2016 Nevada elections

The Nevada general election, 2016 was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 throughout Nevada.

United States Senate

Nevada's Class 3 Senate seat is up for election. Harry Reid retired at the end of his 5th term. Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto was elected to replace him.

United States House of Representatives

All of Nevada's four seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2016. Democrats Dina Titus, Jacklyn Rosen and Ruben Kihuen, and Republican Mark Amodei were elected.

State Legislature

Nevada Senate

Eleven out of twenty-one seats in the Nevada Senate were up for election in 2016. Seven of the seats were currently held by Democrats and four were held by Republicans. Republicans held a one-seat majority in the State Senate. Democrats flipped one Republican seat and held all of theirs, winning a slim majority.

Nevada Assembly

All 42 seats in the Nevada Assembly are up for election in 2016. Republicans currently hold 24 seats, Democrats currently hold 16 seats, Libertarians currently hold 1 seat, and there is one vacancy.

Election 2016
District	Close of Primary Registration	Democratic primary Candidates	June 14, 2016 Result	Republican primary Candidates	June 14, 2016 Result	Other Party Candidates	November 8, 2016 Result
District 1	D +17.35%	Daniele Monroe-Moreno	No Primary	Roger "Oz" Baum	674 (43.91%)
				Howard Brean
				Howard Brean	861 (56.09%)
District 2	R +5.78%	Owen Carver	786 (35.37%)	John Hambrick (I)	1,703 (59.59%)
		Garrett LeDuff	218 (9.81%	Clayton Kelly Hurst	1,155 (40.41%)
		Ron Nelsen	769 (34.61%)
		Joe Valdes	449 (20.21%)
District 3	D +27.04%	Nelson Araujo (I)	No Primary	No Republican Challenger			Democratic Hold Araujo to be reelected
District 4	R +0.37%	Bert Lucas	1,106 (39.98%)	Melissa D. Laughter	447 (15.84%)
		Earle Orr	392 (13.82%)	Richard McArthur	1,241 (43.98%)
		John Piro	1,339 (47.2%)	Kenneth Rezendes	1,134 (40.18%)
District 5	D +7.09%	Shannon Churchwell	304 (13.96%)	Tony Baca	944 (39.93)
		Rory Martinez	898 (41.25%)	Artemus "Art" Ham	1,420 (60.07%)
		Brittney Miller	975 (44.79)	Artemus "Art" Ham	1,420 (60.07%)
District 6	D +46.22%	Valencia Burch	411 (14.77%)	Carlo Maffatt	No Primary
		Arrick "Kerm" Foster	156 (5.61%)
		Macon Jackson	487 (17.51%)
		William McCurdy II	1,728 (62.11%)
District 7	D +36.89%	Dina Neal (I)	No Primary	Jennifer Fawzy	No Primary
District 8	D +15.12%	Jason Frierson	No Primary	Norm Ross	No Primary	John Moore (I) (Lib.)
District 9	D +7.71%	Steve Yeager^[1]	No Primary	David Gardner (I)	803 (45.52%)
				Minddie Lloyd	300 (17.01%)
				Diana Orrock	661 (37.47%)
District 10	D +24.25%	Chris Brooks^[1]	1,468 (71.57%)	Shelly M. Shelton (I)	No Primary
District 10	D +24.25%	German Castellanos	583 (28.43%)	Shelly M. Shelton (I)	No Primary
District 11	D +36.17%	Olivia Diaz (I)	No Primary	No Republican Challenger			Democratic Hold Diaz to be reelected
District 12	D +14.62%	James Ohrenschall (I)	No Primary	Ron McGinnis	614 (31.95%)	Troy Ethan Warren (Lib.
				Mark Riggins	789 (41.05%)
				John Santacruz	163 (8.48%)
				Walter L. Seip II	356 (18.52%)
District 13	R +6.09%	No Democratic Challenger		Paul Anderson (I)	1,738 (62.16%)		Republican Hold Anderson to be reelected
				Leonard Foster	349 (12.48%)
				Steve Sanson	709 (25.36%)
District 14	D +32.54%	Maggie Carlton (I)	No Primary	Melody Howard	389 (53.43%)
District 14	D +32.54%	Maggie Carlton (I)	No Primary	Quay Simons	339 (46.57%)
District 15	D +30.87%	Elliot Anderson (I)	1,731 (84.36%)	Stan Vaughn	No Primary
District 15	D +30.87%	Lou Toomin	321 (15.64%)	Stan Vaughn	No Primary
District 16	D +24.11%	Heidi Swank (I)	No Primary	No Republican Challenger		Edmund Uehling (Lib.)
District 17	D +27%	Tyrone Thompson (I)	No Primary	Ronald Newsome	No Primary
District 18	D +25.34%	Richard Carrillo (I)	1,194 (64.06%)	Christine DeCorte	595 (56.83%)
District 18	D +25.34%	Erica Mosca	670 (35.94%)	Matt Sadler	452 (43.17%)
District 19	R +3.68%	No Democratic Challenger		Chris Edwards (I)	1,960 (61.19%)		Republican Hold Edwards to be reelected
District 19	R +3.68%	No Democratic Challenger		Connie Foust	1,243 (38.81%)		Republican Hold Edwards to be reelected
District 20	D +18.25%	Ellen Spiegel (I)	1,876 (76.98%)	Carol Linton	No Primary
