2018 Nevada Senate election

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2018 Nevada Senate election
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  2016 November 6, 2018 2020  

11 of the 21 seats in the Nevada State Senate
11 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Aaron D. Ford (retired) Michael Roberson (retired)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 11th 20th
Last election1110
Seats before11+1 [a] 9
Seats won138
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote255,036227,371
Percentage51.30%45.73%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.02%Decrease2.svg 4.56%

Nevada Senate Election 2018 - Results by District.svg
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     No election

Leader of the Senate before election

Aaron D. Ford
Democratic

Elected Leader of the Senate

Kelvin Atkinson
Democratic

The 2018 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 State Senate.

Contents

A primary election on June 12, 2018, determined which candidates appeared on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the State of Nevada's Secretary of State website. [2]

Due to resignations and appointments, on election day 2018, there were 10 Democrats, one independent (caucusing with Democrats), eight Republicans, and two vacancies in the Nevada Senate. To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net three Senate seats.

Background

Following the 2016 state senate elections, Democrats flipped control of the Senate away from the Republicans with a slim majority of 11 Democrats to 10 Republicans. On November 14, 2016, Sen. Patricia Farley switched from Republican to non-partisan and began caucusing with the Democrats, increasing their majority to 12 seats. Democrat Ruben Kihuen of District 10 resigned to become a member of the U.S. House, and he was replaced by Democrat Yvanna Cancela on December 6, 2016. Democrat Mark Manendo of District 21 resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment on July 19, 2017, and Republican Becky Harris of District 9 resigned in January 2018 to chair the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

Results

Summary of results by state senate district

State senate district Incumbent PartyElected senatorParty
2nd Mo Denis Democratic Mo Denis Democratic
8th Patricia Farley Independent Marilyn Dondero Loop Democratic
9th Vacant [b] Republican Melanie Scheible Democratic
10th Yvanna Cancela Democratic Yvanna Cancela Democratic
12th Joe Hardy Republican Joe Hardy Republican
13th Julia Ratti Democratic Julia Ratti Democratic
14th Don Gustavson Republican Ira Hansen Republican
16th Ben Kieckhefer Republican Ben Kieckhefer Republican
17th James Settelmeyer Republican James Settelmeyer Republican
20th Michael Roberson Republican Keith Pickard Republican
21st Vacant [c] Democratic James Ohrenschall Democratic

Source: [3]

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. State Senate district 20, 0.04% (tipping point for supermajority)
  2. State Senate district 8, 3.26%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [4] Likely DOctober 8, 2018

Detailed results by state senate district

District 2District 8District 9District 10District 12District 13District 14District 16District 17District 20District 21

Sources: [3] [5]

District 2

2nd Senate District general election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mo Denis (incumbent) 13,717 79.5
Republican Cal Border3,53720.5
Total votes17,254 100.0
Democratic hold

District 8

8th Senate District Democratic primary election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Marilyn Dondero Loop 4,590 65.68
Democratic Stephanie Alvarado2,39834.32
Total votes6,988 100.0
8th Senate District Republican primary election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Valerie Weber 2,533 40.28
Republican Dan Rodimer2,39138.02
Republican Elizabeth Helgelien1,36521.70
Total votes6,289 100.0
8th Senate District general election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Marilyn Dondero Loop 25,777 51.63
Republican Valerie Weber 24,15448.37
Total votes49,931 100.0
Democratic gain from Independent

District 9

9th Senate District Democratic primary election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Melanie Scheible 4,424 69.39
Democratic Larry McCullough90114.13
Democratic Brandon West6019.43
Democratic Justin Allen Rebollo4507.06
Total votes6,376 100.0
9th Senate District general election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Melanie Scheible 30,900 55.62
Republican Tiffany Jones24,66044.38
Total votes55,560 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

District 10

10th Senate District Democratic primary election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Yvanna Cancela (incumbent) 2,854 60.40
Democratic Bryce Henderson1,87139.60
Total votes4,725 100.0
10th Senate District general election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Yvanna Cancela (incumbent) 20,383 100.0
Total votes20,383 100.0
Democratic hold

District 12

12th Senate District general election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Joe Hardy (incumbent) 37,193 61.65
Democratic Craig Jordahl23,13338.35
Total votes60,326 100.0
Republican hold

District 13

13th Senate District general election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Julia Ratti (incumbent) 27,079 70.35
Independent American Charlene Young11,41529.65
Total votes38,494 100.0
Democratic hold

District 14

14th Senate District general election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ira Hansen 32,913 60.53
Democratic Wendy Boszak21,46039.47
Total votes57,373 100.0
Republican hold

District 16

16th Senate District Republican primary election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ben Kieckhefer (incumbent) 7,319 56.23
Republican Gary R. Schmidt5,69843.77
Total votes13,017 100.0
16th Senate District general election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ben Kieckhefer (incumbent) 36,317 55.69
Democratic Tina Davis-Hersey26,67440.9
Independent American John Wagner2,2193.4
Total votes65,210 100.0
Republican hold

District 17

17th Senate District general election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican James Settelmeyer (incumbent) 41,774 71.83
Democratic Curtis Cannon16,38428.17
Total votes58,158 100.0
Republican hold

District 20

20th Senate District Democratic primary election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Julie Pazina 5,014 72.82
Democratic Paul Aizley 1,87127.18
Total votes6,885 100.0
20th Senate District Republican primary election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Keith Pickard 3,696 58.94
Republican Byron Brooks2,57541.06
Total votes6,271 100.0
20th Senate District general election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Keith Pickard 27,162 49.05
Democratic Julie Pazina27,13849.01
Libertarian Rick Bronstein1,0781.95
Total votes55,378 100.0
Republican hold

District 21

21st Senate District Democratic primary election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Ohrenschall 3,355 58.67
Democratic Christine Glazer1,52226.62
Democratic Jay Craddock84114.71
Total votes5,718 100.0
21st Senate District general election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Ohrenschall 22,391 62.0
Republican Ron McGinnis13,72138.0
Total votes36,112 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

Notes

  1. On November 14, 2016, Patricia Farley of Senate District 8 switched parties from Republican to non-partisan and announced she would caucus with the Democrats. [1]
  2. Republican Sen. Becky Harris resigned.
  3. Democratic Sen. Mark Manendo resigned.

References

  1. "Nevada State Senator Jumps from GOP to non-partisan".
  2. "2018 Election". Nevada Secretary of State . Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Nevada State Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia . Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  4. Jacobson, Louis (October 8, 2018). "A Month Before Election Day, Democrats Poised for Legislative Gains". Governing. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  5. "2018 Unofficial Statewide Primary Election Results June 12, 2018". Nevada Secretary of State . Retrieved September 17, 2018.