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Nevada elections, 2014
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The state of Nevada held elections in 2014. Below are the dates of note:
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| Deadline for independent candidates in Nevada to submit petitions to counties | February 6, 2014 
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| Signature filing deadline for all candidates | March 14, 2014
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| Deadline for Nevada minor parties to submit petitions to counties for verification | April 11, 2014
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| Voter registration deadline for primary election | May 20, 2014
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| Primary election date | June 10, 2014
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| Petition drive deadline for ballot measures | June 17, 2014
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| Voter registration deadline for general election | October 14, 2014
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| General election date | November 4, 2014
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| Statewide ballot measure election | November 4, 2014
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| School board elections (3) | November 4, 2014
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Below are the types of elections that were scheduled in Nevada in 2014:
2014 elections
Races to watch in Nevada
U.S. Congress
Despite President Barack Obama winning the district's vote in 2012, Rep. Joe Heck won re-election. Even with the addition of a strong and well-known Democratic opponent, Erin Bilbray-Kohn, Heck again defeated his challenger in the general election.
Nevada State Legislature
Elections for the Nevada State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014. Heading into the election, the Democratic Party controlled the chamber. The following table details the districts' margins of victory in the November 6, 2012, general election.
| 2012 Margin of Victory, Nevada State Senate | ||||
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| District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Votes | Top Opponent |
| District 15 | 0.5% | 58,438 | Sheila Leslie | |
| District 9 | 0.7% | 43,397 | Mari Nakashima St. Martin | |
| District 6 | 1.7% | 54,097 | Benny Yerushalmi | |
| District 18 | 2.8% | 53,257 | Kelli Ross | |
| District 5 | 3.9% | 51,044 | Steve Kirk | |
| District 11 | 24.5% | 35,641 | John Drake | |
| District 7 | 28.3% | 39,852 | Trish Marsh | |
| District 3 | 28.8% | 33,777 | Ed Gobel | |
| District 13 | 29.5% | 40,126 | Kathy Martin | |
| District 19 | 33.5% | 44,389 | Harley Kulkin | |
Elections for the Nevada State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014. Heading into the election, the Democratic Party controlled the chamber. The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6, 2012, general election.
| 2012 Margin of Victory, Nevada State Assembly | ||||
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| District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Votes | Top Opponent |
| District 37 | 2.3% | 29,265 | Marcus Conklin | |
| District 21 | 3.2% | 24,211 | Becky Harris | |
| District 31 | 4% | 27,962 | David Espinosa | |
| District 35 | 4.8% | 21,953 | Tom Blanchard | |
| District 29 | 4.9% | 26,486 | Bob Irwin | |
| District 9 | 6.3% | 21,206 | C. Kelly Hurst | |
| District 5 | 6.3% | 23,777 | Bill Harrington | |
| District 13 | 8.4% | 26,330 | Louis Desalvio | |
| District 41 | 8.4% | 21,552 | Phil Regeski | |
| District 4 | 10.8% | 26,812 | Kenneth Evans | |
Elections by type
U.S. House
U.S. House of Representatives elections in Nevada
The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Nevada took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's four congressional districts.
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Nevada has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[1][2]
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by May 10, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014.[3]
- See also: Nevada elections, 2014
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 4th election, Democrats and Republicans both held two of the four congressional seats from Nevada.
| Members of the U.S. House from Nevada -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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| Party | As of November 2014 | After the 2014 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 2 | 1 | |
| Republican Party | 2 | 3 | |
| Total | 4 | 4 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the four congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
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| Dina Titus | 1 | |
| Mark Amodei | 2 | |
| Joe Heck | 3 | |
| Steven Horsford | 4 |
List of candidates by district
Note: The filing deadline for candidates was March 14, 2014.
1st Congressional District
General election candidates
Annette Teijeiro
Dina Titus - Incumbent
Richard Charles
Kamau Bakari
June 10, 2014, primary results
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Withdrew from race
2nd Congressional District
General election candidates
June 10, 2014, primary results
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3rd Congressional District
General election candidates
David Goossen
June 10, 2014, primary results
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4th Congressional District
General election candidates
June 10, 2014, primary results
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State Executives
State executive official elections in Nevada
Six state executive positions were up for election in 2014 in the state of Nevada.
The following offices were elected in 2014 in Nevada:
- Governor of Nevada
- Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
- Nevada Attorney General
- Nevada Secretary of State
- Nevada Treasurer
- Nevada Controller
List of candidates by office
Governor
General election
Brian Sandoval - Incumbent
Robert Goodman[8]
David Lory VanderBeek[9]
Defeated in the primary
Eddie Hamilton[8]
Gary Marinch[8]
William Tarbell[8]
Thomas Tighe[8]
Chris Hyepock[10]
Charles Chang[8]
Frederick Conquest[8]
Stephen Frye[8]
Fernando Lopes[8]
Allen Rheinhart[8]
John Rutledge[8]
Abdul Shabazz[8]
Lieutenant Governor
General election
Mark Hutchison
Lucy Flores[12]
Mike Little[8]
Term-limited
Brian Krolicki - Incumbent
Defeated in primary
Sue Lowden[13]
Chris Dyer[8]
Harley Kulkin[8]
Attorney General
General election
Ross Miller[14][15]
Adam Paul Laxalt
Jonathan Hansen[17]
Term-limited
Catherine Cortez Masto - Incumbent
Secretary of State
Barbara Cegavske
Kate Marshall[18]
Term-limited
Ross Miller - Incumbent
Down ballot offices
| Office | Incumbent | Assumed Office | Incumbent running? | General Election Candidates | 2015 Winner | Partisan Switch? |
| State Treasurer | Kate Marshall  |
2006 | Term-limited, running for secretary of state[19] | Yes | ||
| Controller | Kim Wallin  |
2006 | Term-limited, running for Treasurer[20] | Yes |
State Senate
State Senate election in Nevada
Elections for the Nevada State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014.
