Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

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Nevada Lieutenant Governor
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: March 16, 2018
	Primary: June 12, 2018; General: November 6, 2018; Pre-election incumbent(s):; Mark Hutchison (Republican)
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Voting in Nevada
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	Federal and state primary competitiveness; State executive elections in 2018; Impact of term limits in 2018; State government trifectas; State government triplexes; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2018
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Nevada held an election for lieutenant governor on November 6, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was March 16, 2018.

For more information about the Democratic primary, click here.
For more information about the Republican primary, click here.
For more information about lieutenant gubernatorial elections in 2018, click here.

SETTING THE STAGE
Heading into the 2018 election, the lieutenant governor of Nevada was Mark Hutchison (R), who was first elected in 2014. On August 18, 2017, Hutchison announced that he would not seek re-election in 2018.
In 2018, Nevada was under divided government, meaning that neither party had a trifecta. It had held this status as a result of Democrats gaining majorities in the Nevada State Senate and Nevada State Assembly in the 2016 elections. Nevada was also a Republican triplex, since the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state were Republicans.
In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Nevada was won by the Democratic candidate in 2008, 2012, and 2016, and by the Republican candidate in 2000 and 2004. The widest margin of victory was Barack Obama's 13 percent margin in 2008, while the narrowest was Hillary Clinton's two percent margin in 2016.

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

Kate Marshall defeated Michael Roberson, Janine Hansen, and Ed Uehling in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kate Marshall (D)	50.4	486,381
	Michael Roberson (R)	43.7	421,697
	Janine Hansen (Independent American Party)	2.5	23,893
	Ed Uehling (Independent)	1.1	10,435
	Other/Write-in votes	2.4	23,537

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 965,943
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

Kate Marshall defeated Laurie Hansen in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada on June 12, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kate Marshall	75.3	93,795
	Laurie Hansen	24.7	30,709

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 124,504
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

Michael Roberson defeated Brent Jones, Eugene Hoover, Gary Anthony Meyers, and Scott LaFata in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada on June 12, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michael Roberson	52.8	63,675
	Brent Jones	20.7	24,899
	Eugene Hoover	13.2	15,918
	Gary Anthony Meyers	7.6	9,153
	Scott LaFata	5.7	6,854

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 120,499
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State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in Nevada heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

Following the 2016 elections, a Democrat and a Republican each held one U.S. Senate seat in Nevada.
Democrats held three of four U.S. House seats in Nevada, and a Republican held one.

State executives

As of September 2018, Republicans held six of 13 state executive positions, and the remaining positions were officially nonpartisan.
The governor of Nevada was Republican Brian Sandoval. The state held elections for governor and lieutenant governor on November 6, 2018.

State legislature

Democrats controlled both chambers of the Nevada State Legislature. They had a 27-14 majority in the state Assembly and a 10-8 majority in the state Senate.

Trifecta status

Nevada was under divided government, meaning that the two parties shared control of the state government. Brian Sandoval (R) served as governor, while Democrats controlled the state legislature.

2018 elections

See also: Nevada elections, 2018

Nevada held elections for the following positions in 2018:

Demographics

Demographic data for Nevada
	Nevada	U.S.
Total population:	2,883,758	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	109,781	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	69%	73.6%
Black/African American:	8.4%	12.6%
Asian:	7.7%	5.1%
Native American:	1.1%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more:	4.4%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	27.5%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	85.1%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	23%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$51,847	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	17.8%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Nevada. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

As of July 2016, Nevada's three largest cities were Las Vegas (pop. est. 640,000), Henderson (pop. est. 300,000), and Reno (pop. est. 250,000).^[1]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Nevada from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from the Nevada Secretary of State.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Nevada every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), Nevada 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Hillary Clinton	47.9%	Donald Trump	45.5%	2.4%
2012	Barack Obama	52.4%	Mitt Romney	45.7%	6.7%
2008	Barack Obama	55.1%	John McCain	42.7%	12.4%
2004	George W. Bush	50.5%	John Kerry	47.9%	2.6%
2000	George W. Bush	49.5%	Al Gore	45.9%	3.6%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of U.S. Senate races in Nevada from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Nevada 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Catherine Cortez Masto	47.1%	Joe Heck	44.7%	2.4%
2012	Dean Heller	45.9%	Shelley Berkley	44.7%	1.2%
2010	Harry Reid	50.3%	Sharron Angle	44.6%	5.7%
2006	John Ensign	55.4%	Jack Carter	41.0%	14.4%
2004	Harry Reid	61.1%	Richard Ziser	35.1%	26.0%
2000	John Ensign	55.0%	Ed Bernstein	39.7%	15.3%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in Nevada.

