2020 Nevada Assembly election

2020 Nevada Assembly election
All 42 seats in the Nevada Assembly; 22 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.24%
	Results:; Republican gain; Democratic hold Republican hold
Speaker before election; Jason Frierson; Democratic	Speaker ; Jason Frierson; Democratic

Elections to the Nevada Assembly was held on November 3, 2020.^[1] Elections were also held in the state for U.S. president, U.S. House of Representatives, and for the Nevada Senate.^[2]

Primary elections were held on August 8.^[3]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[4]	Likely D	October 21, 2020

Results

Overview

Summary of the November 3, 2020 Nevada Assembly election results
Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Republican	34	640,275	51.50	16	3
	Democratic	35	581,197	46.74	26	3
	Libertarian	4	13,002	1.05	0
	Independent American	4	4,757	0.38	0
	Others	3	4,134	0.33	0

Valid votes			1,243,365	88.32	-	-
Blank or invalid			164,396	11.68	-	-
Total			1,407,761	100	42
Abstentions			414,405	23.74	-	-
Registered voters / turnout			1,822,166	77.26	-	-
Source: [1], [2]

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

State Assembly district 37, 1.78% (gain)
State Assembly district 29, 2.46%
State Assembly district 31, 3.54% (gain)
State Assembly district 21, 3.94%
State Assembly district 35, 4.82%
State Assembly district 4, 5.14% (gain)
State Assembly district 41, 5.32%
State Assembly district 5, 8.44%

District 1

2020 Nevada Assembly District 1 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniele Monroe-Moreno (incumbent)	25,443	100.00%
Total votes			25,443	100.00%

District 2

2020 Nevada Assembly District 2 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heidi Kasama	20,025	54.27%
	Democratic	Radhika Kunnel	16,165	43.81%
	Independent	Garrett Leduff	706	1.91%
Total votes			36,896	100.00%

District 3

2020 Nevada Assembly District 3 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Selena Torres (incumbent)	16,123	100.00%
Total votes			16,123	100.00%

District 4

2020 Nevada Assembly District 4 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard McArthur	21,854	52.57%
	Democratic	Connie Munk (incumbent)	19,714	47.43%
Total votes			41,568	100.00%

District 5

2020 Nevada Assembly District 5 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brittney Miller (incumbent)	15,691	54.22%
	Republican	Mack Miller	13,249	45.78%
Total votes			28,940	100.00%

District 6

2020 Nevada Assembly District 6 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shondra Summers-Armstrong	12,975	80.39%
	Republican	Katie Duncan	3,166	19.61%
Total votes			16,141	100.00%

District 7

2020 Nevada Assembly District 7 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cameron Miller	17,218	68.70%
	Republican	Anthony Palmer	7,845	31.30%
Total votes			25,063	100.00%

District 8

2020 Nevada Assembly District 8 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jason Frierson (incumbent)	17,761	58.34%
	Republican	Edward Facey	12,684	41.66%
Total votes			30,445	100.00%

District 9

2020 Nevada Assembly District 9 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Yeager (incumbent)	23,474	55.16%
	Republican	Barbara Altman	19,084	44.84%
Total votes			42,558	100.00%

District 10

2020 Nevada Assembly District 10 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rochelle Nguyen (incumbent)	12,366	61.81%
	Republican	Chris Hisgen	6,965	34.81%
	Independent American	Jonathan Friedrich	675	3.37%
Total votes			20,006	100.00%

District 11

2020 Nevada Assembly District 11 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bea Duran (incumbent)	9,603	76.83%
	Republican	Eric Krattiger	2,896	23.17%
Total votes			12,499	100.00%

District 12

2020 Nevada Assembly District 12 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susie Martinez (incumbent)	18,829	54.29%
	Republican	Jeremy A. Graves	14,783	42.62%
	Independent	John Cardiff Gerhardt	1,072	3.09%
Total votes			34,684	100.00%

District 13

2020 Nevada Assembly District 13 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Roberts (incumbent)	29,250	100.00%
Total votes			29,250	100.00%

District 14

2020 Nevada Assembly District 14 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maggie Carlton (incumbent)	12,954	74.59%
	Libertarian	Robert Wayerski	4,414	25.41%
Total votes			17,368	100.00%

District 15

2020 Nevada Assembly District 15 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Watts III (incumbent)	13,234	64.73%
	Republican	Stan Vaughan	7,210	35.27%
Total votes			20,444	100.00%

District 16

2020 Nevada Assembly District 16 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cecelia González	11,472	65.35%
	Republican	Reyna Sajdak	6,083	34.65%
Total votes			17,555	100.00%

District 17

2020 Nevada Assembly District 17 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clara Thomas	21,555	66.18%
	Republican	Jack Polcyn	11,013	33.82%
Total votes			32,568	100.00%

District 18

2020 Nevada Assembly District 18 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Venicia Considine	16,142	61.42%
	Republican	Heather Ann Florian	10,140	38.58%
Total votes			26,282	100.00%

District 19

2020 Nevada Assembly District 19 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Annie Black	25,599	100.00%
Total votes			25,599	100.00%

