2022 Nevada State Treasurer election

2022 Nevada State Treasurer election

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Nominee Zach Conine Michele Fiore Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 482,762 465,570 Percentage 47.70% 46.00%

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

State Treasurer before election Zach Conine Democratic Elected State Treasurer Zach Conine Democratic

The 2022 Nevada State Treasurer election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Nevada State Treasurer. Incumbent Democratic Treasurer Zach Conine won re-election to a second term. With a margin of 1.7%, this was the closest state treasurer race of the 2022 election cycle.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Zach Conine, incumbent treasurer ^[1]

Endorsements

Zach Conine

Labor unions

• Nevada AFL–CIO ^[2]
• United Auto Workers ^[3]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Michele Fiore, Las Vegas city councilor (2017–2022), candidate for Nevada's 1st congressional district in 2010 and Nevada's 3rd congressional district in 2016 ^[4]

Eliminated

• Manny Kess, business owner ^[5]

Endorsements

Manny Kess

State officials

• Mark Hutchison, former Lieutenant Governor of Nevada (2015–2019) ^[6]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Michele Fiore	Manny Kess	None of These Candidates	Undecided
OH Predictive Insights [7]	May 10–12, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	42%	12%	19%	27%

Results

Results by county

  Fiore

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Republican primary results ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michele Fiore	134,184	61.10%
	Republican	Manny Kess	65,048	29.62%
	None of These Candidates		20,370	9.28%
Total votes			219,602	100.0%

Independents and third-party candidates

Candidates

Nominees

• Bryan Elliott (Libertarian), business manager
• Margaret Hendrickson (Independent American) ^[1]

General election

Post-primary endorsements

Zach Conine (D)

U.S. Senators

• Dean Heller, U.S. Senator from Nevada (2011–2019), Representative for Nevada's 2nd congressional district (2007–2011), 15th Secretary of State of Nevada (1995–2007), State Assemblyman from the 40th district (1990–1994) (Republican) ^[9]

Statewide officials

• Bob Seale, 19th Nevada State Treasurer (1991–1999), State Assemblyman from the 21st district (2004–2006) (Republican) ^[9]

Party officials

• Amy Tarkanian, Chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party (2011–2012) (Republican) ^[9]

Newspapers

• Las Vegas Review-Journal ^[10]

Organizations

• Human Rights Campaign ^[11]

Michele Fiore (R)

Federal officials

• Ted Cruz, US Senator from Texas ^[12]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Zach Conine (D)	Michele Fiore (R)	None of These Candidates	Other	Undecided
OH Predictive Insights [13]	October 24–27, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	38%	35%	2%	8% [b]	17%
University of Nevada, Reno [14]	October 5–19, 2022	577 (LV)	± 4.0%	23%	26%	–	7% [c]	44%
OH Predictive Insights [15]	September 20–29, 2022	741 (LV)	± 3.6%	30%	38%	5%	7% [d]	20%

Results

2022 Nevada State Treasurer election ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Zach Conine (incumbent)	482,762	47.70%	±0.00%
	Republican	Michele Fiore	465,570	46.00%	−1.06%
	None of These Candidates		28,058	2.77%	-0.07%
	Independent American	Margaret Hendrickson	19,588	1.94%	N/A
	Libertarian	Bryan Elliott	16,051	1.59%	N/A
Total votes			1,012,029	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

