1956 United States Senate election in Nevada

1956 United States Senate election in Nevada
	County results; Bible: 50–60% 60–70%; Young: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Alan Bible; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Alan Bible; Democratic

The 1956 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 6, 1956. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Alan Bible, who won a special election to complete the unexpired term of Pat McCarran, was re-elected to a full term in office over Republican U.S. Representative Cliff Young despite Republican nominee Dwight David Eisenhower winning the state in the concurrent presidential election in Nevada.

General election

Candidates

Alan Bible, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1954 (Democratic)
Cliff Young, U.S. Representative at-large (Republican)

Results

1956 U.S. Senate election in Nevada^[1]
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Alan Bible (incumbent)	50,677	52.58%
	Republican	Cliff Young	45,712	47.42%
Turnout	96,389	100.00%
	Democratic hold	Swing

References

^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1956" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. 1957. Retrieved June 9, 2022.

[1] "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1956" (PDF). Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House. 1957. Retrieved June 9, 2022.

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