2022 Nevada Attorney General election

2022 Nevada Attorney General election

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Nominee Aaron Ford Sigal Chattah Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 511,263 434,084 Percentage 52.25% 44.36%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Ford:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Chattah:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     40–50%     50%     No votes

Attorney General before election Aaron D. Ford Democratic Elected Attorney General Aaron D. Ford Democratic

The 2022 Nevada Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Nevada. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford won re-election to a second term in office. As Ford narrowly won Carson City, this was the first time since 2014 that a Democrat had won a county or county-equivalent outside of Clark or Washoe County. Ford's performance was also the best for a Nevada Democrat in a statewide race in 2022, as all other successful Democratic candidates for statewide races won with pluralities of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Aaron D. Ford, incumbent attorney general ^[1]

Disqualified

• Stuart MacKie, attorney and candidate for Governor of Nevada in 2018 ^{[2] [1]}

Endorsements

Aaron Ford

Organizations

• Brady PAC ^[3]
• End Citizens United ^[4]
• Giffords ^[5]
• Human Rights Campaign ^[6]
• NARAL ^[7]
• Planned Parenthood Votes Nevada ^[8]

Newspapers

• Las Vegas Sun ^[9]
• Las Vegas Weekly ^[10]

Labor unions

• Nevada AFL–CIO ^[11]
• United Auto Workers ^[12]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Sigal Chattah, defense attorney and former member of the Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of Nevada ^[13]

Eliminated in primary

• Tisha Black, attorney and former president of the Nevada Cannabis Association ^[14]

Debate

2022 Nevada Attorney General Republican primary debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Sigal Chattah	Tisha Black
1	May 5, 2022	Nevada Newsmakers	Victor Joecks Sam Shad	[15]	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Tisha Black	Sigal Chattah	None of These Candidates	Undecided
OH Predictive Insights [16]	May 10–12, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	18%	15%	29%	37%

Results

Results by county:

  Chattah

•   40–50%
•   50–60%

  Black

•   40–50%

Republican primary results ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sigal Chattah	112,941	50.99%
	Republican	Tisha Black	88,019	39.74%
	None of These Candidates		20,545	9.28%
Total votes			221,505	100.0%

Libertarian primary

John Kennedy was disqualified from running after he did not meet the requirement for candidates to be members of the State Bar of Nevada. As he was disqualified after general election ballots had already been printed, he remained on the ballot, but any votes he received did not count. ^[18]

Candidates

Declared

• John T. Kennedy ^{[2] [1] [18]}

General election

Post-primary endorsements

Aaron Ford (D)

U.S. Representatives

• Jon Porter, NV-03 (2003–2009) (Republican) ^[19]

State officials

• Michael Roberson, former State Senate Minority Leader and Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018 (Republican) ^[20]

Individuals

• Herb Santos, attorney (Republican) ^[19]
• Jodi Stephens, caucus director for the Nevada State Senate (Republican) ^[19]
• Amy Tarkanian, former Nevada Republican Party chair and wife of Danny Tarkanian (Republican) ^[21]

Organizations

• Let America Vote ^[4]

Newspapers

• Las Vegas Review-Journal ^[22]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [23]	Tossup	November 3, 2022
Elections Daily [24]	Leans D	November 7, 2022

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Aaron Ford (D)	Sigal Chattah (R)	None of These Candidates	Other	Undecided
Emerson College [25]	October 26–29, 2022	2,000 (LV)	± 2.1%	45%	40%	–	–	6%
OH Predictive Insights [26]	October 24–27, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	43%	35%	3%	5% [b]	15%
Susquehanna Polling and Research (R) [27] [c]	October 24–27, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.3%	44%	41%	1%	10% [d]	4%
University of Nevada, Reno [28]	October 5–19, 2022	576 (LV)	± 4.0%	37%	25%	–	5% [e]	32%
OH Predictive Insights [29]	September 20–29, 2022	741 (LV)	± 3.6%	37%	39%	3%	4% [f]	17%
Suffolk University [30]	August 14–17, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	33%	28%	4%	12% [g]	23%

