2018 Nevada elections

The Nevada general election, 2018 was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 throughout Nevada.

United States Senate

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Dean Heller ran for re-election to a second term and lost to Democratic U.S. Representative Jacky Rosen.[1]

United States Senate election in Nevada, 2018[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jacky Rosen	490,071	50.4
	Republican	Dean Heller (incumbent)	441,202	45.4
	n/a	None of These Candidates	15,303	1.6
	Independent	Barry Michaels	9,269	1.0
	Libertarian	Tim Hagan	9,196	0.9
	Independent American	Kamau Bakari	7,091	0.7
Total votes			972,132	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

United States House of Representatives

All of Nevada's four seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.

Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Brian Sandoval was term-limited for life and could not run for re-election to a third term in office.

Nevada gubernatorial election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Sisolak	480,007	49.4
	Republican	Adam Laxalt	440,320	45.3
	n/a	None of These Candidates	18,865	1.9
	Independent	Ryan Bundy	13,891	1.4
	Independent American	Russell Best	10,076	1.0
	Libertarian	Jared Lord	8,640	0.9
Total votes			971,799	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Mark Hutchison did not run for re-election to a second term.[3]

Democratic primary

Former State Treasurer Kate Marshall won the Democratic nomination.[4]

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kate Marshall	93,758	67.3
	Democratic	Laurie Hansen	30,698	22.0
	Democratic	None of These Candidates	14,915	10.7
Total votes			139,371	100.0

Republican primary

State Senate Minority Leader and former State Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson won the Republican nomination.[5]

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Roberson	63,656	46.2
	Republican	Brent Jones	24,892	18.1
	Republican	None of These Candidates	17,213	12.5
	Republican	Eugene Hoover	15,913	11.6
	Republican	Gary Meyers	9,149	6.6
	Republican	Scott LaFata	6,851	5.0
Total votes			137,674	100.0

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Michael Roberson (R)	Kate Marshall (D)	Other	Undecided
Gravis Marketing	September 11–12, 2018	700	± 3.7%	35%	45%	—	20%
Suffolk University	September 5–10, 2018	500	± 4.4%	26%	29%	13%[6]	31%
Gravis Marketing	June 23–26, 2018	630	± 3.9%	36%	45%	—	19%
The Mellman Group	April 12–19, 2018	600	± 4.0%	27%	40%	—	33%

Results

Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kate Marshall	486,381	50.3
	Republican	Michael Roberson	421,697	43.7
	Independent American	Janine Hansen	23,893	2.5
	n/a	None of These Candidates	23,537	2.4
	Independent	Ed Uehling	10,435	1.1
Total votes			965,943	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Attorney general

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor.[7]

Declared

• Aaron Ford, Majority Leader of the Nevada Senate[8]

Declined

• Steve Wolfson, Clark County District Attorney (ran for re-election and won)[9][10]

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Aaron Ford	94,664	68.0
	Democratic	Stuart MacKie	26,610	19.1
	Democratic	None of These Candidates	17,922	12.9
Total votes			139,196	100.0

Republican primary

Assistant State Attorney General Wesley Duncan ran for the Republican nomination and won.[11] U.S. Representative Mark Amodei previously expressed interest in running if Laxalt did not run, but he announced that he will not run regardless of Laxalt's plans.[12][13] Craig Mueller, former naval officer, and veteran lawyer who has lived in Las Vegas for over 40 years also ran for the Republican nomination and lost.[14]

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wesley Duncan	82,427	59.8
	Republican	Craig Mueller	43,346	31.4
	Republican	None of These Candidates	12,103	8.8
Total votes			137,876	100.0

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Wesley Duncan (R)	Aaron Ford (D)	Other	Undecided
Suffolk University	September 5–10, 2018	500	± 4.4%	28%	30%	12%[15]	29%
The Mellman Group	April 12–19, 2018	600	± 4.0%	27%	36%	—	37%

Results

Nevada Attorney General election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Aaron Ford	456,225	47.2
	Republican	Wesley Duncan	451,692	46.8
	Independent American	Joel Hansen	32,259	3.3
	n/a	None of These Candidates	25,577	2.7
Total votes			965,753	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Secretary of State

