David Gilmer Towell (June 9, 1937 – June 10, 2003) was an American politician who served a single term as a U.S. Representative from Nevada, representing the state's at-large district. He was a Republican .
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10-738: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles David Towell Born in Bronxville, New York , Towell was the son of a Canadian-born mother and an English-born father. He attended Bronxville and New York City public schools before earning a B.A. in economics at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California , in 1960. He served in the Nevada Air National Guard from 1960 to 1966. A real estate broker by profession, Towell's prior political experience included serving as chairman of
15-621: The Douglas County Republican Central Committee and as a delegate to the Nevada State Republican conventions in 1968, 1970, and 1972. He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972, expecting to face eight-term conservative incumbent Democrat Walter Baring in the general election. However, Baring was defeated in the Democratic primary by a considerably more liberal Democrat, James Bilbray . Boosted by
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25-404: The divided opposition, a late endorsement from Baring himself, and Richard Nixon 's national landslide, Towell won by a narrow margin. In 1974, Towell ran for reelection, but was soundly defeated by a more conservative Democrat, former judge Jim Santini . Towell ran for the U.S. Senate in 1976 against incumbent Democrat Howard Cannon , but lost by an overwhelming margin. Afterwards, he resumed
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