1890 Nevada gubernatorial election

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November 4, 1890

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Nominee	Roswell K. Colcord	Theodore Winters
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	6,601	5,791
Percentage	53.27%	46.73%

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Frank Bell
Republican

Elected Governor

Roswell K. Colcord
Republican

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The 1890 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1890.

Republican nominee Roswell K. Colcord defeated Democratic nominee Theodore Winters with 53.27% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Theodore Winters, Democratic, former territorial representative, stockman, rancher and racehorse owner^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Roswell K. Colcord, Republican, Nevada State Commissioner to the 1889 Paris Exposition^[6]^[7]

Results

1890 Nevada gubernatorial election^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roswell K. Colcord	6,601	53.27%
	Democratic	Theodore Winters	5,791	46.73%
Majority			810	6.54%
Turnout			12,392
	Republican hold		Swing

References

^ "Old Winters Ranch". Washoe Valley Alliance. 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ "The Winters Ranch, Rancho del Sierra". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ "Theodore Winters". Historical Society of Winters. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ "State news". The daily silver state. Winnemucca, Nev. August 4, 1906. p. 3. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ "Hon. Theodore Winters". Weekly independent. Elko, Nev. August 10, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ "Gov. Roswell Keyes Colcord". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ Capace, Nancy (January 1, 2001). "Governors". The Encyclopedia of Nevada. Somerset Publishers. p. 98. ISBN 9780403096114. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Google Books.
^ "NV Governor, 1890". Our Campaigns. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 65. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
^ Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 192–193. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 368. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
^ Secretary of State of Nevada; Research Division of the Legislative Counsel Bureau (2016). "Chapter 9: Election Results". Political History of Nevada (PDF) (12th ed.). Carson City: Barbara Cegavske. p. 459.