2020 Nevada Senate election

2020 Nevada Senate election

November 3, 2020
10 of 21 seats in the Nevada Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Nicole Cannizzaro James Settelmeyer Party Democratic Republican Leader since March 5, 2018 November 7, 2018 Leader's seat 6th 17th Seats before 13 8 Seats after 12 9 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 321,290 234,367 Percentage 56.16% 40.97% Swing 4.86% 4.76%
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
Majority Leader before election Nicole Cannizzaro Democratic Elected Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro Democratic

The 2020 Nevada Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Voters in 10 districts of the Nevada Senate elected senators. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. House and the Nevada Assembly. Republicans needed to gain three seats to win control of the chamber.

The primary elections were held on June 9, 2020.

Background

In the 2018 Nevada State Senate election, Democrats maintained control of the Nevada Senate by a 13–8 margin. Democrats had controlled the chamber since 2016.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Likely D	October 21, 2020

Results

Overview

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Nevada Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Seats
					Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Democratic	9	321,290	56.16	13	7	6	12	1
	Republican	7	234,367	40.97	8	3	4	9	1
	Independent American	1	14,387	2.51	0	0	0	0
	Libertarian	1	2,007	0.35	0	0	0	0
Total			572,051	100.00	21	10	10	21
Source:

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. State Senate district 5, 0.49% (gain)
2. State Senate district 6, 0.94%
3. State Senate district 15, 3.58%

Results by district

District 1

2020 Nevada State Senate election, District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia Spearman (incumbent)	51,648	100.00%
Total votes			51,648	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 3

2020 Nevada State Senate election, District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Brooks (incumbent)	30,944	100.00%
Total votes			30,944	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 4

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Neal	31,417	75.27%
	Republican	Esper M. Hickman	10,322	24.73%
Total votes			41,739	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 5

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carrie A. Buck	32,740	48.75%
	Democratic	Kristee Watson	32,411	48.26%
	Libertarian	Tim Hagan	2,007	2.99%
Total votes			67,158	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 6

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicole Cannizzaro (incumbent)	33,895	50.47%
	Republican	April Becker	33,264	49.53%
Total votes			67,159	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 7

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roberta Lange	39,036	100.00%
Total votes			39,036	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 11

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 11

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dallas Harris (incumbent)	30,485	58.55%
	Republican	Joshua Dowden	21,578	41.45%
Total votes			52,063	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 15

2020 Nevada State Senate election, District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heidi Gansert (incumbent)	39,325	51.79%
	Democratic	Wendy Jauregui-Jackins	36,605	48.21%
Total votes			75,930	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 18

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 18

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Hammond (incumbent)	44,547	56.11%
	Democratic	Liz Becker	34,849	43.89%
Total votes			79,396	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 19

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Goicoechea (incumbent)	52,591	78.52%
	Independent American	Tiffany Seeback	14,387	21.48%
Total votes			66,978	100.00%
	Republican hold

See also

• 2020 Nevada elections
• List of Nevada state legislatures

External links

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Nevada", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Nevada: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Nevada". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Nevada at Ballotpedia