2022 Nevada Secretary of State election

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2022 Nevada Secretary of State election
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Nominee Cisco Aguilar Jim Marchant
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote496,569473,467
Percentage48.9%46.7%
2022 Nevada Secretary of State election results map by county.svg
County results
Aguilar:     50–60%
Marchant:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Secretary of State before election

Barbara Cegavske
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Cisco Aguilar
Democratic

The 2022 Nevada Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next secretary of state of Nevada.

Contents

Incumbent Republican Barbara Cegavske was term-limited and could not seek a third term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Kristopher Dahir
Newspapers
Jim Marchant
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Kristopher
Dahir		John
Gerhardt		Jesse
Haw		Socorro
Keenan		Jim
Marchant		Gerard
Ramalho		Richard
Scotti		None of These
Candidates		Undecided
OH Predictive Insights June 6–7, 2022525 (LV)± 4.4%3%2%21%1%21%4%8%4%42%
OH Predictive Insights May 10–12, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%2%2%7%1%16%3%8%26%35%

Results

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GOP primary first round results by county
  Marchant
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Haw
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
Republican primary results [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Marchant 82,843 37.62%
Republican Jesse Haw 44,77820.33%
Republican Richard Scotti34,98415.89%
None of These Candidates 18,2458.28%
Republican Kristopher Dahir15,2046.90%
Republican John Gerhardt10,8154.91%
Republican Gerard Ramalho9,3254.23%
Republican Socorro Keenan4,0251.83%
Total votes220,219 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrew

Endorsements

Cisco Aguilar
Organizations
Labor unions

Independents and third-party candidates

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [22] TossupNovember 3, 2022
Elections Daily [23] Lean D (flip)November 7, 2022

Endorsements

Jim Marchant (R)
Executive Branch officials
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
Organizations
Cisco Aguilar (D)
Executive Branch officials
U.S. Representatives
Individuals
Newspapers
Organizations
Labor unions

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Jim
Marchant (R)		Cisco
Aguilar (D)		None of These
Candidates		OtherUndecided
Emerson College October 26–29, 20222,000 (LV)± 2.1%43%41%––8%
OH Predictive Insights October 24–27, 2022600 (LV)± 4.0%38%41%1%6% [lower-alpha 2] 13%
Siena Research/NYT October 19–24, 2022885 (LV)± 4.2%41%44%–<1% [lower-alpha 3] 15%
University of Nevada, Reno October 5–19, 2022584 (LV)± 4.0%27%29%–5% [lower-alpha 4] 40%
CNN/SSRS September 26 – October 2, 2022926 (RV)± 4.7%44%44%6%4% [lower-alpha 5] 2%
828 (LV)± 5.0%46%43%5%4% [lower-alpha 6] 2%
OH Predictive Insights September 20–29, 2022741 (LV)± 3.6%39%31%3%6% [lower-alpha 7] 21%
Suffolk University August 14–17, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%31%27%7%9% [lower-alpha 8] 26%

Results

2022 Nevada Secretary of State election [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Cisco Aguilar 496,569 48.95% +0.70%
Republican Jim Marchant 473,46746.67%-2.24%
None of These Candidates 18,1441.79%-1.05%
Independent American Janine Hansen17,4721.72%N/A
Libertarian Ross Crane8,8210.87%N/A
Total votes1,014,473 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

By congressional district

Aguilar won 3 of 4 congressional districts. [30]

DistrictMarchantAguilarRepresentative
1st 44%52% Dina Titus
2nd 52%43% Mark Amodei
3rd 45%52% Susie Lee
4th 45%51% Steven Horsford

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Hansen (IA) with 4%; Crane (L) with 2%
  3. ↑ Crane (L) with <1%; Hansen (IA) with <1%
  4. ↑ "Some other candidate" with 5%
  5. ↑ "Other" with 4%
  6. ↑ "Other" with 4%
  7. ↑ Hansen with 4%; Crane with 2%
  8. ↑ Hansen (IA) with 7%; Crane (L) with 2%

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