Political party strength in Nevada

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Nevada:

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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes as well as whether the nominees won the election.

1861–1982

YearExecutive offices State Legislature [1] United States Congress Electoral
votes
Governor Lt. Governor Secretary of State Attorney General Treasurer Controller Senate Assembly Senator
(Class I)
Senator
(Class III)
House
1861 James W. Nye (R) [a] Orion Clemens (R) [b] Benjamin B. Bunker [c] John Henry Kinkead (R) [d] Perry G. Childs [e] John Cradlebaugh (I) [f]
1862Theodore D. Edwards [c]
1863 Gordon Newell Mott (R) [f]
1864William W. Ross [e] [g]
Nevada admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864
Henry G. Blasdel (R)John S. Crosman (R)Chauncey N. Noteware (R)George A. Nourse (R)Eben Rhoades (R) [h] Alanson W. Nightingill (R) Henry G. Worthington (R) Lincoln/
Johnson (NU)Green check.svg
186517R, 1D34R, 1D William M. Stewart (R) James W. Nye (R) Delos R. Ashley (R)
1866
1867James S. Slingerland (R)Robert M. Clarke (R)William K. Parkinson (R) [h] 18R, 1D37R, 1D
1868 Grant/
Colfax (R)Green check.svg
1869Lewis Doran (R) [g] 15R, 5D34R, 5D Thomas Fitch (R)
1870Christopher C. Batterman (R) [g]
1871 Lewis R. Bradley (D)Frank Denver (D)James D. Minor (R)Luther A. Buckner (D)Jerry Schooling (D)William W. Hobart (R)14R, 9D24R, 20D, 2IR Charles West Kendall (D)
1872 Grant/
Wilson (R)Green check.svg
187317R, 7D36R, 11D, 1I John P. Jones (R)
1874
1875 Jewett W. Adams (D)John R. Kittrell (D)17R, 8D32R, 18D William Sharon (R) William Woodburn (R)
1876 Hayes/
Wheeler (R)Green check.svg
187713D, 12R35R, 15D Thomas Wren (R)
1878
1879 John Henry Kinkead (R)Jasper Babcock (R)Michael A. Murphy (R)Lyman L. Crockett (R)James F. Hallock (R)17R, 7D, 1Cit39R, 8D, 3Cit Rollin M. Daggett (R)
1880 Hancock/
English (D)Red x.svg
188114R, 10D, 1Cit44D, 6R James G. Fair (D) George W. Cassidy (D)
1882
1883 Jewett W. Adams (D) Charles E. Laughton (R)John M. Dormer (R)William H. Davenport (R)George Tufly (R) [h] 12D, 8R29R, 11D
1884 Blaine/
Logan (R)Red x.svg
188514R, 6D33R, 7D William Woodburn (R)
1886
1887 Charles C. Stevenson (R) [h] Henry C. Davis (R) [h] John F. Alexander (R)32R, 8D William M. Stewart (R)
1888 Harrison/
Morton (R)Green check.svg
1889 Frank Bell (R) [g] 16R, 4D26R, 14D Horace F. Bartine (R)
1890 Frank Bell (R) [i] vacantGeorge W. Richards (R) [g]
1891 Roswell K. Colcord (R)Joseph Poujade (R)Oscar H. Grey (R)James D. Torreyson (R)John F. Egan (R) [h] Robert L. Horton (R)18R, 2D35R, 5D
1892 Weaver/
Field (Pop)Red x.svg
18939R, 5Sv, 1Pop15Sv, 7Pop, 5D, 2R, 1I [j] William M. Stewart (Sv) Francis G. Newlands (Sv)
1894George W. Richards (R) [g]
1895 John Edward Jones (Sv) [h] Reinhold Sadler (Sv)Eugene Howell (Sv)Robert M. Beatty (Sv) [h] William J. Westerfield (Sv)C. A. LaGrave (Sv)5Sv, 5R, 2D, 2I, 1Pop [k] 14Sv, 11R, 3Pop, 2D [l] John P. Jones (Sv)
1896 Reinhold Sadler (Sv) [m] vacant Bryan/
Sewall (D/Pop)Red x.svg
1897James R. Judge (Sv) [g] 7Sv, 5R, 1D, 1I, 1Pop [n] 20Sv, 4D, 3Pop, 2R, 1I
1898
1899James R. Judge (Sv)William D. Jones (Sv) [o] David M. Ryan (Sv/D)Sam P. Davis (Sv/D)8Sv, 5R, 1D, 1I18Sv, 10R, 1D, 1I
1900 Bryan/
Stevenson (D)Red x.svg
1901William Woodburn (Sv) [g] 9Sv, 3R, 2I, 1D13D, 12Sv, 5R, 1I [p] William M. Stewart (R) John P. Jones (R)
1902
1903 John Sparks (Sv/D) [h] Lemuel Allen (Sv/D)William "Gib" Douglass (R)James G. Sweeney (Sv/D)7Sv, 5R, 3D, 2I [q] 13D, 12Sv, 5R, 2Fus, 2I-Sv [r] Francis G. Newlands (D) [h] Clarence D. Van Duzer (D)
1904 Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R)Green check.svg
19057R, 6Sv, 3D, 1I [s] 23R, 14D, 2Sv George S. Nixon (R) [h]
