1988 United States Senate election in Nevada

1988 United States Senate election in Nevada
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November 8, 1988
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Nominee Richard Bryan Chic Hecht
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 175,548 161,336
Percentage 50.21% 46.14%
County results
Bryan:      40–50%      50–60%
Hecht:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
No vote:      [a]
U.S. senator before election

Chic Hecht
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Richard Bryan
Democratic

The 1988 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Chic Hecht ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democratic Governor Richard Bryan despite Republican nominee George H.W. Bush carrying the state in the concurrent presidential race.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard Bryan 62,278 79.49
None of These Candidates 7,035 8.98
Democratic Patrick Matthew "Pat" Fitzpatrick 4,721 6.03
Democratic Manny Beals 2,656 3.39
Democratic Larry Kepler 1,655 2.11
Total votes 78,345 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Chic Hecht, incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Larry Scheffler

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chic Hecht (incumbent) 55,473 82.12
None of These Candidates 6,460 9.56
Republican Larry Scheffler 5,618 8.32
Total votes 67,551 100.00

General election

Candidates

Results

General election results[1][better source needed]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard Bryan 175,548 50.21%
Republican Chic Hecht (incumbent) 161,336 46.14%
None of These Candidates 7,242 2.07%
Libertarian James Frye 5,523 1.58%
Total votes 349,649 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Bullfrog County, an enclave of Nye County extant from 1987 to 1989, had no population and thus recorded no votes.

References

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada,_1988