1966 Nevada gubernatorial election
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The 1966 Nevada gubernatorial election occurred on November 8, 1966. Incumbent Democrat Grant Sawyer, who was challenged in the Democratic primary by Charles E. Springer, ran unsuccessfully for re-election to a third term as Governor of Nevada. He was defeated by Republican nominee Paul Laxalt.
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County results Laxalt: 50–60% 60–70% Sawyer: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Paul Laxalt | 71,807 | 52.16% | ||
Democratic | Grant Sawyer (inc.) | 65,870 | 47.84% | ||
Total votes | 137,677 | 100 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing |
County results edit
Source[1]
Paul Laxalt Republican |
Grant Sawyer Democratic |
Margin | Total | ||||
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County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes |
Churchill | 1,919 | 55.35% | 1,548 | 44.65% | 371 | 10.70% | 3,467 |
Clark | 32,116 | 49.62% | 32,603 | 50.38% | 487 | 0.75% | 64,719 |
Douglas | 1,521 | 60.33% | 1,000 | 39.67% | 521 | 20.67% | 2,521 |
Elko | 2,199 | 46.19% | 2,562 | 53.81% | 363 | 7.62% | 4,761 |
Esmeralda | 138 | 41.95% | 191 | 58.05% | 53 | 16.11% | 329 |
Eureka | 293 | 56.89% | 222 | 43.11% | 71 | 13.79% | 515 |
Humboldt | 1,308 | 52.93% | 1,163 | 47.07% | 145 | 5.86% | 2,471 |
Lander | 410 | 42.09% | 564 | 57.91% | 154 | 15.81% | 974 |
Lincoln | 687 | 52.32% | 624 | 47.52% | 63 | 4.80% | 1,313 |
Lyon | 1,719 | 58.87% | 1,201 | 41.13% | 518 | 17.74% | 2,920 |
Mineral | 1,266 | 46.75% | 1,442 | 53.25% | 176 | 6.50% | 2,708 |
Nye | 919 | 48.57% | 973 | 51.43% | 54 | 2.85% | 1,892 |
Ormsby | 3,198 | 58.52% | 2,267 | 41.48% | 931 | 17.04% | 5,465 |
Pershing | 618 | 50.70% | 601 | 49.30% | 17 | 1.39% | 1,219 |
Storey | 235 | 48.35% | 251 | 51.65% | 16 | 3.29% | 486 |
Washoe | 21,323 | 56.34% | 16,526 | 43.66% | 4,797 | 12.67% | 37,849 |
White Pine | 1,938 | 47.62% | 2,132 | 52.38% | 194 | 4.77% | 4,070 |
References edit
- ^ a b "1966 General Election Returns". Nevada Secretary of State. Archived from the original on July 3, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2014.