Election Name: | 1970 United States House election in Nevada |
Country: | Nevada |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1968 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada |
Previous Year: | 1968 |
Next Election: | 1972 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada |
Next Year: | 1972 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1970 |
Image1: | Walter S. Baring, Jr..jpg |
Nominee1: | Walter S. Baring Jr. |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 113,496 |
Percentage1: | 82.46% |
Nominee2: | J. Robert Charles |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 24,147 |
Percentage2: | 17.54% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Representative At-large | |
Before Election: | Walter S. Baring Jr. |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Walter S. Baring Jr. |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1970 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada was held on Tuesday November 3, 1970, to elect the state's at-large representative. Primary elections were held on September 1, 1970.
Incumbent Democrat Walter S. Baring Jr. who had represented the district consecutively since 1956 won re-election to an 8th consecutive term and 10th term non-consecutively. Baring won by the biggest margin in his entire career, winning 2 counties with over 90% of the vote. His margin of 64.91% would only be beaten by Jim Santini in 1976.[1] This would be his last term in congress due to his loss in the 1972 primary.[2]