2012 Nevada Senate election

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2012 Nevada Senate election
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12 out of 21 seats in the Nevada Senate
11 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Steven Horsford
(retired)		 Mike McGinness
(term-limited)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceFebruary 9, 2009November 2010
Leader's seat District 4 District 18
Last election1110
Seats after1110
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Majority Leader before election

Steven Horsford
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

Mo Denis
Democratic

The 2012 Nevada Senate election was held on November 6, 2012, to determine which party would control the Nevada Senate for the following two years in the 77th Nevada Legislature. Twelve out of the 21 seats in the Nevada Senate were up for election, including two special elections in District 9 and District 13 for the remaining two years of Republican Elizabeth Helgelien's and Democrat Sheila Leslie's terms following their resignations in 2012. The primary was held on June 12, 2012. Prior to the election, 11 seats were held by Democrats and 10 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw neither party gain nor lose any seats, thereby meaning that Democrats retained their majority in the State Senate. [1] [2]

Contents

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [3] TossupOctober 24, 2012

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 3: Valerie Wiener was term-limited.
  2. District 4: Steven Horsford retired to successfully run for Nevada's 4th congressional district.
  3. District 5: Shirley Breeden retired.
  4. District 6: Allison Copening retired.
  5. District 11: Michael A. Schneider was term-limited.

Republicans

  1. District 18: Mike McGinness was term-limited.
  2. District 19: Dean Rhoads was term-limited.

Incumbents defeated

In primary

Democrats

  1. District 1: John Lee lost renomination to Patricia Spearman.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 15, 0.46%
  2. District 9, 0.70% (gain)
  3. District 6, 1.66% (gain)
  4. District 18, 2.76%
  5. District 5, 3.92%

Results

District 1

District 1 election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Patricia Spearman (incumbent) 29,026 68.71%
Independent American Gregory Hughes13,22131.29%
Total votes42,247 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 3

District 3 election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard Segerblom 21,745 64.38%
Republican Ed Gobel12,03235.62%
Total votes33,777 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 4

District 4 election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kelvin Atkinson 27,422 79.79%
Republican Linda West Myers6,94620.21%
Total votes34,368 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 5

District 5 election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joyce Woodhouse 26,520 51.96%
Republican Steve Kirk24,52448.04%
Total votes51,044 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 6

District 6 election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Hutchison 27,499 50.83%
Democratic Benny Yerushalmi26,59849.17%
Total votes54,097 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 7

District 7 election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic David Parks (incumbent) 25,567 64.15%
Republican Trish Marsh14,28535.85%
Total votes39,852 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 9

District 9 special election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Justin Jones 21,849 50.35%
Republican Mari Nakashima St. Martin21,54849.65%
Total votes43,397 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 11

District 11 election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Aaron Ford 22,188 62.25%
Republican John Drake13,45337.75%
Total votes35,641 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 13

District 13 election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Debbie Smith 25,975 64.73%
Republican Kathy Martin14,15135.27%
Total votes40,126 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 15

District 15 election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Greg Brower (incumbent) 29,352 50.23%
Democratic Sheila Leslie 29,08649.77%
Total votes58,438 100.0%
Republican hold

District 18

District 18 election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Hammond 27,364 51.38%
Democratic Kelli Ross25,89348.62%
Total votes53,257 100.0%
Republican hold

District 19

District 19 election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pete Goicoechea 25,287 56.97%
Democratic Harley Z. Kulkin10,42723.49%
Independent American Janine Hansen8,67519.54%
Total votes44,389 100.0%
Republican hold

References

  1. ↑ "Nevada State Senate elections, 2012". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Nevada State Senate". nvsos.gov. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
  3. ↑ Daigneau, Elizabeth; Jacobson, Louis (October 24, 2012). "The Latest Chamber-by-Chamber Analysis of the 2012 State Legislative Elections". Governing. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
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