District 20

2020 Nevada Assembly District 20 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Orentlicher	18,631	100.00%
Total votes			18,631	100.00%

District 21

2020 Nevada Assembly District 21 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elaine Marzola (incumbent)	15,807	51.97%
	Republican	Cherlyn Arrington	14,610	48.03%
Total votes			30,417	100.00%

District 22

2020 Nevada Assembly District 22 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Melissa Hardy (incumbent)	31,632	100.00%
Total votes			31,632	100.00%

District 23

2020 Nevada Assembly District 23 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glen Leavitt (incumbent)	30,418	63.41%
	Democratic	Brent Foutz	16,189	33.75%
	Independent American	Bill Hoge	1,365	2.85%
Total votes			47,972	100.00%

District 24

2020 Nevada Assembly District 24 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah Peters (incumbent)	20,191	100.00%
Total votes			20,191	100.00%

District 25

2020 Nevada Assembly District 25 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jill Tolles (incumbent)	32,513	100.00%
Total votes			32,513	100.00%

District 26

2020 Nevada Assembly District 26 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Krasner (incumbent)	28,428	59.21%
	Democratic	Vance Alm	19,588	40.79%
Total votes			48,016	100.00%

District 27

2020 Nevada Assembly District 27 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Teresa Benitez-Thompson (incumbent)	18,559	58.47%
	Republican	Barb Hawn	13,184	41.53%
Total votes			31,743	100.00%

District 28

2020 Nevada Assembly District 28 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edgar Flores (incumbent)	10,499	76.88%
	Libertarian	Natasha Bousley	3,158	23.12%
Total votes			13,657	100.00%

District 29

2020 Nevada Assembly District 29 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lesley Cohen (incumbent)	18,489	51.23%
	Republican	Steven E. Delisle	17,604	48.77%
Total votes			36,093	100.00%

District 30

2020 Nevada Assembly District 30 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Natha C. Anderson	15,459	54.08%
	Republican	Randy Hoff	11,693	40.91%
	Independent American	Charlene Young	1,433	5.01%
Total votes			28,585	100.00%

District 31

2020 Nevada Assembly District 31 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jill Ann Dickman	19,850	51.77%
	Democratic	Skip Daly (incumbent)	18,494	48.23%
Total votes			38,344	100.00%

District 32

2020 Nevada Assembly District 32 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alexis Hansen (incumbent)	25,058	73.59%
	Democratic	Paula Povilaitis	8,992	26.41%
Total votes			34,050	100.00%

District 33

2020 Nevada Assembly District 33 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Ellison (incumbent)	25,507	100.00%
Total votes			25,507	100.00%

District 34

2020 Nevada Assembly District 34 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (incumbent)	17,353	57.90%
	Republican	Jay Thomas Carlson	12,616	42.10%
Total votes			29,969	100.00%

District 35

2020 Nevada Assembly District 35 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Gorelow (incumbent)	24,148	52.41%
	Republican	Jay Calhoun	21,927	47.59%
Total votes			46,075	100.00%

District 36

2020 Nevada Assembly District 36 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregory Hafen II (incumbent)	34,235	100.00%
Total votes			34,235	100.00%

District 37

2020 Nevada Assembly District 37 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Matthews	18,727	50.89%
	Democratic	Shea Backus (incumbent)	18,070	49.11%
Total votes			36,797	100.00%

District 38

2020 Nevada Assembly District 38 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robin L. Titus (incumbent)	29,280	100.00%
Total votes			29,280	100.00%

District 39

2020 Nevada Assembly District 39 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Wheeler (incumbent)	29,996	67.57%
	Democratic	Deborah Chang	13,108	29.53%
	Libertarian	Dave Jones	1,289	2.90%
Total votes			44,393	100.00%

District 40

2020 Nevada Assembly District 40 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Philip O'Neill	21,877	59,67%
	Democratic	Sena Loyd	14,789	40.33%
Total votes			36,666	100.00%

District 41

2020 Nevada Assembly District 41 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra Jauregui (incumbent)	19,118	50.95%
	Republican	Erika Smith	17,119	45.63%
	Independent American	Victoria K. DaCosta	1,284	3.42%
Total votes			37,521	100.00%

District 42

2020 Nevada Assembly District 42 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alexander Assefa (incumbent)	12,994	66.67%
	Libertarian	Liz Delsignore	4,141	21.25%
	Independent	Sayed Zaidi	2,356	12.09%
Total votes			19,491	100.00%

References

^ "Sisolak says in-person voting safe but wants to avoid lines". KRNV. Associated Press. August 28, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
^ DeHaven, James. "Nevada Legislature OKs election bill expanding mail-in voting, ballot collection procedures". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
^ "NEVADA STATE ASSEMBLY PRIMARY". silverstateelection.nv.gov. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

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

[1] "Sisolak says in-person voting safe but wants to avoid lines". KRNV. Associated Press. August 28, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

[2] DeHaven, James. "Nevada Legislature OKs election bill expanding mail-in voting, ballot collection procedures". Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

[3] "NEVADA STATE ASSEMBLY PRIMARY". silverstateelection.nv.gov. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

[cook-october-4] "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

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