James David Santini Democratic James David Santini Democratic None of These Candidates The 1978 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada was held on Tuesday November 7, 1978, to elect the state's at-large representative.

Primary elections were held on September 12, 1978.

Incumbent representative, James David Santini easily won re-election to a third term.

He won every county except for Douglas County with over 60 percent of the vote.