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske ran for re-election to a second term.[16][17]

Declared

• Nelson Araujo, state assemblyman[18]

Declined

• Kelvin Atkinson, state senator[19]
• Oscar Delgado, Reno City Councilman[17][20]
• Pat Spearman, state senator[17][18]

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Cegavske (incumbent)	85,335	62.5
	Republican	Ernest Aldridge	36,489	26.7
	Republican	None of These Candidates	14,609	10.7
Total votes			136,433	100.0

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing magazine[21]	Tossup	June 4, 2018

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Barbara Cegavske (R)	Nelson Araujo (D)	Undecided
Gravis Marketing	September 11–12, 2018	700	± 3.7%	40%	40%	20%
Gravis Marketing	June 23–26, 2018	630	± 3.9%	36%	37%	26%
The Mellman Group	April 12–19, 2018	600	± 4.0%	31%	36%	33%

Results

Nevada Secretary of State election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Cegavske (incumbent)	467,880	48.9
	Democratic	Nelson Araujo	461,551	48.3
	n/a	None of These Candidates	27,200	2.8
Total votes			956,631	100.0
	Republican hold

Treasurer

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Dan Schwartz did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor.[22]

Democratic primary

Declared

• Zach Conine, a Las Vegas businessman

Declined

• Andrew Martin, former assemblyman[23]
• Irene Bustamante Adams,[24] State assemblywoman
• Teresa Benitez-Thompson,[24] State assemblywoman

Republican primary

Former Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers is running.[24]

Derek Uehara, a certified financial planner and former Henderson City Council candidate[25]

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Beers	91,543	66.8
	Republican	Derek Uehara	32,402	23.7
	Republican	None of These Candidates	13,060	9.5
Total votes			137,674	100.0

Results

Nevada State Treasurer election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zach Conine	459,874	47.7
	Republican	Bob Beers	453,748	47.1
	n/a	None of These Candidates	27,431	2.8
	Independent	Bill Hoge	23,146	2.4
Total votes			964,199	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

Controller

Incumbent Republican Controller Ron Knecht lost re-election to a second term.[26]

Democratic primary

Declared

• Catherine Byrne, accountant

Declined

• Andrew Martin,[27] 2014 Democratic nominee

Results

Nevada State Controller election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Catherine Byrne	487,068	50.6
	Republican	Ron Knecht (incumbent)	445,099	46.2
	n/a	None of These Candidates	30,500	3.2
Total votes			962,667	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

State Legislature

Nevada Senate

Eleven out of twenty-one seats in the Nevada Senate were up for election in 2018.

Nevada Assembly

All 42 seats in the Nevada Assembly were up for election in 2018.

State Judicial Branch

Supreme Court Seat C

Incumbent Justice Michael Cherry, who has served on the Nevada Supreme Court since 2007, did not run for re-election to a third term.[28]

Candidates

• Elissa Cadish, Clark County District Judge[28]
• Jerry Tao, Court of Appeals Judge[28]
• Alan Lefebvre, Las Vegas attorney[28]
• Leon Aberasturi, Lyon County District Judge[28]
• John Rutledge, Carson City attorney who unsuccessfully ran for governor as a Democrat in 2014[28]

Supreme Court Seat F

Incumbent Justice Michael L. Douglas, who has served on the Nevada Supreme Court since 2004, pledged to retire in January 2019.[29]

Court of Appeals Chief Judge Abbi Silver ran for the seat unopposed.[28]

Supreme Court Seat G

Incumbent Justice Lidia S. Stiglich, who has served on the Nevada Supreme Court since 2017, was eligible to run for a first full term.

