Political party strength in Nevada

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

• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
• Secretary of State
• Attorney General
• State Treasurer
• State Controller

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
• State Assembly
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

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

Year	Executive 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]
1862				Theodore D. Edwards [c]
1863											Gordon Newell Mott (R) [f]
1864						William 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)Y
1865							17R, 1D	34R, 1D	William M. Stewart (R)	James W. Nye (R)	Delos R. Ashley (R)
1866
1867		James S. Slingerland (R)		Robert M. Clarke (R)		William K. Parkinson (R) [h]	18R, 1D	37R, 1D
1868												Grant/ Colfax (R)Y
1869						Lewis Doran (R) [g]	15R, 5D	34R, 5D			Thomas Fitch (R)
1870					Christopher 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, 9D	24R, 20D, 2IR			Charles West Kendall (D)
1872												Grant/ Wilson (R)Y
1873							17R, 7D	36R, 11D, 1I		John P. Jones (R)
1874
1875		Jewett W. Adams (D)		John R. Kittrell (D)			17R, 8D	32R, 18D	William Sharon (R)		William Woodburn (R)
1876												Hayes/ Wheeler (R)Y
1877							13D, 12R	35R, 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, 1Cit	39R, 8D, 3Cit			Rollin M. Daggett (R)
1880												Hancock/ English (D)N
1881							14R, 10D, 1Cit	44D, 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, 8R	29R, 11D
1884												Blaine/ Logan (R)N
1885							14R, 6D	33R, 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)Y
1889		Frank Bell (R) [g]					16R, 4D	26R, 14D			Horace F. Bartine (R)
1890	Frank Bell (R) [i]	vacant			George 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, 2D	35R, 5D
1892												Weaver/ Field (Pop)N
1893							9R, 5Sv, 1Pop	15Sv, 7Pop, 5D, 2R, 1I [j]	William M. Stewart (Sv)		Francis G. Newlands (Sv)
1894					George 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)N
1897				James R. Judge (Sv) [g]			7Sv, 5R, 1D, 1I, 1Pop [n]	20Sv, 4D, 3Pop, 2R, 1I
1898
1899		James R. Judge (Sv)		William D. Jones (Sv) [o]	David M. Ryan (Sv/D)	Sam P. Davis (Sv/D)	8Sv, 5R, 1D, 1I	18Sv, 10R, 1D, 1I
1900												Bryan/ Stevenson (D)N
1901				William Woodburn (Sv) [g]			9Sv, 3R, 2I, 1D	13D, 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)Y
1905							7R, 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)N
1909							12D, 6R, 1I	34D, 14R
1910
1911	Tasker Oddie (R)	Gilbert C. Ross (D)	George Brodigan (D)	Cleveland H. Baker (D) [h]	William McMillan (R)		14D, 6R	25R, 24D			Edwin E. Roberts (R)
1912									William A. Massey (R)			Wilson/ Marshall (D)Y
1913				George B. Thatcher (D) [g]			14D, 6R, 1IR, 1Sv	30D, 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
1917							9R, 5D, 3I	20D, 14R, 3I
1918										Charles Henderson (D)
1919				Leonard B. Fowler (D)			8R, 6D, 2I [x]	16D, 15R, 6I [y]			Charles R. Evans (D)
1920												Harding/ Coolidge (R)Y
1921							7D, 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, 2I	26R, 9D, 2I			Charles L. Richards (D)
1924												Coolidge/ Dawes (R)Y
1925							9R, 8D	23R, 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)Y
1929							12R, 4D, 1I	21R, 14D, 2I
1930
1931				Gray Mashburn (D)			13R, 4D	19D, 16R, 2I [ac]
1932												Roosevelt/ Garner (D)Y
1933							9R, 7D, 1I	25D, 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, 2I	29D, 9R, 2I
1936
1937			Malcolm McEachin (D) [g]				11D, 3R, 3I	30D, 10R
1938
1939	Edward P. Carville (D) [ad]	Maurice J. Sullivan (D)					7D, 7R, 3I [ae]	27D, 11R, 2I
1940												Roosevelt/ Wallace (D)Y
1941							10R, 6D, 1I	26D, 13R, 1I	Berkeley L. Bunker (D)
1942
1943		Vail Pittman (D)		Alan Bible (D)			10R, 7D	23D, 17R	James G. Scrugham (D) [h]		Maurice J. Sullivan (D)
1944												Roosevelt/ Truman (D)Y
1945	Vail Pittman (D) [m]	Clifford A. Jones (D)					9R, 8D	27D, 13R	Edward P. Carville (D)		Berkeley L. Bunker (D)
1946
1947			John Koontz (D)			Jerome P. Donovan (D)	10R, 7D	22D, 18R, 1I	George W. Malone (R)		Charles H. Russell (R)
1948												Truman/ Barkley (D)Y
1949							11R, 6D	25D, 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)Y
1953							12R, 5D	29D, 18R			Clarence Clifton Young (R)
1954										Ernest S. Brown (R)
1955		Rex Bell (R)		Harvey Dickerson (D)			13R, 4D	30D, 17R		Alan Bible (D)
1956
1957							12R, 5D	31D, 16R			Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)
1958
1959	Grant Sawyer (D)			Roger D. Foley (D) [af]		Keith L. Lee (D)	10R, 7D	33D, 14R	Howard Cannon (D)
1960												Kennedy/ Johnson (D)Y
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)Y
1965							9R, 7D, 1I	25D, 12R
1966
1967	Paul Laxalt (R)	Edward Fike (R)				Wilson McGowan (R)	11D, 9R	21D, 19R
1968												Nixon/ Agnew (R)Y
1969								22R, 18D
1970
1971	Mike O'Callaghan (D)	Harry Reid (D)		Robert List (R)			13D, 7R	21R, 19D
1972
1973			William D. Swackhamer (D)				14D, 6R	25D, 15R			David Towell (R)
1974
1975		Robert E. Rose (D)					17D, 3R	31D, 9R		Paul Laxalt (R)	James David Santini (D)
1976												Ford/ Dole (R)N
1977								35D, 5R
1978
1979	Robert List (R)	Myron E. Leavitt (D)		Richard Bryan (D)	Stanton Colton (D)		15D, 5R	26D, 14R
1980												Reagan/ Bush (R)Y
1981
1982

