2020 Nevada Senate election

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2020 Nevada Senate election
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10 of 21 seats in the Nevada Senate
11 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Nicole Cannizzaro James Settelmeyer
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceMarch 5, 2018November 7, 2018
Leader's seat 6th 17th
Seats before138
Seats after129
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote321,290234,367
Percentage56.16%40.97%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.86%Decrease2.svg 4.76%
Nevada Senate Election 2020 - Results by District.svg
Results:
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     No election
Majority Leader before election

Nicole Cannizzaro
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

Nicole Cannizzaro
Democratic

The 2020 Nevada Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Voters in 10 districts of the Nevada Senate elected senators. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. House and the Nevada Assembly. Republicans needed to gain three seats to win control of the chamber.

Contents

The primary elections were held on June 9, 2020.

Background

In the 2018 Nevada State Senate election, Democrats maintained control of the Nevada Senate by a 13–8 margin. Democrats had controlled the chamber since 2016.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [1] Likely DOctober 21, 2020

Results

Overview

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Nevada Senate election results
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PartyCandidatesVotes %Seats
BeforeUpWonAfter+/–
Democratic 9321,29056.16137612Decrease2.svg 1
Republican 7234,36740.978349Increase2.svg 1
Independent American 114,3872.510000Steady2.svg
Libertarian 12,0070.350000Steady2.svg
Total572,051100.0021101021Steady2.svg
Source:

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. State Senate district 5, 0.49% (gain)
  2. State Senate district 6, 0.94%
  3. State Senate district 15, 3.58%

Results by district

District 1 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 11 • District 15 • District 18 • District 19

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District 1

2020 Nevada State Senate election, District 1
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Patricia Spearman (incumbent) 51,648 100.00%
Total votes51,648 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 3

2020 Nevada State Senate election, District 3
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chris Brooks (incumbent) 30,944 100.00%
Total votes30,944 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 4

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 4
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dina Neal 31,417 75.27%
Republican Esper M. Hickman10,32224.73%
Total votes41,739 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 5

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 5
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carrie A. Buck 32,740 48.75%
Democratic Kristee Watson32,41148.26%
Libertarian Tim Hagan2,0072.99%
Total votes67,158 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 6

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 6
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nicole Cannizzaro (incumbent) 33,895 50.47%
Republican April Becker33,26449.53%
Total votes67,159 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 7

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 7
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Roberta Lange 39,036 100.00%
Total votes39,036 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 11

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 11
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dallas Harris (incumbent) 30,485 58.55%
Republican Joshua Dowden21,57841.45%
Total votes52,063 100.00%
Democratic hold

District 15

2020 Nevada State Senate election, District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Heidi Gansert (incumbent) 39,325 51.79%
Democratic Wendy Jauregui-Jackins36,60548.21%
Total votes75,930 100.00%
Republican hold

District 18

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 18
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Hammond (incumbent) 44,547 56.11%
Democratic Liz Becker34,84943.89%
Total votes79,396 100.00%
Republican hold

District 19

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 19
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pete Goicoechea (incumbent) 52,591 78.52%
Independent American Tiffany Seeback14,38721.48%
Total votes66,978 100.00%
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. ↑ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report . Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ "2020 Statewide Certified List of Candidates". Nevada Secretary of State . Retrieved May 8, 2020.
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