1906
1907 Denver S. Dickerson (Sv/D)Richard C. Stoddard (Sv/D)Jacob Eggers (R)7R, 7D, 2Sv, 1I [t] 18D, 17R, 5Sv [u] George A. Bartlett (D)
1908 Denver S. Dickerson (Sv/D) [i] vacant Bryan/
Kern (D)Red x.svg
190912D, 6R, 1I34D, 14R
1910
1911 Tasker Oddie (R)Gilbert C. Ross (D)George Brodigan (D)Cleveland H. Baker (D) [h] William McMillan (R)14D, 6R25R, 24D Edwin E. Roberts (R)
1912 William A. Massey (R) Wilson/
Marshall (D)Green check.svg
1913George B. Thatcher (D) [g] 14D, 6R, 1IR, 1Sv30D, 18R, 2I, 1IR, 1Prog, 1Sv Key Pittman (D) [h]
1914
1915 Emmet D. Boyle (D) Maurice J. Sullivan (D)Edward C. Malley (D)George A. Cole (D)9R, 9D, 2I, 1IR, 1Sv [v] 26R, 23D, 3I, 1Sv [w]
1916
19179R, 5D, 3I20D, 14R, 3I
1918 Charles Henderson (D)
1919Leonard B. Fowler (D)8R, 6D, 2I [x] 16D, 15R, 6I [y] Charles R. Evans (D)
1920 Harding/
Coolidge (R)Green check.svg
19217D, 6R, 4I [z] 28R, 7D, 2I Tasker Oddie (R) Samuel S. Arentz (R)
1922
1923 James G. Scrugham (D)William G. Greathouse (D) [h] Michael A. Diskin (D)10R, 5D, 2I26R, 9D, 2I Charles L. Richards (D)
1924 Coolidge/
Dawes (R)Green check.svg
19259R, 8D23R, 13D, 1I Samuel S. Arentz (R)
1926
1927 Fred B. Balzar (R) [h] Morley Griswold (R)George B. Russell (R) [g] Edward C. Peterson (R)8R, 8D, 1I [aa] 17R, 17D, 3I [ab]
1928 Hoover/
Curtis (R)Green check.svg
192912R, 4D, 1I21R, 14D, 2I
1930
1931Gray Mashburn (D)13R, 4D19D, 16R, 2I [ac]
1932 Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
19339R, 7D, 1I25D, 12R, 3I Pat McCarran (D) [h] James G. Scrugham (D)
1934 Morley Griswold (R) [i] vacant
1935 Richard Kirman Sr. (D)Fred S. Alward (D)Dan W. Franks (D)Henry C. Schmidt (D)10D, 5R, 2I29D, 9R, 2I
1936
1937Malcolm McEachin (D) [g] 11D, 3R, 3I30D, 10R
1938
1939 Edward P. Carville (D) [ad] Maurice J. Sullivan (D)7D, 7R, 3I [ae] 27D, 11R, 2I
1940 Roosevelt/
Wallace (D)Green check.svg
194110R, 6D, 1I26D, 13R, 1I Berkeley L. Bunker (D)
1942
1943 Vail Pittman (D) Alan Bible (D)10R, 7D23D, 17R James G. Scrugham (D) [h] Maurice J. Sullivan (D)
1944 Roosevelt/
Truman (D)Green check.svg
1945 Vail Pittman (D) [m] Clifford A. Jones (D)9R, 8D27D, 13R Edward P. Carville (D) Berkeley L. Bunker (D)
1946
1947John Koontz (D)Jerome P. Donovan (D)10R, 7D22D, 18R, 1I George W. Malone (R) Charles H. Russell (R)
1948 Truman/
Barkley (D)Green check.svg
194911R, 6D25D, 18R Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)
1950
1951 Charles H. Russell (R)William T. Mathews (D)Peter Merialdo (R)23D, 20R
1952 Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)Green check.svg
195312R, 5D29D, 18R Clarence Clifton Young (R)
1954 Ernest S. Brown (R)
1955 Rex Bell (R)Harvey Dickerson (D)13R, 4D30D, 17R Alan Bible (D)
1956
195712R, 5D31D, 16R Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)
1958
1959 Grant Sawyer (D) Roger D. Foley (D) [af] Keith L. Lee (D)10R, 7D33D, 14R Howard Cannon (D)
1960 Kennedy/
Johnson (D)Green check.svg
1961
1962 Maude Frazier (D) Charles E. Springer (D) [g]
1963 Paul Laxalt (R)Harvey Dickerson (D)Michael Mirabelli (D)32D, 15R
1964 Johnson/
Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
19659R, 7D, 1I25D, 12R
1966
1967 Paul Laxalt (R) Edward Fike (R)Wilson McGowan (R)11D, 9R21D, 19R
1968 Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
196922R, 18D
1970
1971 Mike O'Callaghan (D) Harry Reid (D) Robert List (R)13D, 7R21R, 19D
1972
1973 William D. Swackhamer (D)14D, 6R25D, 15R David Towell (R)
1974
1975 Robert E. Rose (D)17D, 3R31D, 9R Paul Laxalt (R) James David Santini (D)
1976 Ford/
Dole (R)Red x.svg
197735D, 5R
1978
1979Robert List (R) Myron E. Leavitt (D) Richard Bryan (D)Stanton Colton (D)15D, 5R26D, 14R
1980 Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
1981
1982