Majority control
- See also: Partisan composition of state senates
Heading into the November 4 election, the Democratic Party held the majority in the Nevada State Senate:
| Nevada State Senate | |||
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| Party | As of November 3, 2014 | After November 4, 2014 | |
| Democratic Party | 11 | 10 | |
| Republican Party | 10 | 11 | |
| Total | 21 | 21 | |
List of candidates by district
District 2 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 16 • District 17 • District 20 • District 21
State Assembly
State Assembly election in Nevada
Elections for the Nevada State Assembly took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014.
Majority control
- See also: Partisan composition of state senates
Heading into the November 4 election, the Democratic Party held the majority in the Nevada State Assembly:
| Nevada House of Representatives | |||
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| Party | As of November 3, 2014 | After November 4, 2014 | |
| Democratic Party | 26 | 15 | |
| Republican Party | 15 | 27 | |
| Vacancy | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 42 | |
List of candidates by district
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22• District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42
Statewide ballot measures
Statewide ballot measure elections in Nevada
- See also: Nevada 2014 ballot measures and 2014 ballot measures
Three statewide ballot measures were certified for the 2014 statewide ballot in Nevada.
On the ballot
November 4:
| Type | Title | Subject | Description | Result |
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| LRCA | Question 1 | Courts | Amends Nevada Constitution to create an intermediate appellate court | |
| LRCA | Question 2 | Taxes | Amends Nevada Constitution to remove mining tax cap of 5% | |
| IndISS | Question 3 | Taxes | Implements a 2% margins tax on businesses for public schools |
School boards
School board elections in Nevada
In 2014, 670 of America's largest school districts held elections for 2,188 seats. These elections took place in 37 states.
State elections
A total of three Nevada school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for nine seats. Each district held elections on November 4, 2014.
Here are several quick facts about Nevada's school board elections in 2014:
- An average of 2.56 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in Nevada’s largest school districts by enrollment, which was higher than the national average of 1.89 candidates per seat.
- 44.44 percent of the school board seats on the ballot in 2014 were unopposed. This was a higher percentage than the 32.57 percent of school board seats that were unopposed nationally.
- 77.78 percent of the incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in 2014, and they retained 55.56 percent of the total seats up for election.
- Three newcomers were elected to school boards in Nevada. They took one-third of the total seats in 2014, which was lower than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.
- One school board seat in Nevada was not filled by election in 2014, as no one filed to run for it.
- The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Clark County School District with 313,866 K-12 students.
- The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Elko County School District with 9,529 K-12 students.
- All three districts had three seats up for election in 2014.
The districts listed below served 387,828 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.[21] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.
| 2014 Nevada School Board Elections | ||||
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| District | Date | Seats up for election | Total board seats | Student enrollment |
| Clark County School District | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 313,866 |
| Elko County School District | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 9,529 |
| Washoe County School District | 11/4/2014 | 3 | 7 | 64,433 |
Voting in Nevada
- See also: Voting in Nevada
Important voting information
- A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Nevada has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[22][23]
- Nevada has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.
Voting absentee
- See also: Absentee voting by state
For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in Nevada, please visit our absentee voting by state page.
Voting early
- See also: Early voting
Nevada is one of 33 states (plus the District of Columbia) that permit early voting in some form. Early voting begins on the third Saturday before the election and ends on the Friday prior to Election Day.[24][25]
Elections Performance Index
Nevada ranked 14th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Nevada received an overall score of 69 percent.[26]
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed April 17, 2023
- ↑ Clark County Nevada,"Election Department: How Party Affiliation Affects You in Elections," accessed April 17, 2023
- ↑ Long Distance Voter, "Voter Registration Rules," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ Twitter, "Darren Welsh," accessed June 9, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "Nevada - Summary Vote Results," accessed June 9, 2014
- ↑ Roll Call, "DCCC Uses Inauguration to Tout Potential House Recruits," accessed January 22, 2013
- ↑ Las Vegas Sun, "Sandoval kicks off re-election bid with State of the State, budget," January 16, 2013
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 Nevada Secretary of State, 2014 Filed Candidates, accessed March 17, 2014 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Las Vegas Sun, Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Announcement, November 7, 2013
- ↑ News 4, Hutchison to run for Nevada lieutenant governor, July 8, 2013
- ↑ RGJ, Democrats' lieutenant governor candidate Flores is young and ambitious; Is her goal to become first Latina governor of Nevada? February 20, 2014
- ↑ Mohave Daily News, Lowden to Run for Office, August 5, 2013
- ↑ RGJ.com, "Ross Miller: A prince who would be king," January 10, 2013
- ↑ Review Journal, Barlow considering run for state controller, July 22, 2013
- ↑ Reno Gazette-Journal "Adam Paul Laxalt expected to announce he's running for attorney general; His first news conference may prove uncomfortable," January 17, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, 2014 Filed Candidates, accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ Official Campaign Website 2014, "Homepage," accessed February 27, 2013
- ↑ Kate Marshall for Secretary of State 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed September 26, 2013
- ↑ Kim Wallin for State Treasurer 2014, "Official campaign website"
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed March 21, 2014
- ↑ NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed April 17, 2023
- ↑ Clark County Nevada,"Election Department: How Party Affiliation Affects You in Elections," accessed April 17, 2023
- ↑ Rock the Vote "Where Can I Vote in Nevada?" accessed December 16, 2013
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State "Early Voting Information," accessed December 16, 2013
- ↑ Pew Charitable Trusts, "Election Performance Index Report," accessed April 23, 2014
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