Results

2022 Nevada Attorney General election ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Aaron D. Ford (incumbent)	511,263	52.25%	+5.01%
	Republican	Sigal Chattah	434,084	44.36%	−2.41%
	None of These Candidates		33,135	3.39%	+0.74%
Total votes			978,482	100.0%
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Ford won three of four congressional districts. ^[32]

District	Ford	Chattah	Representative
1st	55%	42%	Dina Titus
2nd	47.5%	48.3%	Mark Amodei
3rd	54%	43%	Susie Lee
4th	54%	43%	Steven Horsford

See also

• Nevada Attorney General

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Kennedy (L) with 4%; "Refused" with 1%
3. Poll conducted for BUSR, an online gambling website.
4. Kennedy (L) with 9%; "Refuse" with 1%
5. "Some other candidate" with 5%
6. Kennedy (L) with 4%
7. Kennedy (L) with 12%

References

1. "2022 Candidate Filings" . Retrieved March 15, 2022.
2. "March 10 update: Carson city residents declare candidacy for elections". www.nevadaappeal.com. Nevada Appeal. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
3. "Brady PAC Endorses Aaron Ford for Reelection as Nevada Attorney General". bradypac.org. Brady Campaign. January 25, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
4. "End Citizens United // Let America Vote Endorses Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford for Reelection as Part of First Ever "Democracy Defender" Program". June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
5. "Giffords Endorses Five Gun Safety Champion Attorneys General". Giffords . May 13, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
6. Luneau, Delphine (April 13, 2022). "Human Rights Campaign Endorses Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford for Reelection". Human Rights Campaign. Human Rights Campaign.
7. "NARAL Pro-Choice Nevada Endorses Attorney General Aaron Ford for Reelection". www.prochoiceamerica.org. November 10, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
8. "Planned Parenthood Votes Nevada Endorses Gov. Steve Sisolak and Attorney General Aaron Ford". www.plannedparenthoodaction.org. January 28, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
9. "Democratic incumbents have earned our trust". lasvegassun.com. Las Vegas Sun. June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
10. "Our 2022 Nevada modern primary election endorsements". lasvegasweekly.com. Las Vegas Weekly. June 9, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
11. "2022 Primary Endorsements" . Retrieved June 14, 2022.
12. "Nevada - UAW Endorsements". United Auto Workers.
13. "Republican Sigal Chattah announces candidacy for Nevada Attorney General". March 5, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
14. Rindels, Michelle; Snyder, Riley (February 7, 2022). "Vegas attorney, Republican Tisha Black to run for attorney general". thenevadaindependent.com. The Nevada Independent . Retrieved February 11, 2022.
15. YouTube
16. OH Predictive Insights
17. "Statewide - 2022 Primary Election Results". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
18. Golonka, Sean (September 7, 2022). "Libertarian attorney general candidate doesn't want to run, will be left on ballot". Nevada Independent.
19. "Nevada GOP coalition endorses Democrat Attorney General Aaron Ford". The Associated Press. July 26, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
20. "PARTY LINES: Republicans for Ford boost AG's re-election". Review Journal. July 30, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
21. "Former Nevada GOP chair in hot water for endorsing Democrats". Las Vegas Sun . August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
22. "Review-Journal endorsements: Attorney general, other constitutional offices". Las Vegas Review-Journal. October 17, 2022. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
23. "Secretary of State and Attorney General: What to Watch for Next Week in Key Statewide Contests". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
24. Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
25. Emerson College
26. OH Predictive Insights
27. Susquehanna Polling and Research (R)
28. University of Nevada, Reno
29. OH Predictive Insights
30. Suffolk University
31. "Silver State 2022 - General Election Results - Statewide". Nevada Secretary of State.
32. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::eb89e40d-595f-485f-9a43-d1bbdd6d0cb4

External links

Official campaign websites

• Sigal Chattah (R) for Attorney General
• Aaron Ford (D) for Attorney General