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1910 United States Senate election in Nevada

November 8, 1910

File:Key Pittman Nominee Howard Cannon Paul Laxalt Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 67,336 67,288 Percentage 50.02% 49.98%

U.S. Senate election results map. Blue denotes counties won by Cannon. Red denotes those won by Laxalt.   Laxalt—50-60%   Laxalt—60-70%   Laxalt—70-80%   Cannon—50-60%   Cannon—60-70%

U.S. senator before election George S. Nixon Democratic Elected U.S. Senator George S. Nixon Republican

The 1910 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1910. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator George S. Nixon was re-elected by popular vote after initially being elected to his seat in 1905 by the Nevada Legislature. Although the 17th amendment - establishing popular election of senators - had not yet been enacted, a Nevada ballot measure required state legislators to elect the candidate receiving the highest number of popular votes.

Major candidates

Republican

• George S. Nixon, incumbent U.S. Senator

Democratic

• Key Pittman, lawyer.

Results

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	George S. Nixon (inc.)	9,779	48.02	N/A
	Democratic	Key Pittman	8624	42.35	N/A
	Socialist	Jud Harris	1959	9.62	N/A
Majority			1175	5.67	N/A
Turnout			20,362
	Republican hold		Swing	N/A

References

Nevada 1964 Category:1964 Nevada elections