Election Name: | 1976 United States House election in Nevada |
Country: | Nevada |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1974 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada |
Previous Year: | 1974 |
Next Election: | 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada |
Next Year: | 1978 |
Election Date: | November 2, 1976 |
Image1: | James David Santini.jpg |
Nominee1: | Jim Santini |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 153,996 |
Percentage1: | 77.05% |
Nominee2: | Walden Charles Earhart |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 24,124 |
Percentage2: | 12.07% |
Nominee3: | Janine M. Hansen |
Party3: | Independent American Party of Nevada |
Popular Vote3: | 12,038 |
Percentage3: | 6.02% |
Map Size: | x240px |
Representative At-large | |
Before Election: | James David Santini |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | James David Santini |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1976 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada was held on Tuesday November 2, 1976, to elect the state's at-large representative. Primary elections were held on September 2, 1976.
Incumbent Democrat James David Santini won re-election by a landslide margin of 64.98% over Republican nominee Walden Charles Earhart and Independent American, Janine M. Hansen.