Nevada elections, 2016

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

United States Senate

Nevada's Class 3 Senate seat is up for election. Harry Reid is retiring at the end of his 5th term.

United States House of Representatives

All of Nevada's four seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election in 2016.

State Legislature

Nevada Senate

Eleven out of twenty-one seats in the Nevada Senate are up for election in 2016. Seven of the seats are currently held by Democrats and four are held by Republicans. Republicans currently hold a one-seat majority in the State Senate. Names appearing in bold will be on the November general election ballot either through winning the June 14th primary or having no primary election.

Incumbent				Election 2016
District	December 2015 Registration	Senator	Party	Incumbent	Democratic Primary Candidates	Republican Primary Candidates	Other Candidates	Result
District 1	D +21.36%	Pat Spearman	Democrat	Running for reelection	Pat Spearman	Arsen Ter-Petrosyan [1]
District 3	D +24.37%	Tick Segerblom	Democrat	Running for reelection	Tick Segerblom	Dennis Palmerston	Jonathan Friedrich (Libertarian)
District 4	D +41.64%	Kelvin Atkinson	Democrat	Running for reelection	Kelvin Atkinson Stephen Harvey Munford
District 5	D +3.88%	Joyce Woodhouse	Democrat	Running for reelection [2]	Nicholas Lash Joyce Woodhouse	Carrie Buck [2]	Tim Hagan
District 6	D +4.43%	Mark Lipparelli	Republican	Indicated that he will not run for election	Nicole Cannizzaro [2]	Erv Nelson [3] Victoria Seaman [3]
District 7	D +20.57%	David Parks	Democrat	Running for reelection [4]	David Parks Anthony "Toni" Wernicke		Kimberly Schjang (Libertarian)
District 11	D +17.79%	Aaron D. Ford	Democrat	Running for reelection	Aaron D. Ford	Jon Frazier	Lesley Chan (Libertarian)
District 13	D +15.37%	Debbie Smith	Democrat	Debbie Smith passed away January 21, 2016[5]	Julia Ratti	Kent Bailey Samantha "Sammy B" Brockeslby	Brandon Jacobs (Libertarian)
District 15	R +3.44%	Greg Brower	Republican	Indicated that he will not run for reelection	Devon Reese [6]	Heidi Gansert [2] Eugene Hoover[2]	David Colborne (Libertarian)
District 18	R +3.37%	Scott Hammond	Republican	Running for reelection	Alexander Marks[7]	Scott Hammond
District 19	R +22.64%	Pete Goicoechea	Republican	Running for reelection		Pete Goicoechea	Janine Hansen (Independent American Party of Nevada)

Incumbent				Election 2016
District	December 2015 Registration	Senator	Party	Notes
District 2	D +35.36%	Moises Denis	Democrat	Not up for reelection
District 8	R +1.27%	Patricia Farley	Republican	Not up for reelection
District 9	D +5.23%	Becky Harris	Republican	Not up for reelection
District 10	D +28.09%	Ruben Kihuen	Democrat	Not up for reelection Running for election in Nevada's 4th congressional district
District 12	R +11.2%	Joseph P. Hardy	Republican	Not up for reelection
District 14	R +13.78%	Donald G. Gustavson	Republican	Not up for reelection
District 16	R +17%	Ben Kieckhefer	Republican	Not up for reelection
District 17	R +28.4%	James Settelmeyer	Republican	Not up for reelection
District 20	R +1.42%	Michael Roberson	Republican	Not up for reelection Running for election in Nevada's 3rd congressional district
District 21	D +22.51%	Mark Manendo	Democrat	Not up for reelection

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.

