1890 Nevada gubernatorial election

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

1890 Nevada gubernatorial election

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

County results Colcord:      50–60%      60–70% Winters:      50–60%

Governor before election Frank Bell Republican Elected Governor Roswell K. Colcord Republican

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Roswell K. Colcord	6,601	53.27%	+0.86%
	Democratic	Theodore Winters	5,791	46.73%	−0.86%
Majority			810	6.54%
Total votes			12,392	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing	+1.72%

Results by county

County	Roswell K. Colcord Republican		Theodore Winters Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast[8]
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Churchill	83	46.63%	95	53.37%	-12	-6.74%	178
Douglas	255	55.80%	202	44.20%	53	11.60%	457
Elko	649	44.82%	799	55.18%	-150	-10.36%	1,448
Esmeralda	486	61.52%	304	38.48%	182	23.04%	790
Eureka	507	53.82%	435	46.18%	72	7.64%	942
Humboldt	319	40.74%	464	59.26%	-145	-18.52%	783
Lander	288	51.34%	273	48.66%	15	2.67%	561
Lincoln	253	48.37%	270	51.63%	-17	-3.25%	523
Lyon	352	50.65%	343	49.35%	9	1.29%	695
Nye	150	48.54%	159	51.46%	-9	-2.91%	309
Ormsby	612	67.18%	299	32.82%	313	34.36%	911
Storey	1,524	58.04%	1,102	41.96%	422	16.07%	2,626
Washoe	846	50.27%	837	49.73%	9	0.53%	1,683
White Pine	277	57.00%	209	43.00%	68	13.99%	486
Totals	6,601	53.27%	5,791	46.73%	810	6.54%	12,392

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Ormsby
• Storey

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Churchill
• Elko

References

1. "Old Winters Ranch". Washoe Valley Alliance. 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
2. "The Winters Ranch, Rancho del Sierra". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
3. "Theodore Winters". Historical Society of Winters. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
4. "State news". The daily silver state. Winnemucca, Nev. August 4, 1906. p. 3. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
5. "Hon. Theodore Winters". Weekly independent. Elko, Nev. August 10, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
6. "Gov. Roswell Keyes Colcord". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
7. Capace, Nancy (January 1, 2001). "Governors". The Encyclopedia of Nevada. Somerset Publishers. p. 98. ISBN 9780403096114. Retrieved January 9, 2021 – via Google Books.
8. Nevada State Archives, Abstract of the votes cast at the General Election held in the State of Nevada on the Fourth day of November A.D. 1890, for Member of Congress, District and State Officers