Nicole Cannizzaro
Nicole Cannizzaro (Democratic Party) is a member of the Nevada State Senate, representing District 6. She assumed office on November 9, 2016. Her current term ends on November 6, 2024.
Cannizzaro (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Nevada State Senate to represent District 6. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. The Democratic primary for this office on June 11, 2024, was canceled.
Cannizzaro became state Senate majority leader in March 2019 after the resignation of Kelvin Atkinson.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Cannizzaro was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Cannizzaro was assigned to the following committees:
- Finance Committee
- Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice chair
- Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee
2019-2020
Cannizzaro was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
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| • Commerce, Labor and Energy |
| • Judiciary, Vice chair |
| • Legislative Operations and Elections, Chair |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Nevada State Senate District 6
Incumbent Nicole Cannizzaro, Jill Douglass, and Brad Barnhill are running in the general election for Nevada State Senate District 6 on November 5, 2024.
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 | Jill Douglass (R)  | |
| Brad Barnhill (Independent American Party) | |
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Nicole Cannizzaro advanced from the Democratic primary for Nevada State Senate District 6.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Nevada State Senate District 6
Jill Douglass defeated Joshua Stacy in the Republican primary for Nevada State Senate District 6 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jill Douglass | 71.8 | 4,989 |
 | Joshua Stacy | 28.2 | 1,958 | |
| Total votes: 6,947 | |||
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Campaign finance
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2020
See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Nevada State Senate District 6
Incumbent Nicole Cannizzaro defeated April Becker in the general election for Nevada State Senate District 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nicole Cannizzaro (D) | 50.5 | 33,895 |
 | April Becker (R) | 49.5 | 33,264 | |
| Total votes: 67,159 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Nicole Cannizzaro advanced from the Democratic primary for Nevada State Senate District 6.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. April Becker advanced from the Republican primary for Nevada State Senate District 6.
2016
- See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Nevada State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 18, 2016. Incumbent Mark Lipparelli (R) did not seek re-election.
Nicole Cannizzaro defeated Victoria Seaman in the Nevada State Senate District 6 general election.[2][3]
| Nevada State Senate, District 6 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Nicole Cannizzaro |
50.92% | 28,733 | |
| Republican | Victoria Seaman | 49.08% | 27,697 | |
| Total Votes | 56,430 | |||
| Source: Nevada Secretary of State | ||||
Nicole Cannizzaro ran unopposed in the Nevada State Senate District 6 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Nevada State Senate District 6, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Nicole Cannizzaro (unopposed) | |
Victoria Seaman defeated Erv Nelson in the Nevada State Senate District 6 Republican primary.[4][5]
| Nevada State Senate District 6, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Victoria Seaman |
62.79% | 3,894 | |
| Republican | Erv Nelson | 37.21% | 2,308 | |
| Total Votes | 6,202 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
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2020
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2016
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Cannizzaro's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[6]
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Recall campaign
In August 2017, an effort to recall Sen. Cannizzaro was launched. The recall petition did not give an official reason for the recall against Sen. Cannizzaro. The recall was initiated by Neil Roth, Claire Roth, and Kathryn McKenzie. The recall sought to replace Cannizzaro with Republican April Becker. Two other Nevada state senators, Patricia Farley (nonpartisan) and Joyce Woodhouse (D), also had recall petitions filed against them.[8] The recall against Sen. Farley ended on November 9, 2017, after recall supporters submitted insufficient signatures.[9] On April 9, 2018, recall officials determined neither the Woodhouse or Cannizzaro recall campaigns had the required number of signatures to qualify for the ballot. According to documents filed by Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske (R) on April 6, each recall fell short of the signature threshold by at least 1,500 signatures. More than 2,300 people were removed from the recall petitions after Clark County District Judge Jerry Wiese ruled on March 15, 2018, that they could withdraw their names.[10]
Recall supporters appealed Judge Wiese's decision and on April 19, 2019, the state Supreme rejected that appeal. The lawyers in the case argued over the constitutionality of allowing people to remove their names from a recall petition after it had already been turned in to state officials. The court said that Judge Wiese was correct in his decision to order a full recount of the signatures on the Woodhouse and Cannizzaro recall petitions. The court's decision officially ended the recalls against the two state senators.[11]
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2023
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In 2023, the Nevada State Legislature was in session from February 6 to June 5.
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2022
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2021
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In 2021, the Nevada State Legislature was in session from February 1 to June 1.
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2020
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In 2020, the Nevada State Legislature was not in session. It was in special session from July 8 to July 19 and from July 31 to August 5.
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2019
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In 2019, the Nevada State Legislature was in session from February 4 through June 3.
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2018
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In 2018, the Nevada State Legislature did not hold a regular session. |
2017
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In 2017, the Nevada State Legislature was in session from February 6 through June 5.
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2016
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Nevada State Senate District 6 |
Officeholder Nevada State Senate District 6 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Nevada Independent, "Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson resigns after admitting to misappropriating campaign funds for personal use," March 5, 2019
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Master Statewide Certified List of Candidates," accessed August 19, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 25, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Election Certified List of Candidates," accessed May 16, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nevada Secretary of State, "Official Primary election results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Nicole Cannizzaro, "Issues," accessed September 20, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The Nevada Independent, "Recall filed against Democratic state Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro; third senator targeted in recall efforts," August 16, 2017
- ↑ The Nevada Independent, "Second GOP-backed recall attempt targets independent state Sen. Farley," August 11, 2017
- ↑ The Nevada Independent, "State: Recalls targeting Democratic state senators don't have enough signatures to qualify for ballot," April 9, 2018
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Unanimous Nevada Supreme Court ends recall effort against Democrats," April 19, 2019
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| Preceded by Mark Lipparelli (R) |
Nevada State Senate District 6 2016-Present |
Succeeded by - |
