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Upstart Hernstadt Wins Nevada Senate Seat in 1976 Vote
The November 1976 Nevada election saw Bill Hernstadt upset incumbents in Dist. No. 3 Clark County while Democrats swept Nevada Assembly seats. Carter defeated Ford close in national race as Reagan challenged Ford at the GOP convention. Carter’s win comes with unified control of government for the first time since 1964.
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Nevada
Bill Hernstadt
Senate
Dist. No. 3
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Clark County
Carter
Ford
Georgia
Washington
White House
Henry
Scoop’ Jackson
Edmond Muskie
Mac Udall
Jerry Brown
California
Brown
Maryland
Ronald Reagan
Kansas City
Reagan
Texas
Barbara Jordan
Europe
Playboy Magazine
South
Zachary Taylor
Lyndon Johnson
Great Society
Hernstadt
Floyd Lamb
Senate Finance Committee
Richard Bryan
Las Vegas
Keith Ashworth
House
Assembly
Joe Neal
Reynolds Electric and Engineering Co
Bob Bailey