1926 Nevada gubernatorial election

1926 Nevada gubernatorial election
â 1922 November 2, 1926 1930 â
	County results; Balzar: 50â60% 60â70% 70â80%; Scrugham: 50â60% 70â80% 80â90%
Governor before election; James G. Scrugham; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Fred B. Balzar; Republican

The 1926 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Republican nominee Fred B. Balzar defeated Democratic incumbent James G. Scrugham with 53.00% of the vote.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Â±%
	Republican	Fred B. Balzar	16,374	53.00%	+6.88%
	Democratic	James G. Scrugham (incumbent)	14,521	47.00%	â6.88%
Majority			1,853	6.00%
Total votes			30,895	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing	+13.75%

County	Fred B. Balzar Republican		James G. Scrugham Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast^[1]^[2]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[1]^[2]
Churchill	1,199	63.24%	697	36.76%	502	26.48%	1,896
Clark	481	23.81%	1,539	76.19%	-1,058	-52.38%	2,020
Douglas	474	71.71%	187	28.29%	287	43.42%	661
Elko	1,545	49.52%	1,575	50.48%	-30	-0.96%	3,120
Esmeralda	366	54.06%	311	45.94%	55	8.12%	677
Eureka	480	75.00%	160	25.00%	320	50.00%	640
Humboldt	734	53.73%	632	46.27%	102	7.47%	1,366
Lander	515	68.03%	242	31.97%	273	36.06%	757
Lincoln	164	16.98%	802	83.02%	-638	-66.05%	966
Lyon	909	63.34%	526	36.66%	383	26.69%	1,435
Mineral	453	69.91%	195	30.09%	258	39.81%	648
Nye	1,274	52.38%	1,158	47.62%	116	4.77%	2,432
Ormsby	512	50.10%	510	49.90%	2	0.20%	1,022
Pershing	569	54.55%	474	45.45%	95	9.11%	1,043
Storey	432	53.20%	380	46.80%	52	6.40%	812
Washoe	4,939	58.53%	3,499	41.47%	1,440	17.07%	8,438
White Pine	1,328	44.83%	1,634	55.17%	-306	-10.33%	2,962
Totals	16,374	53.00%	14,521	47.00%	1,853	6.00%	30,895

General election