2020 Nevada Assembly election

2020 Nevada Assembly election

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All 42 seats in the Nevada Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.24%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jason Frierson Robin L. Titus Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 8th district 38th district Seats before 29 13 Seats won 26 16 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 581,197 640,275 Percentage 46.74% 51.50%
Speaker before election Jason Frierson Democratic Speaker Jason Frierson Democratic

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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]

After the elections, the Democratic Party maintained a majority control over the assembly despite losing the popular vote to the Republican Party.

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%:

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%

See also[]

• 2020 Nevada elections

References[]

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