2018 Nevada Attorney General election

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2018 Nevada Attorney General election
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  2014 November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06) 2022  
  Aaron D. Ford.jpg Wesley Duncan countryside crop (cropped).jpg
Nominee Aaron Ford Wesley Duncan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote456,225451,692
Percentage47.24%46.77%

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Ford:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Duncan:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Attorney General before election

Adam Laxalt
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Aaron Ford
Democratic

The 2018 Nevada Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Nevada. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor. [2] Nevada Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford won the Democratic nomination and defeated Republican nominee and former Nevada Assembly member Wesley Duncan in the general election. [3] With a margin of 0.47%, this was the closest attorney general race of the 2018 election cycle.

Republican primary

Duncan won the Republican primary, defeating attorney Craig Mueller. [4]

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wesley Duncan 82,427 59.78
Republican Craig Mueller43,34631.44
Republican None of These Candidates 12,1038.78
Total votes137,876 100.0

Democratic primary

Ford won the Democratic primary, defeating attorney Stuart MacKie. [5]

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Aaron Ford 94,664 68.01
Democratic Stuart MacKie26,61019.12
Democratic None of These Candidates 17,92212.88
Total votes139,196 100.0

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Wesley
Duncan (R)
Aaron
Ford (D)
OtherUndecided
Suffolk University/Reno Gazette Journal [6] September 5–10, 2018500 (LV)± 4.4%28%30%13% [b] 29%
The Mellman Group (D) [7] [A] April 12–19, 2018600 (V)± 4.0%27%36%37%

Results

Ford won the election by a 0.47% margin. [8] [9]

General election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Aaron Ford 456,225 47.24
Republican Wesley Duncan 451,69246.77
Independent American Joel Hansen32,2593.34
n/a None of These Candidates 25,5772.65
Total votes965,753 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

By congressional district

Ford won two of four congressional districts, with the remaining two going to Duncan, including one that elected a Democrat. [10]

DistrictDuncanFordRepresentative
1st 33%61% Dina Titus
2nd 54%38% Mark Amodei
3rd 48%47% Susie Lee
4th 45%49% Steven Horsford

See also

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Joel Hansen (IAPN) with 10%; None of these candidates with 2%; Refused with 1%

Partisan clients

  1. Poll sponsored by The Nevada Independent

References

  1. "Nevada Attorney General election, 2018". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. "Nevada Election Results". The New York Times. May 15, 2019. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  4. "NV Attorney General - R Primary". Our Campaigns. July 3, 2018. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  5. "NV Attorney General - D Primary". Our Campaigns. July 3, 2018. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  6. "SUPRC / Reno Gazette Nevada Statewide September 2018" (PDF). Suffolk University. September 11, 2018.
  7. Ralston, Jon (April 28, 2018). "All the poll information fit to publish". The Nevada Independent.
  8. "NV Attorney General". Our Campaigns. November 27, 2018. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  9. "2018 Attorney General General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections. January 15, 2018. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  10. "Dra 2020".