2016 Nevada Senate election

2016 Nevada Senate election

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11 of the 21 seats in the Nevada State Senate 10 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Aaron Ford Michael Roberson Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 11th 20th Last election 10 11 Seats won 11 10 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 271,523 217,829 Percentage 51.32% 41.17%
Results:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold     Republican hold      No election
Leader of the Senate before election Michael Roberson Republican Elected Leader of the Senate Aaron D. Ford Democratic

The 2016 Nevada Senate election took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nevada voters elected state senators in 11 of the state senate's 21 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Nevada Senate.

A primary election on June 14, 2016, determined which candidates appear on the November 8 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the State of Nevada's Secretary of State website. ^[1]

On election day 2016, there were 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats in the Nevada Senate; in the 2014 state senate elections, they had gained a one-seat majority. In the 2016 election Democrats flipped it back, winning 11 seats.

Party registration advantage by district

Voter Registration by September 2016
District	Democratic Active Voters	Republican Active Voters	Other Parties Active Voters	Nonpartisan Active Voters	Total Active Voters	Registration Edge Major Parties
District 1	33,146	17,223	3,751	13,697	66,817	D +14,923
District 3	25,650	12,039	3,108	11,146	51,943	D +13,611
District 4	33,158	7,682	3,223	11,639	55,702	D +25,476
District 5	26,886	23,143	4,107	13,915	68,048	D +3,740
District 6	28,867	24,176	3,986	13,565	70,954	D +4,691
District 7	28,629	15,156	3,918	14,155	61,858	D +13,473
District 11	24,074	13,751	3,060	11,785	52,670	D +10,323
District 13	28,018	17,474	4,912	13,829	64,233	D +10,544
District 15	29,048	30,689	5,457	15,018	80,212	R +1,641
District 18	27,031	28,948	4,442	14,454	74,875	R +1,917
District 19	16,986	34,013	4,948	12,153	68,100	R +17,027

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing [2]	Tossup	October 12, 2016

Results

Summary of results by State Senate district

• For districts not displayed, there is no election until 2018.

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Patricia Spearman		Democratic	Patricia Spearman		Democratic
3rd	Richard Segerblom		Democratic	Richard Segerblom		Democratic
4th	Kelvin Atkinson		Democratic	Kelvin Atkinson		Democratic
5th	Joyce Woodhouse		Democratic	Joyce Woodhouse		Democratic
6th	Mark Hutchison		Republican	Nicole Cannizzaro		Democratic
7th	David Parks		Democratic	David Parks		Democratic
11th	Aaron Ford		Democratic	Aaron Ford		Democratic
13th	Julia Ratti		Democratic	Julia Ratti		Democratic
15th	Greg Brower		Republican	Heidi Gansert		Republican
18th	Scott Hammond		Republican	Scott Hammond		Republican
19th	Peter Goicoechea		Republican	Peter Goicoechea		Republican

Source: ^[3]

Detailed results by State Senate district

General Election - November 8, 2016
District	Party	Candidates	Votes	Percentage	Result
District 1	Dem	Pat Spearman (incumbent)	33,688	65.43%	Spearman Reelected Democratic Hold
	Rep	Arsen Ter-Petrosyan [4]	17,800	34.57%
District 3	Dem	Tick Segerblom (incumbent)	21,195	60.31%	Segerblom Reelected Democratic Hold
	Rep	Dennis Palmerston	11,057	31.46%
	LPN	Jonathan Friedrich	2,889	8.22%
District 4	Dem	Kelvin Atkinson (incumbent)	29,912	100%	Atkinson Reelected Democratic Hold
District 5	Dem	Joyce Woodhouse (incumbent)	26,208	47.89%	Woodhouse Reelected Democratic Hold
	Rep	Carrie Buck [5]	25,739	47.03%
	LPN	Tim Hagan	2,784	5.09%
District 6	Dem	Nicole Cannizzaro [5]	28,733	50.92%	Cannizzaro Elected Democratic Change
	Rep	Victoria Seaman [6]	27,697	49.08%
District 7	Dem	David Parks (incumbent)	28,379	69.54%	Parks Reelected Democratic Hold
	LPN	Kimberly Schjang	12,432	30.46%
District 11	Dem	Aaron D. Ford (incumbent)	22,439	57.7%	Ford Reelected Democratic Hold
	Rep	Jon Frazier	14,221	36.57%
	LPN	Lesley Chan	2,229	5.73%
District 13	Dem	Julia Ratti (Incumbent)	27,280	59.96%	Ratti Elected Democratic Hold
	Rep	Kent Bailey	15,811	34.75%
	LPN	Brandon Jacobs	2,406	5.29%
District 15	Dem	Devon Reese [7]	26,773	41.92%	Gansert Elected Republican Hold
	Rep	Heidi Gansert [5]	33,822	52.96%
	LPN	David Colborne (Libertarian)	3,266	5.11%
District 18	Dem	Alexander Marks [8]	26,864	43.56%	Hammond Reelected Republican Hold
	Rep	Scott Hammond (incumbent)	34,805	56.44%
District 19	Rep	Pete Goicoechea (incumbent)	36,876	72.96%	Goicoechea Reelected Republican Hold
	IAPN	Janine Hansen	13,664	27.04

See also

• United States elections, 2016
• United States Senate election in Nevada, 2016
• United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, 2016
• Nevada elections, 2016
• Nevada State Assembly election, 2016
• List of Nevada state legislatures

References

1. "Nevada Primary Elections 2016 - State Senate Results". Nevada Secretary of State . Retrieved August 8, 2020.
2. Cournoyer, Caroline (October 12, 2016). "November Likely to Lessen GOP's Advantage in Legislatures". Governing. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
3. "Nevada State Senate elections, 2016". Ballotpedia . Retrieved August 8, 2020.
4. Messerly, Megan (October 8, 2015). "North Las Vegas entrepreneur enters race for state Senate". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, NV. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
5. "A year out, 2 sides claw for Nevada Legislature majority". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, NV. November 7, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
6. "GOP Assemblyman Erv Nelson will run for Las Vegas Senate seat". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, NV. Associated Press. October 21, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
7. Richardson, Seth (January 26, 2016). "Reno lawyer announces state senate candidacy". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, NV. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
8. Messerly, Megan (February 3, 2016). "Democrats back candidate to challenge GOP Sen. Scott Hammond". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, NV. Retrieved March 7, 2016.