2020 Nevada elections

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2020 Nevada elections
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  2018 November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03) 2022  
Registered1,822,166
Turnout77.26% [1]

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Nevada on November 3, 2020. [2] To vote by mail, registered Nevada voters must ensure each ballot is postmarked by November 3 and received by November 10, 2020. [3]

Contents

Federal offices

President of the United States

Incumbent Republican President Donald Trump was challenged by Democratic nominee Joe Biden in 2020. [2] Prior to election day, news outlets and polls predicted Nevada to have a slight lean towards Biden. Nevada has six electoral votes in the Electoral College. [4]

U.S. House of Representatives

Nevada has four congressional districts that elect four delegates to the U.S. House of Representatives. [2] Since the 2016 elections, three representatives have been Democratic.

State offices

State senate

10 of the 21 seats of the Nevada Senate were up for election. [2] Democrats have retained a majority control of the senate since 2017.

State Assembly

All 42 seats of the Nevada Assembly were up for election. [2] Democrats have retained a majority control of the assembly since 2017.

Judiciary

Supreme Court

Two seats on the Nevada Supreme Court were up for election.

Seat B

2020 Nevada Supreme Court Seat B election
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Candidate Kristina Pickering None of these candidates
Party Nonpartisan
Popular vote905,541263,976
Percentage77.43%22.57%

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Pickering:     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Nevada Supreme Court Justice before election

Kristina Pickering
Nonpartisan

Elected Nevada Supreme Court Justice

Kristina Pickering
Nonpartisan

Incumbent justice Kristina Pickering ran for re-election. Justice Pickering was the only candidate to receive over 50% in the primary election, making her the only candidate to move onto the general election, where she was re-elected unopposed.

Candidates
  • Thomas Christensen, lawyer [5]
  • Kristina Pickering, incumbent chief justice of the Nevada Supreme Court [5]
  • Esther Rodriguez, private attorney [5]
Results
Results by county
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Pickering
40-50%
50-60%
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Results by county
  Pickering
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60-70%
2020 Nevada Supreme Court election (Seat B) [6] [7]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Kristina Pickering (incumbent)262,11957.39%
Nonpartisan Esther C. Rodriguez101,91322.31%
Nonpartisan Thomas Christensen58,42112.79%
None of These Candidates 34,2797.51%
Total votes456,732 100.0%
General election
Nonpartisan Kristina Pickering (incumbent) 905,541 77.43%
None of These Candidates 263,97622.57%
Total votes1,169,517 100.0%

Seat D

2020 Nevada Supreme Court Seat D election
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Candidate Douglas W. Herndon Ozzie Fumo None of these candidates
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote557,584445,871225,623
Percentage45.37%36.28%18.36%

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Herndon:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Nevada Supreme Court Justice before election

Mark Gibbons
Nonpartisan

Elected Nevada Supreme Court Justice

Douglas W. Herndon
Nonpartisan

Incumbent justice Mark Gibbons chose to retire and not run for re-election. [8]

Candidates
Results
Results by county
Herndon
40-50%
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Results by county
  Herndon
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
2020 Nevada Supreme Court election (Seat D) [6] [7]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Douglas Herndon 205,15145.02%
Nonpartisan Ozzie Fumo 162,36435.63%
Nonpartisan Erv Nelson 47,07610.33%
None of These Candidates 41,0959.02%
Total votes455,686 100.0%
General election
Nonpartisan Douglas Herndon 557,584 45.37%
Nonpartisan Ozzie Fumo 445,87136.28%
None of These Candidates 225,62318.36%
Total votes1,229,078 100.0%

Court of Appeals

One seat on the Nevada Court of Appeals was up for election.

Department 3

Incumbent Judge Bonnie Bulla was appointed by Governor Steve Sisolak in 2019 to replace Abbi Silver, who was elected to the Nevada Supreme Court in 2018. [12] Judge Bulla ran for re-election to serve out the remainder of Justice Silver's term, ending in 2022.

