1982 United States Senate election in Nevada

The 1982 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 5, 1982. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Howard Cannon ran for re-election to a fifth term, but lost to Republican Chic Hecht.

November 5, 1982


Nominee	Chic Hecht	Howard Cannon
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	120,377	114,720
Percentage	50.1%	47.7%

County results
Hecht: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Cannon: 50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Howard Cannon
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Chic Hecht
Republican

Federal government

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Major candidates

Democratic

Howard Cannon, incumbent U.S. Senator
James David Santini, U.S. Representative

Republican

Chic Hecht, State Senator since 1967

Results

General election results[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Chic Hecht	120,377	50.1
Democratic	Howard Cannon (incumbent)	114,720	47.7
None of These Candidates	–	5,297	2.2
Republican gain from Democratic

References

http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3758

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1982 United States Senate election in Nevada

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Results

See also

References