2024 Nevada Senate election

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2024 Nevada Senate election
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  2022 November 5, 20242026 

10 of 21 seats in the Nevada Senate
11 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Leader Nicole Cannizzaro Robin Titus
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 6th - Las Vegas 17th - Wellington
Last election138
Seats won138
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg

2024 Nevada State Senate election by district - gains and holds.svg
Results:
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     No election

Senate Majority Leader before election

Nicole Cannizzaro
Democratic

Elected Senate Majority Leader

TBD

The 2024 Nevada Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Voters in 10 districts of the Nevada Senate elected their senators. The elections coincided with elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and the State Assembly. Republicans needed to gain three seats to win control of the chamber.

Contents

The primary elections were held on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. [1]

Background

In the 2022 Nevada State Senate election, Democrats maintained control of the Nevada Senate by a 13–8 margin. Democrats have controlled the chamber since 2016.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [2] Solid DMarch 24, 2024

Outgoing incumbents

Democrats

  1. District 1: Pat Spearman was term-limited.

Republicans

  1. District 15: Heidi Gansert retired.
  2. District 19: Pete Goicoechea was term-limited.

Incumbents who resigned before end of term

Republicans

  1. District 18: Scott Hammond resigned October 26, 2023 to become Executive Director of the Nevada Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation.

Results summary

For districts not displayed, there is no election until 2026. † - Incumbent not seeking re-election

District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
1st Pat SpearmanDem Michelee Crawford Dem
3rd Rochelle Nguyen Dem Rochelle Nguyen Dem
4th Dina Neal Dem Dina Neal Dem
5th Carrie Buck Rep Carrie Buck Rep
6th Nicole Cannizzaro Dem Nicole Cannizzaro Dem
7th Roberta Lange Dem Roberta Lange Dem
11th Dallas Harris Dem
15th Heidi GansertRep Angie Taylor Dem
18th Vacant [a] John Steinbeck Rep
19th Pete Goicoechea Rep John Ellison Rep

Detailed results

Results by district

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

Certified primary election results: [3]

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Pat Spearman has represented the district since 2012.

Nevada State Senate 1st district Democratic primary election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michelee Crawford 4,598 53.88%
Democratic Clara Thomas 3,93646.12%
Total votes8,534 100%
Nevada State Senate 1st district general election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michelee Crawford
Republican Patricia Brinkley
Total votes
Democratic hold

District 3

Incumbent Democrat Rochelle Nguyen has represented the district since 2022.

Nevada State Senate 3rd district Democratic primary election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rochelle Nguyen (incumbent) 4,464 55.21%
Democratic Geoconda Hughes3,62244.79%
Total votes8,086 100%
Nevada State Senate 3rd district general election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Rochelle Nguyen (incumbent)
Republican Brent Howard
Independent Keya Jones
Total votes
Democratic hold

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Dina Neal has represented the district since 2020.

Nevada State Senate 4th district Democratic primary election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dina Neal (incumbent) 4,671 72.25%
Democratic Laura Perkins1,79427.75%
Total votes6,465 100%
Nevada State Senate 4th district general election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dina Neal (incumbent)
Total votes
Democratic hold

District 5

Incumbent Republican Carrie Buck has represented the district since 2020.

Nevada State Senate 5th district Democratic primary election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jennifer Atlas 5,618 66.57%
Democratic Christian Bishop2,82133.43%
Total votes8,439 100%
Nevada State Senate 5th district Republican primary election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carrie Buck (incumbent) 77.50% 6,085
Republican Richard Auchmoody1,76722.50%
Total votes7,852 100%
Nevada State Senate 5th district general election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carrie Buck (incumbent)
Democratic Jennifer Atlas
Republican hold
Total votes100%

District 6

Incumbent Democrat Nicole Cannizzaro has represented the district since 2016.

Nevada State Senate 6th district Republican primary election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jill Douglass5,50871.98%
Republican Joshua Stacy2,14428.02%
Total votes7,652 100%
Nevada State Senate 6th district general election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nicole Cannizzaro (incumbent)
Republican Jill Douglass
Independent American Brad Lee Barnhill
Democratic hold
Total votes

District 7

Incumbent Democrat Roberta Lange has represented the district since 2020.

Nevada State Senate 7th district general election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Roberta Lange (incumbent)
Republican Leonel Henderson Jr
Total votes
Democratic hold

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Dallas Harris has represented the district since 2018.

Nevada State Senate 11th district Republican primary election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lori Rogich 2,746 63.13%
Republican Brian Martin Paonessa1,60436.87%
Total votes4,350 100%
Nevada State Senate 11th district general election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lori Rogich
Democratic Dallas Harris (incumbent)
Republican gain from Democratic
Total votes

District 15

Incumbent Republican Heidi Gansert has represented the district since 2018.

Nevada State Senate 15th district Democratic primary election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Angie Taylor 7,216 63.93%
Democratic Naomi Duerr3,79533.62%
Democratic Johnny Kerns2762.45%
Total votes11,287 100%
Nevada State Senate 15th district Republican primary election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Ginsburg 4,218 50.76%
Republican Sharron Angle 3,48041.88%
Republican Mark Neumann6117.35%
Total votes8,309 100%
Nevada State Senate 15th district general election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Angie Taylor
Republican Mike Ginsburg
Democratic gain from Republican
Total votes

District 18

This seat has been vacant since October 2023, following the resignation of Republican Scott Hammond to become executive director of the Nevada Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation.

Nevada State Senate 18th district Democratic primary election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ronald Bioldeau 3,058 43.04%
Democratic Iman Joseph2,44834.45%
Democratic Donald Conners1,59922.51%
Total votes7,105 100%
Nevada State Senate 18th district Republican primary election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Steinbeck 5,458 59.58%
Republican Joshua Leavitt2,13123.26%
Republican Richard McArthur 1,57217.16%
Total votes9,161 100%
Nevada State Senate 18th district general election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Steinbeck
Democratic Ronald Bioldeau
Total votes
Republican hold

District 19

Incumbent Republican Pete Goicoechea has represented the district since 2012.

Nevada State Senate 19th district Republican primary election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Ellison 8,273 59.60%
Republican William Hockstedler3,90628.14%
Republican Chelsy Fischer1,70212.26%
Total votes13,881 100%
Nevada State Senate 19th district general election, 2024
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Ellison
Total votes100%
Republican hold

See also

Notes

  1. Republican Senator Scott Hammond resigned on October 26, 2023 to become Executive Director of the Nevada Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation.

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