1976 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada

1976 United States House election in Nevada
	County results; Santini: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Representative; At-large before election; James David Santini; Democratic	Elected Representative; At-large ; James David Santini; Democratic

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.

Republican primary[edit]

Walden Charles Earhart
Anthony Dart

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	None of These Candidates	16,097	47.31
	Republican	None of These Candidates	9,831	28.89
	Republican	Anthony Dart	8,097	23.80
Total votes			34,025	100.00

General Election[edit]

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James David Santini	153,996	77.05%
	Republican	Walden Charles Earhart	24,124	12.07%
	Independent American	Janine M. Hansen	12,038	6.02%
	Independent	None of These Candidates	6,880	3.44%
	Libertarian	Jim Burns	2,825	1.41%
Total votes			167,966	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

^ "Our Campaigns - NV At-Large - R Primary Race - Sep 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com.
^ "Our Campaigns - NV At-Large Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[auto-1] "Our Campaigns - NV At-Large - R Primary Race - Sep 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com.

[2] "Our Campaigns - NV At-Large Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com.

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