Election results (Governor), Nevada 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014	Brian Sandoval	70.6%	Bob Goodman	23.9%	46.7%
2010	Brian Sandoval	53.4%	Rory Reid	41.6%	11.8%
2006	Jim Gibbons	47.9%	Dina Titus	43.9%	4.0%
2002	Kenny Guinn	68.1%	Joe Neal	22.0%	46.1%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent Nevada in the U.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, Nevada 2000-2016
Year	Republicans	Republicans (%)	Democrats	Democrats (%)	Balance of power
2016	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	D+2
2014	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	R+2
2012^[2]	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	Even
2010	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	R+1
2008	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	D+1
2006	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	R+1
2004	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	R+1
2002^[3]	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	R+1
2000	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	Even

Trifectas, 1992-2017

A state government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

Nevada Party Control: 1992-2024
Five years of Democratic trifectas • Two years of Republican trifectas
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Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R
Senate	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
House	D	D	D	S	S	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Nevada. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Nevada with 47.9 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 45.5 percent. In presidential elections between 1868 and 2016, Nevada voted Republican 51 percent of the time and Democratic 46 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Nevada voted Democratic three times and Republican the other two.^[4]

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Assembly districts in Nevada. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.^[5]^[6]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 26 out of 42 state Assembly districts in Nevada with an average margin of victory of 28.9 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 25 out of 42 state Assembly districts in Nevada with an average margin of victory of 25.4 points.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 16 out of 42 state Assembly districts in Nevada with an average margin of victory of 15.9 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 17 out of 42 state Assembly districts in Nevada with an average margin of victory of 18.6 points. Trump won two districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

2016 Presidential Results by State Assembly District '
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1	59.65%	38.79%	D+20.9	54.86%	39.16%	D+15.7	D
2	45.76%	52.78%	R+7	45.88%	48.54%	R+2.7	R
3	65.83%	31.97%	D+33.9	60.31%	33.47%	D+26.8	D
4	48.41%	49.77%	R+1.4	43.93%	49.61%	R+5.7	R
5	52.62%	45.70%	D+6.9	49.81%	44.25%	D+5.6	D
6	89.89%	8.89%	D+81	83.44%	12.33%	D+71.1	D
7	72.76%	25.61%	D+47.2	68.59%	26.44%	D+42.2	D
8	58.99%	39.23%	D+19.8	55.42%	38.87%	D+16.6	D
9	54.89%	43.49%	D+11.4	52.31%	42.20%	D+10.1	D
10	62.90%	35.09%	D+27.8	60.50%	33.78%	D+26.7	D
11	80.64%	17.55%	D+63.1	76.81%	17.89%	D+58.9	D
12	56.63%	41.71%	D+14.9	53.09%	41.24%	D+11.9	D
13	45.00%	53.30%	R+8.3	39.24%	54.33%	R+15.1	R
14	70.55%	27.50%	D+43.1	67.12%	27.32%	D+39.8	D
15	67.95%	29.82%	D+38.1	62.90%	31.41%	D+31.5	D
16	67.97%	29.82%	D+38.2	63.11%	31.10%	D+32	D
17	66.36%	32.12%	D+34.2	62.77%	31.02%	D+31.8	D
18	65.03%	32.82%	D+32.2	58.77%	34.72%	D+24.1	D
19	44.50%	53.69%	R+9.2	38.58%	55.27%	R+16.7	R
20	60.16%	37.75%	D+22.4	55.55%	37.95%	D+17.6	D
21	54.03%	44.10%	D+9.9	49.38%	44.25%	D+5.1	D
22	44.38%	54.03%	R+9.7	42.60%	51.43%	R+8.8	R
23	39.08%	59.36%	R+20.3	35.83%	58.89%	R+23.1	R
24	68.08%	28.93%	D+39.2	62.88%	28.04%	D+34.8	D
25	46.00%	52.24%	R+6.2	43.91%	48.03%	R+4.1	R
26	42.68%	55.58%	R+12.9	41.90%	49.78%	R+7.9	R
27	57.50%	39.97%	D+17.5	51.40%	39.33%	D+12.1	D
28	79.15%	19.02%	D+60.1	75.38%	19.70%	D+55.7	D
29	50.34%	47.68%	D+2.7	46.36%	46.99%	R+0.6	D
30	59.91%	37.99%	D+21.9	51.98%	39.77%	D+12.2	D
31	48.53%	49.48%	R+1	42.78%	48.68%	R+5.9	D
32	34.67%	62.22%	R+27.6	26.42%	65.50%	R+39.1	R
33	22.32%	74.64%	R+52.3	17.83%	73.52%	R+55.7	R
34	57.37%	40.92%	D+16.5	54.26%	39.76%	D+14.5	D
35	53.05%	45.22%	D+7.8	50.75%	43.41%	D+7.3	D
36	36.56%	60.43%	R+23.9	30.42%	63.55%	R+33.1	R
37	47.06%	51.39%	R+4.3	45.75%	48.97%	R+3.2	R
38	31.80%	65.63%	R+33.8	22.91%	69.75%	R+46.8	R
39	36.00%	61.91%	R+25.9	29.98%	62.86%	R+32.9	R
40	43.28%	54.08%	R+10.8	37.91%	53.28%	R+15.4	R
41	53.81%	44.39%	D+9.4	50.66%	43.60%	D+7.1	D
42	64.36%	33.83%	D+30.5	58.83%	35.75%	D+23.1	D
Total	52.36%	45.68%	D+6.7	47.92%	45.50%	D+2.4	-
Source: Daily Kos

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External links

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Footnotes

↑ Nevada Demographics, "Nevada Cities by Population," accessed September 5, 2017
↑ Nevada gained a fourth seat in the U.S. House of Representatives following the 2010 census.
↑ Nevada gained a third seat in the U.S. House of Representatives following the 2000 census.
↑ 270towin.com, "Nevada," accessed August 3, 2017
↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

[1] Nevada Demographics, "Nevada Cities by Population," accessed September 5, 2017

[2] Nevada gained a fourth seat in the U.S. House of Representatives following the 2010 census.

[3] Nevada gained a third seat in the U.S. House of Representatives following the 2000 census.

[4] 270towin.com, "Nevada," accessed August 3, 2017

[5] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013

[6] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

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