9.5
1964 Howard Cannon (D) level
1962 Alan Bible (D) D+30.6
1958 Howard Cannon (D) D+15.4
1956 Alan Bible (D) D+5.2
1952 George Malone (R) R+3.4
1950 Pat McCarran (D) D+16.0
1946 George Malone (R) R+10.4
1944 Pat McCarran (D) D+16.8
1940 Key Pittman (D) D+21.0
1938 Pat McCarran (D) D+17.9
1934 Key Pittman (D) D+31.1
1932 Pat McCarran (D) D+4.1
1928 Key Pittman (D) D+18.5
1926 Tasker L. Oddie (R) R+13.3
1922 Key Pittman (D) D+25.6
1920 Tasker L. Oddie (R) R+4.2
1916 Key Pittman (D) D+6.5
1914 Francis Newlands (D) D+0.2