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.

The parties are as follows:       Democratic (D),       Republican (R),       Silver (S),       Silver/Democratic (S/D), and       a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.

Year	Executive offices						State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral College votes
	Governor	Lieutenant Governor	Secretary of State	Attorney General	Treasurer	Controller	State Senate	State Assembly	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1861	James W. Nye (R)[1]		Orion Clemens[2]
1862
1863								Henry G. Worthington (R)
1864	Henry G. Blasdel (R)		Chauncey Noteware (R)								Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (National Union)
1865					17R, 1D	34R, 1D	William M. Stewart (R)	James W. Nye (R)	Delos R. Ashley (R)
1866
1867					18R, 1D	37R, 1D
1868					Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (R)
1869					15R, 5D	34R, 5D	Thomas Fitch (R)
1870
1871	Lewis R. Bradley (D)		James Minor (R)				14R, 9D	24R, 20D, 2IR	Charles West Kendall (D)
1872					Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R)
1873					17R, 7D	36R, 11D, 1I	John P. Jones(R)
1874
1875					17R, 8D	32R, 18D	William Sharon (R)	William Woodburn (R)
1876					Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler (R)
1877					13D, 12R	35R, 15D	Thomas Wren (R)
1878
1879	John H. Kinkead (R)		Jasper Babcock (R)				17R, 7D, 1 Cit.	39R, 8D, 3 Cit.	Rollin M. Daggett (R)
1880					Winfield S. Hancock and William H. English (D)
1881					14R, 10D, 1 Cit.	44D, 6R	James Graham Fair (D)	George Williams Cassidy (D)
1882
1883	Jewett W. Adams (D)		John Dormer (R)				12D, 8R	29R, 11D
1884					James G. Blaine and John A. Logan (R)
1885					14R, 6D	33R, 7D	William Woodburn (R)
1886
1887	Charles C. Stevenson (R)[3]					32R, 8D	William M. Stewart (R)
1888					Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton (R)
1889	Frank Bell (R)[4]				16R, 4D	26R, 14D	Horace F. Bartine (R)
1890	Frank Bell (R)[5]
1891	Roswell K. Colcord (R)		Oscar Grey (R)				18R, 2D	35R, 5D
1892					James B. Weaver and James G. Field (P)
1893					9R, 5 Silv., 1P	15 Silv., 7P, 5D, 2R, 1I[6]	Francis G. Newlands (D)
1894
1895	John E. Jones (S)[3]	Reinhold Sadler (S)	Eugene Howell (S)				5 Silv., 5R, 2D, 2I, 1P[7]	14 Silv., 11R, 3P, 2D[8]
1896	Reinhold Sadler (S)[9]					William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D)
1897					7 Silv., 5R, 1D, 1I, 1P[10]	20 Silv., 4D, 3P, 2R, 1I
1898
1899					8 Silv., 5R, 1D, 1I	18 Silv., 10R, 1D, 1I
1900					William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
1901					9 Silv., 3R, 2I, 1D	13D, 12 Silv., 5R, 1I[11]
1902
1903	John Sparks (S/D)[3]		William "Gib" Douglass (R)				7 Silv., 5R, 3D, 2I[12]	13D, 12 Silv., 5R, 2 Fus., 2 Ind.-Silv.[13]	Francis G. Newlands (D) [3]	Clarence D. Van Duzer (D)
1904						Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
1905						7R, 6 Silv., 3D, 1I[14]	23R, 14D, 2 Silv.	George S. Nixon (R)[3]
1906
1907		Denver S. Dickerson (S/D)				7R, 7D, 2 Silv., 1I[15]	18D, 17R, 5 Silv.[16]	George A. Bartlett (D)
1908	Denver S. Dickerson (S/D)[5]							William Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern (D)
1909						12D, 6R, 1I	34D, 14R
1910
1911	Tasker L. Oddie (R)		George Brodigan (D)				14D, 6R	25R, 24D	Edwin E. Roberts (R)
1912					William A. Massey (R)	Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D)
1913					14D, 6R, 1IR, 1S	30D, 18R, 2I, 1IR, 1Pg, 1S	Key Pittman (D)[3]
1914
1915	Emmet D. Boyle (D)	Maurice J. Sullivan (D)				9R, 9D, 2I, 1IR, 1S[17]	26R, 23D, 3I, 1S[18]
1916
1917				9R, 5D, 3I	20D, 14R, 3I
1918				Charles B. Henderson (D)
1919				8R, 6D, 2I[19]	16D, 15R, 6I[20]	Charles R. Evans (D)
1920						Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R)
1921				7D, 6R, 4I[21]	28R, 7D, 2I	Tasker Oddie (R)	Samuel S. Arentz (R)
1922
1923	James G. Scrugham (D)	William G. Greathouse (D)				10R, 5D, 2I	26R, 9D, 2I	Charles L. Richards (D)
