The 1986 Nevada gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1986. Incumbent Democrat
Richard Bryan
Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and cr ...
won re-election to a second term as
Governor of Nevada
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...
, defeating Republican nominee
Patty Cafferata
Patricia Anne "Patty" Dillon Cafferata (born November 24, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer.
Born in Albany, New York, Cafferata graduated from Lewis and Clark College with a degree in elementary education and received her J.D. degree f ...
.
Democratic primary
Candidates
*
Richard Bryan
Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and cr ...
, incumbent governor of Nevada
*Herb Tobman
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
*
Patty Cafferata
Patricia Anne "Patty" Dillon Cafferata (born November 24, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer.
Born in Albany, New York, Cafferata graduated from Lewis and Clark College with a degree in elementary education and received her J.D. degree f ...
, state treasurer
*Jim Stone
*Joni Wines
*M.L. "Smokey" Stover
*Robert A. Swartz
Results
General election
Candidates
*
Richard Bryan
Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and cr ...
(D), incumbent governor of Nevada
*
Patty Cafferata
Patricia Anne "Patty" Dillon Cafferata (born November 24, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer.
Born in Albany, New York, Cafferata graduated from Lewis and Clark College with a degree in elementary education and received her J.D. degree f ...
(R), state treasurer
*Lou Tomburello (L)
Results
County results
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
*
Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...
*
Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
*Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
*Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil W ...
*
Elko
*
Eureka
*
Humboldt
*
Lander
Lander may refer to:
Media and entertainment
* Lander (computer game), ''Lander'' (computer game), computer game published by Psygnosis in 1999
* Lander (game demo), ''Lander'' (game demo), the 3D game demo provided with the Acorn Archimedes co ...
*
Lincoln
*
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
*
Pershing
*
Washoe
References
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
Gubernatorial
A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political_regions, political region, ranking under the Head of State, head of state and in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of ...
November 1986 events in the United States
{{Nevada-election-stub