1902 Nevada gubernatorial election

The 1902 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902. The Silver Party nominee "Honest" John Sparks defeated Republican nominee Abner Coburn Cleveland, with 6,540 votes to his opponents 4,778. He succeeded fellow Silver Party Governor Reinhold Sadler in office.

1902 Nevada gubernatorial election

← 1898 November 4, 1902 1906 →
 
Nominee John Sparks A. C. Cleveland
Party Silver Republican
Popular vote 6,540 4,778
Percentage 57.78% 42.22%

County results
Sparks:      50–60%      60–70%
Cleveland:      50–60%      60–70%
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Governor before election

Reinhold Sadler
Silver

Elected Governor

John Sparks
Silver

General election

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Unlike in 1898, when Silver Party Governor Reinhold Sadler faced off against Republican, Democratic, and Populist candidates, the state Democratic Party, the Populists, and the state Silver Party had essentially merged into one electoral vehicle (reflected in William Jennings Bryan's landslide victory in the state two years prior in the 1896 Presidential election, only four years after a Populist landslide). Cattleman John Sparks won and become the third of four Silver Party governor in a row.

Republican nominee A. C. Cleveland would die the following year, in 1903, and Sparks himself would die a year before his second term ended, in 1908.

Candidates

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Results

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1902 Nevada gubernatorial election[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Silver John Sparks 6,540 57.78% +22.11%
Republican Abner Coburn Cleveland 4,778 42.22% +6.76%
Majority 1,762 15.56%
Total votes 11,318 100.00%
Silver hold Swing +15.35%

Results by county

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County John Sparks
Silver & Democratic
Abner C. Cleveland
Republican
Margin Total votes cast[3][4]
# % # % # %
Churchill 138 62.73% 82 37.27% 56 25.45% 220
Douglas 197 44.77% 243 55.23% -46 -10.45% 440
Elko 765 54.76% 632 45.24% 133 9.52% 1,397
Esmeralda 250 53.08% 221 46.92% 29 6.16% 471
Eureka 283 61.79% 175 38.21% 108 23.58% 458
Humboldt 662 61.18% 420 38.82% 242 22.37% 1,082
Lander 280 66.35% 142 33.65% 138 32.70% 422
Lincoln 321 49.84% 323 50.16% -2 -0.31% 644
Lyon 335 56.88% 254 43.12% 81 13.75% 589
Nye 603 67.68% 288 32.32% 315 35.35% 891
Ormsby 385 51.06% 369 48.94% 16 2.12% 754
Storey 567 56.76% 432 43.24% 135 13.51% 999
Washoe 1,536 64.70% 838 35.30% 698 29.40% 2,374
White Pine 218 37.78% 359 62.22% -141 -24.44% 577
Totals 6,540 57.78% 4,778 42.22% 1,762 15.57% 11,318

Counties that flipped from Republican to Silver

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Counties that flipped from Silver to Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ Lincoln County was carried by the Democratic candidate in 1898; the Silver and Democratic parties were not fused in 1898

References

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  1. ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Cleveland".
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - A.C. Cleveland".
  3. ^ a b Nevada State Archives, Election Returns of General Election held on the Fourth day of November A.D. 1902 in the State of Nevada, as certified to by the County Clerks to the Secretary of State at Carson City, Nevada
  4. ^ a b Nevada Secretary of State. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State 1901-1902. Carson City, Nevada. p. 84.