1983–present

Year	Executive 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, 4R	22D, 20R	Chic Hecht (R)	Paul Laxalt (R)	1D, 1R	Reagan/ Bush (R)Y
1984
1985							13D, 8R	25R, 17D
1986
1987		Bob Miller (D)	Frankie Sue Del Papa (D)		Kenneth F. Santor (R)		12R, 9D	29D, 13R		Harry Reid (D)
1988												Bush/ Quayle (R)Y
1989	Bob Miller (D)	vacant					13R, 8D	32D, 10R	Richard Bryan (D)
1990
1991		Sue Wagner (R)	Cheryl Lau (R)	Frankie Sue Del Papa (D)	Bob Seale (R)		11D, 10R	22D, 20R
1992												Clinton/ Gore (D)Y
1993							11R, 10D	29D, 13R
1994
1995		Lonnie Hammargren (R)	Dean Heller (R)				13R, 8D	21R, 21D [ag]			2R
1996
1997							12R, 9D	25D, 17R
1998
1999	Kenny Guinn (R)	Lorraine Hunt (R)			Brian Krolicki (R)	Kathy Augustine (R)		28D, 14R			1R, 1D
2000												Bush/ Cheney (R)Y
2001								27D, 15R	John Ensign (R)
2002
2003				Brian Sandoval (R) [af]			13R, 8D	23D, 19R			2R, 1D
2004
2005							12R, 9D	26D, 16R
				George Chanos (R) [g]
2006						Steve Martin (R) [g]
2007	Jim Gibbons (R)	Brian Krolicki (R)	Ross Miller (D)	Catherine Cortez Masto (D)	Kate Marshall (D)	Kim Wallin (D)	11R, 10D	27D, 15R
2008												Obama/ Biden (D)Y
2009							12D, 9R	28D, 14R			2D, 1R
2010
2011	Brian Sandoval (R)						11D, 10R	26D, 16R	Dean Heller (R)		2R, 1D
2012
2013								27D, 15R			2R, 2D
2014
2015		Mark Hutchison (R)	Barbara Cegavske (R)	Adam Laxalt (R)	Dan Schwartz (R)	Ron Knecht (R)	11R, 10D	25R, 17D			3R, 1D
2016								24R, 17D, 1L				Clinton/ Kaine (D)N
2017							11D, 9R, 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, 8R	29D, 13R	Jacky Rosen (D)
2020												Biden/ Harris (D)Y
2021							12D, 9R	26D, 16R
		vacant
2022		Lisa Cano Burkhead (D) [g]
2023	Joe Lombardo (R)	Stavros Anthony (R)	Cisco Aguilar (D)			Andy Matthews (R)	13D, 8R	28D, 14R
2024												Trump/ Vance (R)Y
2025								27D, 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. Attorney General of Nevada Territory.
4. Treasurer of Nevada Territory.
5. Auditor of Nevada Territory.
6. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada Territory.
7. Appointed by governor.
8. Died in office.
9. 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. 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. 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.

See also

• Politics in Nevada
• Elections in Nevada
• List of Nevada state legislatures

References

1. Political History of Nevada (PDF) (12th ed.). Research Division of the Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau. 2016.
2. Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 254
3. "The Journal of the Assembly 1893". HathiTrust. p. 12–13. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
4. "The Journal of the Senate 1897". HathiTrust. p. 8–9, 14–15. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
5. Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 255
6. "The Journal of the Senate 1897". HathiTrust. p. 8, 12. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
7. 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
10. "The Journal of the Senate 1907". HathiTrust. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
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. 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.