Election Name: | 1978 United States House election in Nevada |
Country: | Nevada |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1976 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada |
Previous Year: | 1976 |
Next Election: | 1980 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada |
Next Year: | 1980 |
Election Date: | November 7, 1978 |
Image1: | Jim Santini.png |
Nominee1: | Jim Santini |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 132,513 |
Percentage1: | 69.51% |
Nominee2: | Bill O'Mara |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 44,425 |
Percentage2: | 23.30% |
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 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada was held on Tuesday November 7, 1978, to elect the state's at-large representative. Primary elections were held on September 12, 1978.
Incumbent representative, James David Santini easily won re-election to a third term. He won every county except for Douglas County with over 60 percent of the vote.