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.[1]

1992 United States Senate election in Nevada

November 3, 1992

Nominee Harry Reid Demar Dahl Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 253,150 199,413 Percentage 51.0% 40.2%

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

Major candidates

Democratic

• Harry Reid, incumbent U.S. Senator
• Charles Woods

Republican

• Demar Dahl, 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

References

1. Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.