<page_title> List of close election results </page_title> <section_title> Table of close national and state elections </section_title> <table> <cell> United States Senate <col_header> Election </col_header> </cell> <cell> 48 <col_header> Margin (votes) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Democratic incumbent Howard Cannon defeated Republican Paul Laxalt. <col_header> Description </col_header> </cell> </table>
Cannon won by 48 votes against Paul Laxalt in a election for the U.S. Senate.