References

1. Lesniewski, Niels (December 29, 2016). "Dean Heller Not Running for Governor of Nevada". Roll Call. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
2. http://www.silverstateelection.com/USSenate/index.shtml
3. Rindels, Michelle (August 18, 2017). "Nevada Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison announces he won't seek re-election; field for replacement still shaping up". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
4. Valley, Jackie (September 13, 2017). "Former state Treasurer Kate Marshall announces her bid for lieutenant governor". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
5. Valley, Jackie (August 21, 2017). "Republican state Senate leader Michael Roberson jumps into race for lieutenant governor". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
6. "None of these" with 5%, Janine Hansen (AI) with 5%, Ed Uehling (I) with 3%
7. Rindels, Michelle (November 1, 2017). "Attorney General Adam Laxalt, a rising Republican favorite, officially enters 2018 gubernatorial race". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
8. Snyder, Riley (September 12, 2017). "Democratic Senate Leader Aaron Ford announces attorney general bid, setting up likely race to replace Laxalt". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
9. Snyder, Riley (April 24, 2017). "If Laxalt runs for governor, Wes Duncan says he's running for attorney general". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
10. Lochhead, Colton (August 16, 2017). "Clark County DA Steve Wolfson announces re-election bid". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
11. Rindels, Michelle; Snyder, Riley (November 2, 2017). "Republican Wes Duncan, former Laxalt deputy, jumps into attorney general's race". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
12. Hagar, Ray (August 5, 2015). "Hagar: Amodei wants to be Nevada governor - if Heller doesn't". Reno Gazette-Journal. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
13. Pathe, Simone (April 27, 2017). ".@MarkAmodeiNV2 says he's not interested in NV AG but hasn't decided if he's running for re-election. @SharronAngle is primarying him". Twitter. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
14. "Home - Craig Mueller for Nevada". Craig Mueller for Nevada. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
15. "None of these" with 2%, Joel Hansen (AI) with 10%
16. Snyder, Riley (January 27, 2017). "Barbara Cegavske says she's running for re-election". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
17. Rindels, Michelle (July 31, 2017). "As potential challengers emerge, Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske 'absolutely running' again". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
18. Rindels, Michelle (September 18, 2017). "Democratic Assemblyman Nelson Araujo enters secretary of state race, Spearman withdraws from consideration". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
19. Ralston, Jon (November 28, 2016). "Politics: Pol positioning". Nevada Public Radio. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
20. Rindels, Michelle (September 14, 2017). "As Delgado decides against secretary of state bid, sources say Araujo will run". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
21. Jacobson, Louis (4 June 2018). "Secretary of State Races Are More Competitive and Important Than Ever". Governing. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
22. Rindels, Michelle (September 5, 2017). "Republican Dan Schwartz, Nevada's maverick treasurer, jumps into governor's race". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
23. https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/second-democrat-files-for-nevada-treasurer-race/
24. Rindels, Michelle (August 10, 2017). "Republican former Vegas councilman, lawmaker Bob Beers announces run for state treasurer". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
25. https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/ex-henderson-city-council-candidate-to-run-for-nevada-treasurer/
26. "Knecht to seek another office term". Nevada Appeal. October 30, 2017. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
27. Lochhead, Colton (August 13, 2017). "2018 campaign season is heating up in Nevada". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
28. https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/news-columns/jane-ann-morrison/judge-lands-nevada-supreme-court-seat-after-no-one-else-files/
29. Ritter, Ken (December 4, 2017). "Nevada Supreme Court justices Douglas, Cherry to retire". Retrieved January 21, 2018.

External links

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia
• Campaign finance at National Institute on Money in State Politics

Official Lieutenant Governor campaign websites

• Janine Hansen (IAPN) for Lt. Governor
• Kate Marshall (D) for Lt. Governor
• Michael Roberson (R) for Lt. Governor
• Ed Uehling (NPP) for Lt. Governor

Official Attorney General campaign websites

• Wesley Duncan (R) for Attorney General
• Aaron Ford (D) for Attorney General

Official Secretary of State campaign websites

• Nelson Araujo (D) for Secretary of State
• Barbara Cegavske (R) for Secretary of State

Official State Treasurer campaign websites

• Bob Beers (R) for Treasurer
• Zach Conine (D) for Treasurer

Official State Controller campaign websites

• Catherine Byrne (D) for Controller
• Ron Knecht (R) for Controller