District 20	D +18.25%	Darren Welsh	561 (23.02%)	Carol Linton	No Primary
District 21	D +7.44%	Ozzie Fumo	1,423 (57.63%)	Derek Armstrong (I)	1,179 (55.25%)
		Ben Nakhaima	854 (34.59%)	Blain K. Jones	955 (44.75%)
		Vinny Spotleson	192 (7.78%)	Blain K. Jones	955 (44.75%)
District 22	R +6.44%	Luis Aguirre-Insua	1,286 (56.21%)	Richard Bunce	1,574 (44.41%)
District 22	R +6.44%	Mark W. Isquith	1,002 (43.79%)	Keith Pickard	1,970 (55.59%)
District 23	R +14.02%	Craig Jordahl	No Primary	Swadeep Nigam	1,529 (28.01%)
District 23	R +14.02%	Craig Jordahl	No Primary	Melissa Woodbury (I)	3,929 (71.99%)
District 24	D +23.18%	Amber Joiner (I)	No Primary	Jim Riger, Sr.	No Primary
District 25	R +9.99%	Allen "Eli" Smith	No Primary	Clint Jamison	619 (10.19%)
				Kime King	420 (6.92%)
				Jennifer Terhune	1,726 (28.43%)
				Jill Tolles^[2]	3,307 (54.46%)
District 26	R +15.28%	No Democratic Challenger		Jason Guinasso	2,784 (44.67%)		Republican Hold Krasner to be elected
District 26	R +15.28%	No Democratic Challenger		Lisa Krasner	3,448 (55.33%)		Republican Hold Krasner to be elected
District 27	D +7.69%	Teresa Benitez-Thompson (I)	No Primary	Bonnie Weber	No Primary
District 28	D +35.75%	Edgar Flores (I)	No Primary	Wesley Cornwell	No Primary
District 29	D +3.45%	Lesley Elizabeth Cohen	No Primary	Amy L. Groves	1,142 (45.01%)
District 29	D +3.45%	Lesley Elizabeth Cohen	No Primary	Stephen Silberkraus (I)	1,395 (54.99%)
District 30	D +10.11%	Mike Sprinkle (I)	No Primary	Lauren Scott	No Primary
District 31	R +6.08%	Richard "Skip" Daly	No Primary	Jill Dickman (I)	No Primary
District 32	R +23.81%	No Democratic Challenger		Ira Hansen (I)	No Primary		Republican Hold
District 33	R +34.87%	No Democratic Challenger		John Ellison (I)	No Primary		Republican Hold
District 34	D +13.34%	Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod	1,199 (39.74%)	Marty Hagans	713 (37.99%)
		Zachary Conine	1,126 (37.32%)	David LaBay	444 (23.65%)
		Manny Garcia	692 (22.94%)	Matt Williams	720 (38.36%)
District 35	D +5.81%	Justin Watkins	No Primary	Tom Blanchard	324 (18.5%)
				Benjamin Donlon	18 (1.03%)
				Raymond Joseph Giordano	46 (2.63%)
				Brent Jones (I)	712 (40.66%)
				Tiffany Jones	651 (37.18%)
District 36	R +16.39%	No Democratic Challenger		James Oscarson (I)	1,988 (46.49%)	Dennis Hof (Lib.)
				Rusty Stanberry	433 (10.13%)
				Tina Trenner	1,855 (43.38%)
District 37	R +0.64%	Sean Lyttle	No Primary	Jim Marchant	2,511 (62.51%)
District 37	R +0.64%	Sean Lyttle	No Primary	Glenn Trowbridge (I)	1,506 (37.49%)
District 38	R +29.65%	George Dini	No Primary	Robin Titus (I)	No Primary	Wendy "Rooster" Cochran (No Party)
District 38	R +29.65%	George Dini	No Primary	Robin Titus (I)	No Primary	Justin Smith (IAP of Nevada)
District 39	R +30.01%	No Democratic Challenger		Jim Wheeler (I)	No Primary	Alexander Dunn (No Party)
District 40	R +16.77%	Michael Greedy	No Primary	Sam England	1,515 (26.02)	John Wagner (IAP of Nevada)
				Chris Forbush	1,050 (18.04%)
				Al Kramer	1,709 (29.35%)
				Philip "PK" O'Neill (I)	1,548 (26.59%
District 41	D +7.54%	Paul Aizley	783 (44.11%)	Nick Phillips	934 (54.21%)
District 41	D +7.54%	Sandra Jauregui	992 (55.89%)	Mary Rooney	789 (45.79%)
District 42	D +22.97%	Irene Bustamante Adams (I)	No Primary	Howard Scheff	No Primary

State Judicial Branch

Supreme Court

District	Incumbent	Previous Terms	Candidates	Result
Seat A	James Hardesty	2004-2010 2010-2016	James Hardesty
Seat F	Ron Parraguirre	2004-2010 2010-2016	Ron Parraguirre

Appeals Court

District	Incumbent	Previous Terms	Candidates
District 1	Jerry Tao	2014-2016	Jerry Tao Neil Durrant
District 2	Michael Gibbons	2014-2016	Michael Gibbons
District 3	Abbi Silver	2014-2016	Abbi Silver

Petitions

Question 1: Background Checks for Gun Purchases

Question 2: Marijuana Legalization

Question 3: Legislature to Minimize Regulations on the Energy Market and Eliminate Legal Energy Monopolies

Question 4: Medical Equipment Sales Tax Exemption

References

^ ^a ^b "Nevada Democrats aim to retake Assembly".
^ "Do not ask for whom the bell Tolles: They all are ringing it for her". October 20, 2015.

[rgj.com-1] "Nevada Democrats aim to retake Assembly".

[2] "Do not ask for whom the bell Tolles: They all are ringing it for her". October 20, 2015.

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