Nevada local trial court judicial elections, 2016

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2016 Local Judicial Elections

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Nevada held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on June 14, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was January 15, 2016.[1]

For information on 2016 state appellate court elections in Nevada, click here.

Elections

General election

District 8, Department 20

Louis Eric Johnson (i)
Anat Levy

District 8, Department 15

Bruce Gale
Joe Hardy Jr. (i)

District 9, Department 2

Thomas Gregory (i)

Primary election

District 8, Department 20

Scott Holper
Louis Eric Johnson (i)
Anat Levy
Catherine Ramsey

Results

Nevada Judicial District 8 (Department 15), General Election, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Joe Hardy Jr. Incumbent 60.31% 359,293
Bruce Gale 39.69% 236,458
Total Votes 595,751
Source: Silver State Election Night Results 2016, "Judicial," accessed January 18, 2016


Nevada Judicial District 8 (Department 20), General Election, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Louis Eric Johnson Incumbent 56.13% 332,025
Anat Levy 43.87% 259,492
Total Votes 591,517
Source: Silver State Election Night Results 2016, "Judicial," accessed January 18, 2016


Nevada Judicial District 8 (Department 20), Primary Election, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Louis Eric Johnson Incumbent 45.18% 58,579
Green check mark transparent.png Anat Levy 24.30% 31,508
Catherine Ramsey 21.76% 28,210
Scott Holper 8.76% 11,359
Total Votes 129,656
Source: Nevada Secretary of State, "Official Primary Judicial Results," accessed October 19, 2016

Election rules

Primary election

The primary is held on the second Tuesday in June in even-numbered years.[2]

In the nonpartisan primary, the two candidates who receive the greatest number of votes advance to the general election. Though Nevada has a closed primary system, where voters may only vote for members of their own political party, this does not impact the judicial elections, which are nonpartisan. Voters registered with either major party, or those who are not registered with any political party, may still vote for all judicial candidates in the primaries.[3][4]

General election

If there are only two candidates who file to run for any one seat, they skip the primary and compete only in the general election.[5]

Judicial selection method

See also: Nonpartisan election of judges

The 72 judges of the Nevada District Courts are elected to six-year terms in nonpartisan elections. To serve additional terms, judges must run for re-election.[6]

Each district court selects its chief judge to a two-year term by peer vote. Not every district court is required to select a chief judge; only in districts with populations over 100,000 are the courts required to choose one.[6]

Qualifications
To serve on the Nevada District Courts, a judge must be:[6]

  • a qualified elector;
  • a state resident for two years;
  • a district resident;
  • at least 25 years old;
  • licensed and admitted to practice law in Nevada; and
  • a licensed attorney for 15 years with at least two years in Nevada.

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