1924				Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R)
1925				9R, 8D	23R, 13D, 1I	Samuel S. Arentz (R)
1926
1927	Fred B. Balzar (R)[3]	Morley Griswold (R)				8R, 8D, 1I[22]	17R, 17D, 3I[23]
1928				Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R)
1929				12R, 4D, 1I	21R, 14D, 2I
1930
1931				13R, 4D	19D, 16R, 2I[24]
1932				Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D)
1933				9R, 7D, 1I	25D, 12R, 3I	Pat McCarran (D)[3]	James G. Scrugham (D)
1934	Morley Griswold (R)[5]
1935	Richard Kirman, Sr. (D)					10D, 5R, 2I	29D, 9R, 2I
1936
1937		Malcolm McEachin (D)				11D, 3R, 3I	30D, 10R
1938
1939	Edward P. Carville (D)[25]	Maurice J. Sullivan (D)				7D, 7R, 3I[26]	27D, 11R, 2I
1940				Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D)
1941				10R, 6D, 1I	26D, 13R, 1I	Berkeley L. Bunker (D)
1942
1943	Vail M. Pittman (D)	Alan Bible (D)			10R, 7D	23D, 17R	James G. Scrugham (D)[3]	Maurice J. Sullivan (D)
1944			Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D)
1945	Vail M. Pittman (D)[9]	Clifford A. Jones (D)			9R, 8D	27D, 13R	Edward P. Carville (D)	Berkeley L. Bunker (D)
1946
1947	John Koontz (D)			10R, 7D	22D, 18R, 1I	George W. Malone (R)	Charles H. Russell (R)
1948			Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D)
1949			11R, 6D	25D, 18R	Walter S. Baring, Jr. (D)
1950
1951	Charles H. Russell (R)				23D, 20R
1952				Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R)
1953				12R, 5D	29D, 18R	Clarence Clifton Young (R)
1954				Ernest S. Brown (R)
1955	Rex Bell (R)				13R, 4D	30D, 17R	Alan Bible (D)
1956
1957				12R, 5D	31D, 16R	Walter S. Baring, Jr. (D)
1958
1959	Grant Sawyer (D)				10R, 7D	33D, 14R	Howard Cannon (D)
1960				John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1961
1962	Maude Frazier
1963	Paul Laxalt (R)	Harvey Dickerson (D)	Michael Mirabelli (D)	Keith L. Lee (D)	32D, 15R
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D)
1965	9R, 7D, 1I	25D, 12R
1966
1967	Paul Laxalt (R)	Edward Fike (R)	Wilson McGowan (R)	11D, 9R	21D, 19R
1968	Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R)
1969	22R, 18D
1970
1971	Mike O'Callaghan (D)	Harry Reid (D)	Robert List (R)	James M. McGroarty	13D, 7R	21R, 19D
1972
1973	William D. Swackhamer (D)	14D, 6R	25D, 15R		David Towell (R)
1974
1975	Robert E. Rose (D)	Wilson McGowan (R)	17D, 3R	31D, 9R	Paul Laxalt(R)	James David Santini (D)
1976	Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R)
1977	35D, 5R
1978
1979	Robert List (R)	Myron E. Leavitt (D)	Richard Bryan (D)	Stanton Colton (D)	15D, 5R	26D, 14R
1980	Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R)
1981
1982
1983	Richard Bryan (D)	Bob Cashell (R)	Brian McKay (R)	Patricia Dillon Cafferata (R)	Darrel Daines (R)	17D, 4R	22D, 20R	Chic Hecht (R)	1D, 1R
1984
1985	13D, 8R	25R, 17D
1986
1987	Bob Miller (D)	Frankie Sue Del Papa (D)	Ken Santor (R)	12R, 9D	29D, 13R	Harry Reid (D)
1988	George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R)
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	Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D)
1993	11R, 10D	29D, 13R
1994
1995	Lonnie Hammargren (R)	Dean Heller (R)	13R, 8D	21R, 21D[27]	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	George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R)
2001	27D, 15R	John Ensign (R)
2002
2003	Brian Sandoval (R)[28]	13R, 8D	23D, 19R	2R, 1D
2004
2005	12R, 9D	26D, 16R
	George Chanos (R)
2006	Steve Martin (R)
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	Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D)
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, 1 Lib.
Year	Governor	Lieutenant Governor	Secretary of State	Attorney General	Treasurer	Controller	State Senate	State Assembly	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	Electoral College votes
	Executive offices						State Legislature		United States Congress

