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Capital: can” CRY Congressional Districts: 5

1970 Population: 488,738 Counties: 1 National Rank: ‘7 Voting Precincts: 17

1970 Per caPlta Income: “'51” 1972 Convention Delegates: 933 National Rank: 5 1972 Electoral Votes: 2:

KEY OFFICE HOLDERS — Year First Elected to %

Name Party Elected Present Term Vote 0.5. Senator Alan Bible D 1954 1968 54.8% 0.3. Senator "ward N. Cannon D 1958 1970 57.6 Governor Michael O. Callaghan D 1970 1970 48.1 Lt. Governor Harry H. Reid 0 1970 1970 85.0 Secretary of State William D Swackhamer D 1972 1972 - Attorney General Robert List it l970 1970 82.9 EGISMTIVE WWSITION ‘ Democrats M Congressional Delegation 1 State Senate 14 6 itato House 25 15 popumnon ' 1970 Populagéog: “80753 Ethnic and Racial: Urban: . 3 White: 91.83 _ Indian: 1.6 Rural: 19.1 Black: 5.7 Italian 1.6 German: 1.4 Age: 18-20: 24,000 [17 .% Other: 1'0 21-24: 35,000 " ) Median Age: 27.8 25-44: 147,000 (42.21) Median Voting Age: 40.5 45-64: 107.000 (30.81.) white Collar: 47.1 65*: 34.000 (9.7%) Blue Collar: 26-2 VOTER REGISTRATION ~ ' Democrats _t_ Regblicans . 1 Others 1: Total ‘ 120.446 58.7 70,649 34.4 14.125 6.9 205,220 PRESIDENTIAL VOTES 1972 Nixon (63.726) McGovern (56.3) 1968 Nixon 73. 188 (48) Humphrey 50.593 (39) Wallace 20.432 (13) 1964 Johnson 79,339 (59) Goldwater 56.094 (41) 1960 Kennedy 5‘ g 330 (51)

Nixon 52,387 (49)