1970 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada

1970 United States House election in Nevada

← 1968 November 3, 1970 1972 →

Nominee Walter S. Baring Jr. J. Robert Charles Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 113,496 24,147 Percentage 82.46% 17.54%

County results Baring:      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Representative At-large before election Walter S. Baring Jr. Democratic Elected Representative At-large Walter S. Baring Jr. Democratic

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]