Incumbent
District	Close of Registration 2014	Current Representative	Party	Incumbent Notes
District 1	D +18.86%	Vacant	Vacant	Marilyn Kirkpatrick resigned to serve on the Clark County Commission
District 2	R +5.75%	John Hambrick	Republican
District 3	D +27.08%	Nelson Araujo, Jr.	Democrat
District 4	R +0.57%	Michele Fiore	Republican	Running for Nevada's 3rd congressional district [8]
District 5	D +6.05%	Erven T. Nelson	Republican	Running for State Senate District 6
District 6	D +48.37%	Harvey Munford	Democratic	Term Limited
District 7	D +37.03%	Dina Neal	Democratic
District 8	D +14.39%	John Moore	Libertarian	Seeking reelection for Nevada's Assembly District 8 [9]
District 9	D +7.09%	David M. Gardner	Republican
District 10	D +23.85%	Shelly M. Shelton	Republican
District 11	D +37.18%	Olivia Diaz	Democratic
District 12	D +14.75%	James Ohrenschall	Democratic	Final Election
District 13	R +4.92%	Paul Anderson	Republican
District 14	D +32.9%	Maggie Carlton	Democratic
District 15	D +32.14%	Elliot Anderson	Democratic
District 16	D +24.61%	Heidi Swank	Democratic
District 17	D +27.42%	Tyrone Thompson	Democratic
District 18	D +25.96%	Richard Carrillo	Democratic
District 19	R +3.3%	Chris Edwards	Republican
District 20	D +16.94%	Ellen Spiegel	Democratic
District 21	D +6.98%	Derek Armstrong	Republican
District 22	R +6.9%	Lynn Stewart	Republican	Announced that he will not seek re-election.[10]
District 23	R +13.27%	Melissa Woodbury	Republican
District 24	D +20.2%	Amber Joiner	Democratic
District 25	R +10.85%	Pat Hickey	Republican	Pat Hickey resigned to serve on the Nevada Board of Education
District 26	R +16.17%	Randy Kirner	Republican	Not running for reelection[11]
District 27	D +6.6%	Teresa Benitez-Thompson	Democratic
District 28	D +36.94%	Edgar Flores	Democratic
District 29	D +2.4%	Stephen Silberkraus	Republican
District 30	D +11.67%	Michael Sprinkle	Democratic
District 31	R +5.3%	Jill Dickman	Republican
District 32	R +21.27%	Ira Hansen	Republican
District 33	R +33.35%	John Ellison	Republican
District 34	D +12.76%	Victoria Seaman	Republican	Running for State Senate District 6[12]
District 35	D +4.92%	Brent A. Jones	Republican
District 36	R +13.91%	James Oscarson	Republican
District 37	R +0.86%	Glenn E. Trowbridge	Republican
District 38	R +26.5%	Robin L. Titus	Republican
District 39	R +25.93%	Jim Wheeler	Republican
District 40	R +13.84%	Philip "PK" O'Neill	Republican
District 41	D +6.9%	Vicki Dooling	Republican	Retiring
District 42	D +23.24%	Irene Bustamante Adams	Democratic