1983–present

YearExecutive offices State Legislature [17] United States Congress Electoral
votes
Governor Lt. Governor Secretary of State Attorney General Treasurer Controller Senate Assembly Senator
(Class I)
Senator
(Class III)
House
1983 Richard Bryan (D) Bob Cashell (R) William D.
Swackhamer
(D)
Brian McKay (R) Patricia Cafferata (R)Darrel R. Daines (R)17D, 4R22D, 20R Chic Hecht (R) Paul Laxalt (R)1D, 1R Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
1984
198513D, 8R25R, 17D
1986
1987 Bob Miller (D) Frankie Sue Del Papa (D)Kenneth F. Santor (R)12R, 9D29D, 13R Harry Reid (D)
1988 Bush/
Quayle (R)Green check.svg
1989 Bob Miller (D)vacant13R, 8D32D, 10R Richard Bryan (D)
1990
1991 Sue Wagner (R) Cheryl Lau (R) Frankie Sue Del Papa (D) Bob Seale (R)11D, 10R22D, 20R
1992 Clinton/
Gore (D)Green check.svg
199311R, 10D29D, 13R
1994
1995 Lonnie Hammargren (R) Dean Heller (R)13R, 8D21R, 21D [ag] 2R
1996
199712R, 9D25D, 17R
1998
1999 Kenny Guinn (R) Lorraine Hunt (R) Brian Krolicki (R) Kathy Augustine (R)28D, 14R1R, 1D
2000 Bush/
Cheney (R)Green check.svg
200127D, 15R John Ensign (R)
2002
2003 Brian Sandoval (R) [af] 13R, 8D23D, 19R2R, 1D
2004
200512R, 9D26D, 16R
George Chanos (R) [g]
2006Steve Martin (R) [g]
2007 Jim Gibbons (R) Brian Krolicki (R) Ross Miller (D) Catherine Cortez
Masto
(D)
Kate Marshall (D) Kim Wallin (D)11R, 10D27D, 15R
2008 Obama/
Biden (D)Green check.svg
200912D, 9R28D, 14R2D, 1R
2010
2011 Brian Sandoval (R)11D, 10R26D, 16R Dean Heller (R)2R, 1D
2012
201327D, 15R2R, 2D
2014
2015 Mark Hutchison (R) Barbara Cegavske (R) Adam Laxalt (R) Dan Schwartz (R) Ron Knecht (R)11R, 10D25R, 17D3R, 1D
201624R, 17D, 1L Clinton/
Kaine (D)Red x.svg
201711D, 8R, 1I [ah] 27D, 15R Catherine Cortez
Masto
(D)
3D, 1R
2018
2019 Steve Sisolak (D) Kate Marshall (D) [ai] Aaron D. Ford (D) Zach Conine (D) Catherine Byrne (D)13D, 8R29D, 13R Jacky Rosen (D)
2020 Biden/
Harris (D)Green check.svg
202112D, 9R26D, 16R
vacant
2022 Lisa Cano Burkhead (D) [g]
2023 Joe Lombardo (R) Stavros Anthony (R) Cisco Aguilar (D) Andy Matthews (R)13D, 8R28D, 14R
2024 Trump/
Vance (R)Green check.svg
202527D, 15R
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. Governor of Nevada Territory.
  2. Secretary of Nevada Territory.
  3. 1 2 Attorney General of Nevada Territory.
  4. Treasurer of Nevada Territory.
  5. 1 2 Auditor of Nevada Territory.
  6. 1 2 Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada Territory.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Appointed by governor.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Died in office.
  9. 1 2 3 As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
  10. A Democrat, Thomas J. Bell, was elected Speaker, and the Silverites worked with the Democrats and Populists to organize the chamber. [2] [3]
  11. A Democrat, J.E. Gignoux, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Senate was organized on a multipartisan basis. [4]
  12. A Silverite, Lemuel Allen, was elected Speaker, and the Democrats and Populists sided with the Silverites to organize the chamber. [5]
  13. 1 2 As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
  14. A Republican, A.J. McCone, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Senate was organized on a multi-partisan basis. [6]
  15. Resigned.
