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1976-11-02 Senatorial Election Results for Nevada (Class 1)

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County Turnout Howard Cannon*
(D)		 David Towell
(R)		 None of These
(X)		 Byron Young
(Independent American)		 Other Margin TOTAL
Carson City57%4,72648.6%4,25743.7%4114.2%2542.6%840.9%469 9,732
Churchill54%2,20249.8%2,01945.6%872.0%902.0%260.6%183 4,424
Clark40%76,09974.1%22,32821.8%1,8731.8%1,2581.2%1,0791.1%53,771 102,637
Douglas55%2,63849.6%2,27242.7%2154.0%1102.1%871.6%366 5,322
Elko55%2,84451.3%2,49345.0%651.2%951.7%460.8%351 5,543
Esmeralda93%24859.2%14033.4%143.3%143.3%30.7%108 419
Eureka73%24047.4%25149.6%51.0%71.4%30.6%-11 506
Humboldt51%1,30149.3%1,22446.3%722.7%261.0%180.7%77 2,641
Lander52%61253.4%46340.4%413.6%232.0%60.5%149 1,145
Lincoln74%89063.0%47533.6%191.3%181.3%100.7%415 1,412
Lyon57%2,06048.9%1,87844.6%1333.2%1032.4%380.9%182 4,212
Mineral64%1,95773.2%62123.2%351.3%461.7%130.5%1,336 2,672
Nye49%1,72470.6%61025.0%431.8%421.7%220.9%1,114 2,441
Pershing66%75055.1%56341.4%231.7%221.6%20.1%187 1,360
Storey78%33653.4%24238.5%294.6%132.1%91.4%94 629
Washoe47%26,46249.8%22,25141.9%2,1864.1%1,3952.6%8321.6%4,211 53,126
White Pine67%2,20658.7%1,38436.8%371.0%1032.7%290.8%822 3,759
TOTAL 42% 127,29563.0% 63,47131.4% 5,2882.6% 3,6191.8% 2,3071.1% 63,824 201,980
Total R vote: 63,471 (31.4%)      Total D vote: 127,295 (63.0%)      Total Other vote: 11,214 (5.6%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $405,380 $54,842 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $0 $0 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/NV/1976


Other candidates included: Dan Becan (Libertarian), 2,307 votes



1976 Senate class 1, Carson City
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 4,726 48.6%
David Towell (R) 4,257 43.7%
None of These (X) 411 4.2%
Byron Young (IA) 254 2.6%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 84 0.9%
TOTAL 9,732
Turnout: 57%


1976 Senate class 1, Churchill County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 2,202 49.8%
David Towell (R) 2,019 45.6%
None of These (X) 87 2.0%
Byron Young (IA) 90 2.0%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 26 0.6%
TOTAL 4,424
Turnout: 54%


1976 Senate class 1, Clark County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 76,099 74.1%
David Towell (R) 22,328 21.8%
None of These (X) 1,873 1.8%
Byron Young (IA) 1,258 1.2%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 1,079 1.1%
TOTAL 102,637
Turnout: 40%


1976 Senate class 1, Douglas County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 2,638 49.6%
David Towell (R) 2,272 42.7%
None of These (X) 215 4.0%
Byron Young (IA) 110 2.1%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 87 1.6%
TOTAL 5,322
Turnout: 55%


1976 Senate class 1, Elko County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 2,844 51.3%
David Towell (R) 2,493 45.0%
None of These (X) 65 1.2%
Byron Young (IA) 95 1.7%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 46 0.8%
TOTAL 5,543
Turnout: 55%


1976 Senate class 1, Esmeralda County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 248 59.2%
David Towell (R) 140 33.4%
None of These (X) 14 3.3%
Byron Young (IA) 14 3.3%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 3 0.7%
TOTAL 419
Turnout: 93%


1976 Senate class 1, Eureka County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 240 47.4%
David Towell (R) 251 49.6%
None of These (X) 5 1.0%
Byron Young (IA) 7 1.4%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 3 0.6%
TOTAL 506
Turnout: 73%


1976 Senate class 1, Humboldt County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 1,301 49.3%
David Towell (R) 1,224 46.3%
None of These (X) 72 2.7%
Byron Young (IA) 26 1.0%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 18 0.7%
TOTAL 2,641
Turnout: 51%


1976 Senate class 1, Lander County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 612 53.4%
David Towell (R) 463 40.4%
None of These (X) 41 3.6%
Byron Young (IA) 23 2.0%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 6 0.5%
TOTAL 1,145
Turnout: 52%


1976 Senate class 1, Lincoln County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 890 63.0%
David Towell (R) 475 33.6%
None of These (X) 19 1.3%
Byron Young (IA) 18 1.3%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 10 0.7%
TOTAL 1,412
Turnout: 74%


1976 Senate class 1, Lyon County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 2,060 48.9%
David Towell (R) 1,878 44.6%
None of These (X) 133 3.2%
Byron Young (IA) 103 2.4%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 38 0.9%
TOTAL 4,212
Turnout: 57%


1976 Senate class 1, Mineral County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 1,957 73.2%
David Towell (R) 621 23.2%
None of These (X) 35 1.3%
Byron Young (IA) 46 1.7%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 13 0.5%
TOTAL 2,672
Turnout: 64%


1976 Senate class 1, Nye County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 1,724 70.6%
David Towell (R) 610 25.0%
None of These (X) 43 1.8%
Byron Young (IA) 42 1.7%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 22 0.9%
TOTAL 2,441
Turnout: 49%


1976 Senate class 1, Pershing County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 750 55.1%
David Towell (R) 563 41.4%
None of These (X) 23 1.7%
Byron Young (IA) 22 1.6%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 2 0.1%
TOTAL 1,360
Turnout: 66%


1976 Senate class 1, Storey County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 336 53.4%
David Towell (R) 242 38.5%
None of These (X) 29 4.6%
Byron Young (IA) 13 2.1%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 9 1.4%
TOTAL 629
Turnout: 78%


1976 Senate class 1, Washoe County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 26,462 49.8%
David Towell (R) 22,251 41.9%
None of These (X) 2,186 4.1%
Byron Young (IA) 1,395 2.6%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 832 1.6%
TOTAL 53,126
Turnout: 47%


1976 Senate class 1, White Pine County
CandidateVotesPct
Howard Cannon* (D) 2,206 58.7%
David Towell (R) 1,384 36.8%
None of These (X) 37 1.0%
Byron Young (IA) 103 2.7%
Dan Becan (Lbt) 29 0.8%
TOTAL 3,759
Turnout: 67%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Howard Cannon*
Total Disbursements: $405,380

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/NV/1976

David Towell
Total Disbursements: $54,842

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   David Towell 25,960 67.4%
2   Sam Cavnar 5,964 15.5%
3   None of These 5,164 13.4%
4   Robert Charles 1,439 3.7%
TOTAL VOTES 38,527  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Howard Cannon* 61,407 85.8%
2   None of These 4,817 6.7%
3   Harrison Cundiff 2,761 3.9%
4   Rowena Von Wolff 2,563 3.6%
TOTAL VOTES 71,548