Notes

1. Governor of Nevada Territory.
2. Secretary of Nevada Territory.
3. Died in office.
4. Appointed by governor.
5. As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
6. A Democrat, Thomas J. Bell, was elected Speaker, and the Silverites worked with the Democrats and Populists to organize the chamber. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 254] p. 12-13
7. A Democrat, J.E. Gignoux, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Senate was organized on a multipartisan basis. p. 8-9, 14-15
8. A Silverite, Lemuel Allen, was elected Speaker, and the Democrats and Populists sided with the Silverites to organize the chamber. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 255]
9. As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
10. A Republican, A.J. McCone, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Senate was organized on a multipartisan basis. p. 8, 12
11. A Democrat, Clarence D. Van Duzer, was elected Speaker, and the Silverites sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 257]
12. A Silverite, Charles Green, was elected President Pro Tempore with Democratic support, and they both organized the chamber. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 257]
13. A Democrat, Marion S. Wilson, was elected Speaker, and the Silverites and Fusionists sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 257]
14. A Silverite, Joseph A. Miller, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Silverites and Democrats organized the chamber. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 258]
15. The Independent, J.D. Campbell, was elected President Pro Tempore with Republican and renegade Democratic support, and the Republicans organized the chamber. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 258] p. 2
16. A Democrat, Robert E. Skaggs, was elected Speaker, and the Silverites sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 259]
17. A Republican, Fred B. Balzar, was elected President Pro Tempore. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 262]
18. A Republican, Allen G. McBride, was elected Speaker, and the Independents sided with the Republicans to organize the chamber. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 263]
19. A Republican, Nealy H. Chapin, was elected President Pro Tempore. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 264]
20. A Democrat, D.J. Fitzgerald, was elected Speaker, and the Independents sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 264]
21. An Independent, E.W. Griffith, was elected President Pro Tempore.
22. A Republican, Noble H. Getchell, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Independent sided with the Republicans to organize the chamber.
23. An Independent, Douglas H. Tandy, was elected Speaker. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 268]
24. Elected a minority party speaker, Douglas H. Tandy, who was an Independent. [Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 269]
25. Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.
26. A Democrat, John E. Robbins, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Independents sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber.
27. 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. p. 81
28. Resigned in 2005.

See also

• Politics in Nevada