2018 Nevada Senate election
November 6, 2018
11 of the 21 seats in the Nevada State Senate
11 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Aaron D. Ford (retired) Michael Roberson (retired)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 11th 20th
Last election 11 10
Seats before 11+1[lower-alpha 1] 9
Seats won 13 8
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 255,036 227,371
Percentage 51.30% 45.73%
Swing Decrease 0.02% Decrease 4.56%
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election
Leader of the Senate before election

Aaron D. Ford
Democratic

 Elected Leader of the Senate

Kelvin Atkinson
Democratic

The 2018 Nevada Senate election took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nevada voters elected state senators in 11 of the state senate's 21 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Nevada State Senate.

A primary election on June 12, 2018 determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the State of Nevada's Secretary of State website.[2]

Due to resignations and appointments, on election day 2018, there were 10 Democrats, 1 independent (caucusing with Democrats), 8 Republicans, and 2 vacancies in the Nevada Senate. To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans needed to net 3 Senate seats.

Background

Following the 2016 state senate elections, Democrats flipped control of the Senate away from the Republicans with a slim majority of 11 Democrats to 10 Republicans. On November 14, 2016, Sen. Patricia Farley switched from Republican to non-partisan and began caucusing with the Democrats, increasing their majority to 12 seats. Democrat Ruben Kihuen of District 10 resigned to become a member of the U.S. House, and he was replaced by Democrat Yvanna Cancela on December 6, 2016. Democrat Mark Manendo of District 21 resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment on July 19, 2017 and Republican Becky Harris of District 9 resigned in January 2018 to chair the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

Results

Summary of results by State Senate district

  • For districts not displayed, there is no election until 2020.
State Senate District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party
2nd Mo Denis Democratic Mo Denis Democratic
8th Patricia Farley Independent Marilyn Dondero Loop Democratic
9th Vacant[lower-alpha 2] Republican Melanie Scheible Democratic
10th Yvanna Cancela Democratic Yvanna Cancela Democratic
12th Joe Hardy Republican Joe Hardy Republican
13th Julia Ratti Democratic Julia Ratti Democratic
14th Don Gustavson Republican Ira Hansen Republican
16th Ben Kieckhefer Republican Ben Kieckhefer Republican
17th James Settelmeyer Republican James Settelmeyer Republican
20th Michael Roberson Republican Keith Pickard Republican
21st Vacant[lower-alpha 3] Democratic James Ohrenschall Democratic

Source:[3]

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. State Senate district 20, 0.04% (Tipping point for supermajority)
  2. State Senate district 8, 3.26%

Detailed results by State Senate district

District 2 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 16 • District 17 • District 20 • District 21

  • Results are only shown for races that were contested. In uncontested races (i.e., only one person ran), the Nevada Secretary of State's website does not provide results.

Sources:[3][4]

District 2

  • Both primaries were uncontested.
2nd Senate District General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mo Denis (incumbent) 13,717 79.5
Republican Cal Border 3,537 20.5
Total votes 17,254 100.0
Democratic hold

District 8

8th Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marilyn Dondero Loop 4,590 65.68
Democratic Stephanie Alvarado 2,398 34.32
Total votes 6,988 100.0
8th Senate District Republican Primary Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Valerie Weber 2,533 40.28
Republican Dan Rodimer 2,391 38.02
Republican Elizabeth Helgelien 1,365 21.70
Total votes 6,289 100.0
8th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marilyn Dondero Loop 25,777 51.63
Republican Valerie Weber 24,154 48.37
Total votes 49,931 100.0
Democratic gain from Independent

District 9

  • The Republican primary was uncontested.
9th Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Melanie Scheible 4,424 69.39
Democratic Larry McCullough 901 14.13
Democratic Brandon West 601 9.43
Democratic Justin Allen Rebollo 450 7.06
Total votes 6,376 100.0
9th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Melanie Scheible 30,900 55.62
Republican Tiffany Jones 24,660 44.38
Total votes 55,560 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

District 10

  • The general election was uncontested.
10th Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Yvanna Cancela (incumbent) 2,854 60.40
Democratic Bryce Henderson 1,871 39.60
Total votes 4,725 100.0
10th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Yvanna Cancela (incumbent) 20,383 100.0
Total votes 20,383 100.0
Democratic hold

District 12

  • Both primaries were uncontested.
12th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joe Hardy (incumbent) 37,193 61.65
Democratic Craig Jordahl 23,133 38.35
Total votes 60,326 100.0
Republican hold

District 13

  • Democratic primary was uncontested and Republicans did not contest this election.
13th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julia Ratti (incumbent) 27,079 70.35
Independent American Charlene Young 11,415 29.65
Total votes 38,494 100.0
Democratic hold

District 14

  • Both primaries were uncontested.
14th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ira Hansen 32,913 60.53
Democratic Wendy Boszak 21,460 39.47
Total votes 57,373 100.0
Republican hold

District 16

  • The Democratic primary was uncontested.
16th Senate District Republican Primary Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ben Kieckhefer (incumbent) 7,319 56.23
Republican Gary R. Schmidt 5,698 43.77
Total votes 13,017 100.0
16th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ben Kieckhefer (incumbent) 36,317 55.69
Democratic Tina Davis-Hersey 26,674 40.9
Independent American John Wagner 2,219 3.4
Total votes 65,210 100.0
Republican hold

District 17

  • Both primaries were uncontested.
17th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Settelmeyer (incumbent) 41,774 71.83
Democratic Curtis Cannon 16,384 28.17
Total votes 58,158 100.0
Republican hold

District 20

20th Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Julie Pazina 5,014 72.82
Democratic Paul Aizley 1,871 27.18
Total votes 6,885 100.0
20th Senate District Republican Primary Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Keith Pickard 3,696 58.94
Republican Byron Brooks 2,575 41.06
Total votes 6,271 100.0
20th Senate District General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Keith Pickard 27,162 49.05
Democratic Julie Pazina 27,138 49.01
Libertarian Rick Bronstein 1,078 1.95
Total votes 55,378 100.0
Republican hold

District 21

  • The Republican primary was uncontested.
21st Senate District Democratic Primary Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Ohrenschall 3,355 58.67
Democratic Christine Glazer 1,522 26.62
Democratic Jay Craddock 841 14.71
Total votes 5,718 100.0
21st Senate District General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Ohrenschall 22,391 62.0
Republican Ron McGinnis 13,721 38.0
Total votes 36,112 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ On November 14, 2016, Patricia Farley of Senate District 8 switched parties from Republican to non-partisan and announced she would caucus with the Democrats.[1]
  2. ↑ Republican Sen. Becky Harris resigned.
  3. ↑ Democratic Sen. Mark Manendo resigned.

References

  1. ↑ "Nevada State Senator Jumps from GOP to non-partisan".
  2. ↑ "2018 Election". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Nevada State Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ "2018 Unofficial Statewide Primary Election Results June 12, 2018". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
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