By county

County [16]	Zach Conine Democratic		Michele Fiore Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Carson City	10,079	42.81%	11,917	50.62%	1,547	6.57%	−1,838	−7.81%	23,543
Churchill	2,288	23.37%	6,775	69.20%	728	7.44%	−4,487	−45.83%	9,791
Clark	348,516	51.51%	285,803	42.24%	42,258	6.25%	62,713	9.27%	676,577
Douglas	8,994	31.11%	18,367	63.53%	1,552	5.37%	−9,373	−32.42%	28,913
Elko	3,045	18.96%	11,894	74.06%	1,122	6.99%	−8,849	−55.10%	16,061
Esmeralda	59	13.23%	328	73.54%	59	13.23%	−269	−60.31%	446
Eureka	65	8.39%	645	83.23%	65	8.39%	−580	−74.84%	775
Humboldt	1,262	20.82%	4,315	71.19%	484	7.99%	−3,053	−50.37%	6,061
Lander	318	14.42%	1,666	75.52%	222	10.06%	−1,348	−61.11%	2,206
Lincoln	281	13.10%	1,660	77.39%	204	9.51%	−1,379	−64.29%	2,145
Lyon	5,941	25.34%	15,854	67.62%	1,652	7.05%	−9,913	−42.28%	23,447
Mineral	580	30.92%	1,100	58.64%	196	10.45%	−520	−27.72%	1,876
Nye	5,639	27.22%	13,307	64.24%	1,768	8.54%	−7,668	−37.02%	20,714
Pershing	387	21.93%	1,220	69.12%	158	8.95%	−833	−47.20%	1,765
Storey	681	26.74%	1,685	66.16%	181	7.11%	−1,004	−39.42%	2,547
Washoe	93,981	49.01%	86,562	45.14%	11,201	5.84%	7,419	3.87%	191,744
White Pine	646	18.90%	2,472	72.32%	300	8.78%	−1,826	−53.42%	3,418
Totals	482,762	47.70%	465,570	46.00%	63,697	6.29%	17,192	1.70%	1,012,029

By congressional district

Conine won three of four congressional districts. ^[17]

District	Conine	Fiore	Representative
1st	51%	43%	Dina Titus
2nd	41%	53%	Mark Amodei
3rd	51%	43%	Susie Lee
4th	50%	43%	Steven Horsford

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Elliot (L) with 4%; Hendrickson (IA) with 4%
3. "Some other candidate" with 7%
4. Hendrickson (IA) with 4%; Elliot (L) with 3%

References

1. "2022 Candidate Filings" . Retrieved March 15, 2022.
2. "2022 Primary Endorsements" . Retrieved June 14, 2022.
3. "Nevada - UAW Endorsements". United Auto Workers.
4. "Michele Fiore announces surprise run for treasurer". www.ktnv.com. KTNV-TV. March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
5. Appleton, Rory (April 19, 2021). "Manny Kess, hospitality company owner, running for Nevada treasurer". www.reviewjournal.com. Las Vegas Review-Journal . Retrieved February 3, 2022.
6. Golonka, Sean; Solis, Jacob; Rindels, Michelle; Snyder, Riley; Calderon, Jannelle; Eom, Da; Mueller, Tabitha (March 22, 2022). "Crowded races, some surprises at close of Nevada candidate filing" . Retrieved March 23, 2022.
7. OH Predictive Insights
8. "Statewide - 2022 Primary Election Results". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
9. Snyder, Riley. "former Nevada Sen. Dean Heller is co-hosting a fundraiser for Democratic state Treasurer Zach Conine". Twitter. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
10. "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.
11. "Human Rights Campaign Endorses Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine for Reelection". Human Rights Campaign. September 12, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
12. Cruz, Ted (May 12, 2022). "I'm proud to endorse @VoteFiore for State Treasurer. With galloping inflation & gas prices spiraling out of control, it's never been more important for Nevada to have someone as Treasurer who will fight back against gov waste and out-of-control spending" . Retrieved May 5, 2023.
13. OH Predictive Insights
14. University of Nevada, Reno
15. OH Predictive Insights
16. Cegavske, Barbara (November 8, 2022). "2022 Unofficial Statewide General Election Results November 8, 2022". Secretary of State of Nevada . Archived from the original on October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
17. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::eb89e40d-595f-485f-9a43-d1bbdd6d0cb4

External links

Official campaign websites

• Zach Conine (D) for State Treasurer
• Michele Fiore (R) for State Treasurer