Election Name: | 1956 United States Senate election in Nevada |
Country: | Nevada |
Flag Year: | 1929 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1954 United States Senate special election in Nevada |
Previous Year: | 1954 (special) |
Next Election: | 1962 United States Senate election in Nevada |
Next Year: | 1962 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1956 |
Nominee1: | Alan Bible |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 50,677 |
Percentage1: | 52.58% |
Nominee2: | Cliff Young |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 45,712 |
Percentage2: | 47.42% |
Map Size: | x240px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Alan Bible |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Alan Bible |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1956 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Alan Bible, who won a special election to complete the unexpired term of Pat McCarran, was re-elected to a full term in office over Republican U.S. Representative Cliff Young despite Republican nominee Dwight David Eisenhower winning the state in the concurrent presidential election in Nevada.