1976 United States Senate election in Nevada

The 1976 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Howard Cannon won re-election to a fourth term.

1976 United States Senate election in Nevada
November 2, 1976
 
Nominee Howard Cannon David Towell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 127,214 63,471
Percentage 63.0% 31.4%
County results
Cannon:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Howell:      40–50%
U.S. senator before election

Howard Cannon
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Howard Cannon
Democratic

Elections in Nevada
None of These Candidates

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican
  • David Towell, U.S. Representative from Nevada's At-large congressional district

Campaign

In the Senate, Cannon was known as a moderate in the Democratic Party. He served as chairman of several committees, including the rules committee and the inaugural arrangements committee. Cannon was nearly defeated for re-election in 1964 by Republican Lieutenant Governor Paul Laxalt in one of the closest elections in history. However, he became more popular over the next few years and won re-election in 1970 with nearly 58% of the vote. In 1976, he faced U.S. Representative David Towell, who served just one term in the U.S. House of Representatives before running for the U.S. Senate. Cannon won re-election with 63% of the vote, one of his best election performances of his career. He won every county in the state, except for Eureka County, which Towell won with just 51% of the vote.

Results
General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Howard Cannon (incumbent) 127,214 63.01% +5.36%
Republican David Towell 63,471 31.44% -9.73%
None of These Candidates 5,288 2.62%
Independent American Byron D. Young 3,619 1.79%
Libertarian Dan Becan 2,307 1.14%
Majority 63,743 31.57% +15.09%
Turnout 201,899
Democratic hold Swing
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See also

References
  1. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf
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