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Election 1982 Results

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1982 US Senate election in Nevada

Chic Hecht (Republican) beat Howard Cannon (Democrat) in Nevada in 1982, 50.1% to 47.7%, a margin of 2.4 points and 5,657 votes.

Nevada changed party: in 1976 it went Democratic, for Howard W. Cannon.

Republicans led in 16 of the 17 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Clark, cast 125,625 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.2 points. The closest was White Pine, where 22 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
Chic Hecht won Republican 120,377 50.1%
Howard Cannon Democratic 114,720 47.7%
All other candidates 5,297 2.2%
Total240,394

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Clark 67,983 54.1% 55,223 44.0% 2,419 125,625 D+10.2
Washoe 25,261 42.7% 32,323 54.6% 1,600 59,184 R+11.9
Carson City 4,830 39.5% 7,131 58.4% 257 12,218 R+18.8
Douglas 2,288 32.1% 4,679 65.6% 165 7,132 R+33.5
Elko 2,261 37.2% 3,724 61.2% 99 6,084 R+24.0
Lyon 2,198 38.2% 3,385 58.9% 165 5,748 R+20.7
Churchill 1,614 32.1% 3,307 65.8% 107 5,028 R+33.7
Nye 1,901 46.0% 2,143 51.9% 85 4,129 R+5.9
White Pine 1,598 47.8% 1,620 48.5% 122 3,340 R+0.7
Humboldt 1,100 38.0% 1,752 60.5% 46 2,898 R+22.5
Mineral 1,078 46.4% 1,176 50.7% 67 2,321 R+4.2
Lander 617 37.4% 997 60.4% 36 1,650 R+23.0
Lincoln 700 42.8% 899 55.0% 35 1,634 R+12.2
Pershing 511 38.3% 800 60.0% 22 1,333 R+21.7
Storey 377 44.5% 438 51.7% 32 847 R+7.2
Eureka 211 32.7% 417 64.7% 17 645 R+31.9
Esmeralda 192 33.2% 363 62.8% 23 578 R+29.6

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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