Election 2016
District	December 2015 Registration	Democratic Primary Candidates	Republican Primary Candidates	Other Party Candidates	Result
District 1	D +17%	Daniele Monroe-Moreno	Roger "Oz" Baum Howard Brean
District 2	R +6.78%	Owen Carver Garrett LeDuff Ron Nelsen Joe Valdes	John Hambrick Clayton Kelly Hurst
District 3	D +26.07%	Nelson Araujo			Democratic Hold
District 4	R +0.69%	Bert Lucas Earle Orr John Piro	Melissa D. Laughter Richard McArthur Kenneth Rezendes
District 5	D +5.18%	Shannon Churchwell Rory Martinez Brittney Miller	Tony Baca Artemus "Art" Ham
District 6	D +47.57%	Valencia Burch Arrick "Kerm" Foster Macon Jackson William McCurdy II	Carlo Maffatt
District 7	D +36.64%	Dina Neal	Jennifer Fawzy
District 8	D +13.81%	Jason Frierson	Norm Ross	John Moore (Libertarian)
District 9	D +6.02%	Steve Yeager[13]	David Gardner Minddie Lloyd Diana Orrock
District 10	D +22.55%	Chris Brooks[13] German Castellanos	Shelly M. Shelton
District 11	D +36.41%	Olivia Diaz			Democratic Hold
District 12	D +13.74%	James Ohrenschall	Ron McGinnis Mark Riggins John Santacruz Walter L. Seip II	Troy Ethan Warren (Libertarian)
District 13	R +6.08%		Paul Anderson Leonard Foster Steve Sanson		Republican Hold
District 14	D +33.2%	Maggie Carlton	Melody Howard Quay Simons
District 15	D +30.88%	Elliot Anderson Lou Toomin	Stan Vaughan
District 16	D +24.14%	Heidi Swank		Edmund Uehling (Libertarian)
District 17	D +26.54%	Tyrone Thompson	Ronald Newsome
District 18	D +24.78%	Richard Carrillo Erica Mosca	Christine DeCorte Matt Sadler
District 19	R +7.37%		Chris Edwards Connie Foust		Republican Hold
District 20	D +16.49%	Ellen Spiegel Darren Welsh	Carol Linton
District 21	D +6%	Ozzie Fumo Ben Nakhaima Vinny Spotleson	Derek Armstrong Blain K. Jones
District 22	R +7.23%	Luis Aguirre-Insua Mark W. Isquith	Richard Bunce Keith Pickard
District 23	R +14.17%	Craig Jordahl	Swadeep Nigam Melissa Woodbury
District 24	D +20.48%	Amber Joiner	Jim Riger, Sr.
District 25	R +10.99%	Allen "Eli" Smith	Clint Jamison Kime King Jennifer Terhune Jill Tolles[14]
District 26	R +16.53%		Jason Guinasso Lisa Krasner		Republican Hold
District 27	D +6.28%	Teresa Benitez-Thompson	Bonnie Weber
District 28	D +36.3%	Edgar Flores	Wesley Cornwell
District 29	D +2.01%	Lesley Elizabeth Cohen	Amy L. Groves Stephen Silberkraus
District 30	D +10.42%	Mike Sprinkle	Lauren Scott
District 31	R +6.03%	Richard "Skip" Daly	Jill Dickman
District 32	R +22.52%		Ira Hansen		Republican Hold
District 33	R +34.06%		John Ellison		Republican Hold
District 34	D +12.16%	Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod Zachary Conine Manny Garcia	Marty Hagans David LaBay Matt Williams
District 35	D +4.53%	Justin Watkins	Tom Blanchard Benjamin Donlon Raymond Joseph Giordano Brent Jones Tiffany Jones
District 36	R +12.91%		James Oscarson Rusty Stanberry Tina Trenner	Dennis Hof (Libertarian)
District 37	R +1.99%	Sean Lyttle	Jim Marchant Glenn Trowbridge
District 38	R +27.47%	George Dini	Robin Titus	Wendy "Rooster" Cochran (No Party) Justin Smith (Independent American Party)
District 39	R +29.29%		Jim Wheeler	Alexander Dunn (No Party)
District 40	R +17.73%	Michael Greedy	Sam England Chris Forbush Al Kramer Philip "PK" O'Neill	John Wagner (Independent American Party of Nevada)
District 41	D +5.96%	Paul Aizley Sandra Jauregui	Nick Phillips Mary Rooney
District 42	D +22.37%	Irene Bustamante Adams	Howard Scheff

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	Result
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

References

1. Messerly, Megan (2015-10-08). "North Las Vegas entrepreneur enters race for state Senate". Las Vegas Sun (Las Vegas, NV). Retrieved 2016-03-07.
2. "A year out, 2 sides claw for Nevada Legislature majority". Las Vegas Sun (Las Vegas, NV). 2015-11-07. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
3. "GOP Assemblyman Erv Nelson will run for Las Vegas Senate seat". Las Vegas Sun (Las Vegas, NV). Associated Press. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
4. "Democrat David Parks seeks 3rd term in Nevada Senate". Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV). Associated Press. 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2016-03-07.
5. Shearer, Jaclyn (2016-02-21). "Nevada Senate Democratic Caucus announce Senator Debbie Smith has died". KRNV-News (Reno, NV). Retrieved 2016-03-07.
6. Richardson, Seth (2016-01-26). "Reno lawyer announces state senate candidacy". Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV). Retrieved 2016-03-07.
7. Messerly, Megan (2016-02-03). "Democrats back candidate to challenge GOP Sen. Scott Hammond". Las Vegas Sun (Las Vegas, NV). Retrieved 2016-03-07.
8. https://twitter.com/VoteFiore/status/688511785163304960
9. http://www.reelectjohn.com
10. http://www.news3lv.com/content/news/state/story/Nevada-Assembly-Lynn-Stewart-Spotleson/iTiBNxG6g0ucyZfErnvkKw.cspx
11. http://randykirner.org/
12. http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/nov/07/a-year-out-2-sides-claw-for-nevada-legislature-maj/
13. http://www.rgj.com/story/news/politics/2015/10/11/democrats-focus-regaining-assembly-majority/73694898/
14. https://www.ralstonreports.com/blog/do-not-ask-whom-bell-tolles-they-all-are-ringing-it-her