  16. A Democrat, Clarence D. Van Duzer, was elected Speaker, and the Silverites sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber. [7]
  17. A Silverite, Charles Green, was elected President Pro Tempore with Democratic support, and they both organized the chamber. [7]
  18. A Democrat, Marion S. Wilson, was elected Speaker, and the Silverites and Fusionists sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber. [7]
  19. A Silverite, Joseph A. Miller, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Silverites and Democrats organized the chamber. [8]
  20. The Independent, J.D. Campbell, was elected President Pro Tempore with Republican and renegade Democratic support, and the Republicans organized the chamber. [9] [10]
  21. A Democrat, Robert E. Skaggs, was elected Speaker, and the Silverites sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber. [11]
  22. A Republican, Fred B. Balzar, was elected President Pro Tempore. [12]
  23. A Republican, Allen G. McBride, was elected Speaker, and the Independents sided with the Republicans to organize the chamber. [13]
  24. A Republican, Nealy H. Chapin, was elected President Pro Tempore. [14]
  25. A Democrat, D. J. Fitzgerald, was elected Speaker, and the Independents sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber. [14]
  26. An Independent, E.W. Griffith, was elected President Pro Tempore.
  27. A Republican, Noble H. Getchell, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Independent sided with the Republicans to organize the chamber.
  28. An Independent, Douglas H. Tandy, was elected Speaker. [15]
  29. Elected a minority party speaker, Douglas H. Tandy, who was an Independent. [16]
  30. Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.
  31. A Democrat, John E. Robbins, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Independents sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber.
  32. 1 2 Resigned to accepted federal judgeship.
  33. Due to a split chamber, the Democrats and Republicans negotiated a power-sharing agreement to split committees, and the House elected co-Speakers from both parties. [18]
  34. A Republican Senator switched parties to Independent and caucused with the Democrats.
  35. Resigned September 17, 2021 to join the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

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  2. Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 254
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  7. 1 2 3 Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 257
  8. Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 258
  9. Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 258
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  11. Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 259
  12. Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 262
  13. Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 263
  14. 1 2 Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 264
  15. Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 268
  16. Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 269
  17. Political History of Nevada (PDF) (12th ed.). Research Division of the Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau. 2016.
  18. Driggs, Don W. (1996-01-01). Nevada Politics & Government: Conservatism in an Open Society. University of Nebraska Press. p. 81. ISBN   978-0-8032-1703-4.