Candidates
Results
2020 Nevada Court of Appeals election (Department 3) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Bonnie A. Bulla (incumbent) 499,827 42.17%
Nonpartisan Susan Bush422,37735.63%
None of These Candidates 263,18322.20%
Total votes1,185,387 100.0%

Ballot Initiatives

On the ballot were five statewide questions for Nevada Constitution amendments. The first one appears to be rejected while the four other questions are approved. [14]

Question 2 repeals the struck-down same-sex marriage ban, replacing it with a gender-neutral formulation.

State Question 1

State Question 1
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November 3, 2020
Remove Constitutional Status of Board of Regents Amendment

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State Question No. 1
ChoiceVotes %
Light brown x.svg No630,02350.15
Yes626,14649.85
Total votes1,256,169100.00

State Question 2

State Question 2
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November 3, 2020
Marriage Regardless of Gender Amendment

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State Question No. 2
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes821,05062.43
No494,18637.57
Total votes1,315,236100.00

State Question 3

State Question 3
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November 3, 2020
State Board of Pardons Commissioners Amendment

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State Question No. 3
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes782,01561.18
No496,28738.82
Total votes1,278,302100.00

State Question 4

State Question 4
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November 3, 2020
State Constitutional Rights of Voters Amendment

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"Guarantee specific voting rights to all qualified and registered voters in the State."

State Question No. 4
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes826,71964.12
No462,54435.88
Total votes1,289,263100.00

State Question 6

State Question 6
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November 3, 2020
Renewable Energy Standards Initiative

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"Require, beginning in calendar year 2022, that all providers of electric utility services who sell electricity to retail customers for consumption in Nevada generate or acquire incrementally larger percentages of electricity from renewable energy resources so that by calendar year 2030 not less than 50 percent of the total amount of electricity sold by each provider to its retail customers in Nevada comes from renewable energy resources."

State Question No. 6
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes747,58157.94
No542,65442.06
Total votes1,290,235100.00

Polling

State Question 2

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Yes (for the amendment)No (against the amendment)Undecided
Civiqs/Daily Kos [15] October 17–20, 2020712 (LV)± 5.3%69%26%5%

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

See also

References

  1. Secretary of State of Nevada (November 27, 2020), Ballot Questions - Nevada General Election 2020
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nevada elections, 2020". Ballotpedia.org . Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  3. Lily Hay Newman (August 27, 2020), "How to Vote by Mail and Make Sure It Counts", Wired.com , archived from the original on October 6, 2020
  4. "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration . Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "Supreme Court Seat B Candidates". Nevada Independent.
  6. 1 2 "Silver State 2020 - Primary Election Results - Judicial". Nevada Secretary of State.
  7. 1 2 3 "Silver State 2020 - General Election Results - Judicial". Nevada Secretary of State.
  8. Ferrara, David (November 4, 2019). "Nevada Supreme Court Justice Mark Gibbons will not seek reelection". Las Vegas Review-Journal .
  9. Rindels, Michelle (October 24, 2019). "Democratic Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo to run for Nevada Supreme Court". Nevada Independent.
  10. Egeland, Alexis (November 20, 2019). "Judge Douglas Herndon to run for Nevada Supreme Court". Las Vegas Review-Journal .
  11. DeHaven, James (October 8, 2020). "Fumo, Herndon renew hostilities after failing to wrap up Supreme Court race in primary". Reno Gazette-Journal .
  12. "Bonnie Bulla been selected by Nevada Governor to serve on the Nevada Court of Appeals". Eight Judicial District Court. February 13, 2019.
  13. 1 2 Ferrara, David (September 30, 2020). "Attorney challenging appointed incumbent in first appellate court race". Las Vegas Review-Journal .
  14. Secretary of State of Nevada (November 27, 2020), Ballot Questions - Nevada General Election 2020
  15. Civiqs/Daily Kos