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1964 United States Senate election in Nevada

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United States Senate election in Nevada, 1964

← 1958

November 3, 1964

1970 →


Nominee	Howard Cannon	Paul Laxalt
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	67,336	67,288
Percentage	50.02%	49.98%

U.S. senator before election

Howard Cannon
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Howard Cannon
Democratic

Federal government

State government

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The 1964 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Howard Cannon won re-election to a second term by a slim margin of only 48 votes.

Major candidates

Democratic

Howard Cannon, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

Paul Laxalt, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada and former Ormsby County District Attorney

Results

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Howard Cannon (inc.)	67,336	50.02	-7.66
	Republican	Paul Laxalt	67,288	49.98	+7.66
Majority			48	0.04	-15.32
Turnout			134,624
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1964election.pdf

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