2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada

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All 4 Nevada seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 2 1 Seats won 2 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 457,239 453,310 Percentage 46.96% 46.55% Swing 3.89% 1.33%
Democratic   50–60%   60–70% Republican   50–60%

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The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the four U.S. Representatives from Nevada, one from each of the state's four congressional districts, an increase of one seat in reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 2013 until January 2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on June 12, 2012.^[1]

Overview[]

United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, 2012[2]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	457,239	46.96%	2
	Democratic	453,310	46.55%	2	1
	Independent American	25,185	2.59%	0
	Libertarian	13,986	1.44%	0
	Others	24,022	2.47%	0
Totals		973,742	100.00%	4	1

District 1[]

Democrat Shelley Berkley, who had represented Nevada's 1st congressional district since 1999, ran for the U.S. Senate.^[3]

Stan Vaughan ran as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada. Bill Pojunis ran as the nominee of the Libertarian Party of Nevada.^[4]

Democratic primary[]

Former U.S. Representative Dina Titus, who represented the 3rd district from 2009 until 2011, sought and received the Democratic nomination to succeed Berkley.^[5] State Senator Ruben Kihuen had also planned to seek the Democratic nomination, but ended his campaign in February 2012.^[6]

Republican primary[]

Chris Edwards, a security strategic planner and Navy officer, sought and received the Republican nomination to challenge Titus.^[4] He defeated Charmaine Guss, an anti-abortion activist and former real estate broker; Brian Landsberger, a retired mechanical engineer and former Air Force fighter pilot; Herb Peters, a retired aerospace engineer and seven-time Libertarian candidate for Congress in California; and Miguel "Mike" Rodrigues, an elementary school principal, in the Republican primary.^[7]

Primary results[]

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Edwards	4,786	48.2
	Republican	Brian Landsberger	1,800	18.1
	Republican	Charmaine Guss	1,534	15.5
	Republican	Miguel "Mike" Rodrigues	1,163	11.7
	Republican	Herb Peters	643	6.5
Total votes			9,926	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Nevada's 1st congressional district, 2012^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Titus	113,967	63.6
	Republican	Chris Edwards	56,521	31.5
	Libertarian	William "Bill" Pojunis	4,645	2.6
	Independent American	Stan Vaughan	4,145	2.3
Total votes			179,278	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2[]

Republican Mark Amodei, who has represented Nevada's 2nd congressional district since being elected in a special election in September 2011, is running for re-election. Former state Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, who unsuccessfully ran as the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010, decided not to challenge Amodei in a primary.^[10]

Russell Best, a real estate broker and Navy veteran, is running as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada.^[11]

Democratic primary[]

Samuel Koepnick, an information technology employee for the state of Nevada, sought and received the Democratic nomination to challenge Amodei. He defeated Sam Dehne, a retired pilot, and Xiomara Rodriguez, a retired businesswoman, in the Democratic primary.^[12]

Primary results[]

Democratic primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Samuel Koepnick	8,865	40.5
	Democratic	Xiomara "Xio" Rodriguez	7,404	33.9
	Democratic	Sam Dehne	5,604	25.6
Total votes			21,873	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Nevada's 2nd congressional district, 2012 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Amodei (incumbent)	162,213	57.6
	Democratic	Samuel Koepnick	103,019	36.3
	Independent American	Michael L. Haines	11,166	4.0
	Independent American	Russell Best	6,051	2.1
Total votes			281,449	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3[]

Republican Joe Heck, who has represented Nevada's 3rd congressional district since January 2011, is running for re-election.

Tom Jones, a retired businessman, is running as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada.^[13] James Murphy, a retired airline captain, is running as an Independent.^[14]

Democratic primary[]

John Oceguera, the Speaker of the Nevada Assembly, won the Democratic primary against Stephen Frye, a psychiatrist; James F. Haning II, a businessman; Jesse "Jake" Holder, a former Navy officer and Political Science student at UNLV and ; Barry Michaels, a businessman; and Gerald "Jerry" Sakura, a retired business executive.^[15][16][17] Former U.S. Representative Dina Titus, who represented the 3rd district from 2009 until 2011 and unsuccessfully sought re-election in 2010, is running in the 1st district.^[5]

Primary results[]

Democratic primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Oceguera	7,966	50.4
	Democratic	Stephen Frye	2,659	16.8
	Democratic	Jesse "Jake" Holder	2,099	13.3
	Democratic	Barry Michaels	1,346	8.5
	Democratic	Gerald "Jerry" Sakura	989	6.3
	Democratic	James F. Haning II	736	4.7
Total votes			15,795	100.0

Republican primary[]

Chris Dyer, a food service employee and Army and Navy veteran, unsuccessfully challenged Heck in the Republican primary.^[15]

Primary results[]

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Heck (incumbent)	20,798	90.0
	Republican	Chris Dyer	2,298	10.0
Total votes			23,096	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Nevada's 3rd congressional district, 2012^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Heck (incumbent)	137,244	50.4
	Democratic	John Oceguera	116,823	42.9
	Independent American	Jim Murphy	12,856	4.7
	Independent American	Tom Jones	5,600	2.0
Total votes			272,523	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4[]

Nevada's 4th congressional district was created for the 2012 elections as a result of reapportionment following the 2010 United States Census. It consists of most of Central Nevada and Northern Clark County, the latter of which contains the bulk of the district's population.

Floyd Fitzgibbons, an insurance agent, is running as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada.^[18] Joseph Silvestri, a teacher and chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada, is also running.^[19]

Democratic primary[]

Steven Horsford, the majority leader of the Nevada Senate, received the Democratic nomination for the new seat unopposed.^[20] Fellow Democratic state Senator John Lee announced in October 2011 that he would run for the seat,^[21] but dropped his bid in November 2011.^[22]

Republican primary[]

Danny Tarkanian, a businessman who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2010, sought and received the nomination for the new seat.^[4] He defeated Diana Anderson, a retired clerical worker; state Senator Barbara Cegavske; Mike Delarosa, a detention officer; Kiran Hill, a translator for the State Department; Robert Leeds, an author and former Merchant Marine; Dan Schwartz, a businessman; Kenneth Wegner, a retired Army veteran and Republican nominee for the 1st district in 2006, 2008 and 2010; and Sid Zeller, a retired Marine intelligence officer, in the Republican primary.^[23][24][25] In the 2014 midterm elections, Cegavske and Schwartz would be elected to the statewide offices of Secretary of State and Treasurer respectively.

Primary results[]

Republican primary election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Danny Tarkanian	7,605	31.5
	Republican	Barbara Cegavske	6,674	27.7
	Republican	Kenneth Wegner	5,069	21.0
	Republican	Dan Schwartz	2,728	11.3
	Republican	Kiran Hill	666	2.8
	Republican	Diana Anderson	607	2.5
	Republican	Mike Delarosa	370	1.5
	Republican	Sid Zeller	252	1.0
	Republican	Robert X. Leeds	165	0.7
Total votes			24,136	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Nevada's 4th congressional district, 2012^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven Horsford	120,501	50.1
	Republican	Danny Tarkanian	101,261	42.1
	Independent American	Floyd Fitzgibbons	9,389	3.9
	Libertarian	Joseph P. Silvestri	9,341	3.9
Total votes			240,492	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

References[]

External links[]

• Election Center at the Nevada Secretary of State
• United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, 2012 at Ballotpedia
• Nevada U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com
• Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Nevada from OpenSecrets.org
• Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation