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11 of the 21 seats in the Nevada State Senate
10 seats needed for a majority
|  | Majority party  | Minority party

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Leader  | Aaron D. Ford | Michael Roberson
Party  | Democratic | Republican
Leader's seat  | 11th | 20th
Last election  | 10  | 11
Seats won  | 11 | 10
Seat change  |  1  |  1
Popular vote  | 271,523 | 217,829
Percentage  | 51.32% | 41.17%

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Results:
Democratic gain
Democratic hold Republican hold
No election

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| Leader of the Senate before election

Michael Roberson
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| Elected Leader of the Senate

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The 2016 Nevada Senate election took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nevada voters elected state senators in 11 of the state senate's 21 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Nevada Senate.

A primary election on June 14, 2016, determined which candidates appear on the November 8 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the State of Nevada's Secretary of State website.[1]

On election day 2016, there were 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats in the Nevada Senate; in the 2014 state senate elections, they had gained a one-seat majority. In the 2016 election Democrats flipped it back, winning 11 seats.

## Party registration advantage by district

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Voter Registration by September 2016

District  | Democratic
Active Voters  | Republican
Active Voters  | Other Parties
Active Voters  | Nonpartisan
Active Voters  | Total
Active Voters  | Registration Edge
Major Parties
District 1  | 33,146  | 17,223  | 3,751  | 13,697  | 66,817  | D +14,923
District 3  | 25,650  | 12,039  | 3,108  | 11,146  | 51,943  | D +13,611
District 4  | 33,158  | 7,682  | 3,223  | 11,639  | 55,702  | D +25,476
District 5  | 26,886  | 23,143  | 4,107  | 13,915  | 68,048  | D +3,740
District 6  | 28,867  | 24,176  | 3,986  | 13,565  | 70,954  | D +4,691
District 7  | 28,629  | 15,156  | 3,918  | 14,155  | 61,858  | D +13,473
District 11  | 24,074  | 13,751  | 3,060  | 11,785  | 52,670  | D +10,323
District 13  | 28,018  | 17,474  | 4,912  | 13,829  | 64,233  | D +10,544
District 15  | 29,048  | 30,689  | 5,457  | 15,018  | 80,212  | R +1,641
District 18  | 27,031  | 28,948  | 4,442  | 14,454  | 74,875  | R +1,917
District 19  | 16,986  | 34,013  | 4,948  | 12,153  | 68,100  | R +17,027

## Predictions

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Source  | Ranking  | As of

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Governing[2] | Tossup  | October 12, 2016

## Results

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### Summary of results by State Senate district

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* For districts not displayed, there is no election until 2018.

State Senate District  | Incumbent | Party  | Elected Senator  | Party

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1st | Patricia Spearman |  | Democratic  | Patricia Spearman |  | Democratic
3rd | Richard Segerblom |  | Democratic  | Richard Segerblom |  | Democratic
4th | Kelvin Atkinson |  | Democratic  | Kelvin Atkinson |  | Democratic
5th | Joyce Woodhouse |  | Democratic  | Joyce Woodhouse |  | Democratic
6th | Mark Hutchison |  | Republican  | Nicole Cannizzaro |  | Democratic
7th | David Parks |  | Democratic  | David Parks |  | Democratic
11th | Aaron Ford |  | Democratic  | Aaron Ford |  | Democratic
13th | Julia Ratti |  | Democratic  | Julia Ratti |  | Democratic
15th | Greg Brower |  | Republican  | Heidi Gansert |  | Republican
18th | Scott Hammond |  | Republican  | Scott Hammond |  | Republican
19th | Peter Goicoechea |  | Republican  | Peter Goicoechea |  | Republican

Source:[3]

### Detailed results by State Senate district

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General Election - November 8, 2016

District  | Party  | Candidates  | Votes  | Percentage  | Result
District 1  | Dem  | Pat Spearman (incumbent) | 33,688  | 65.43%  | Spearman Reelected
Democratic Hold
Rep  | Arsen Ter-Petrosyan [4] | 17,800  | 34.57%
District 3  | Dem  | Tick Segerblom (incumbent) | 21,195  | 60.31%  | Segerblom Reelected
Democratic Hold
Rep  | Dennis Palmerston  | 11,057  | 31.46%
LPN | Jonathan Friedrich  | 2,889  | 8.22%
District 4  | Dem  | Kelvin Atkinson (incumbent) | 29,912  | 100%  | Atkinson Reelected
Democratic Hold
District 5  | Dem  | Joyce Woodhouse (incumbent) | 26,208  | 47.89%  | Woodhouse Reelected
Democratic Hold
Rep  | Carrie Buck [5] | 25,739  | 47.03%
LPN | Tim Hagan  | 2,784  | 5.09%
District 6  | Dem  | Nicole Cannizzaro [5] | 28,733  | 50.92%  | Cannizzaro Elected
Democratic Change
Rep  | Victoria Seaman [6] | 27,697  | 49.08%
District 7  | Dem  | David Parks (incumbent) | 28,379  | 69.54%  | Parks Reelected
Democratic Hold
LPN | Kimberly Schjang  | 12,432  | 30.46%
District 11  | Dem  | Aaron D. Ford (incumbent) | 22,439  | 57.7%  | Ford Reelected
Democratic Hold
Rep  | Jon Frazier  | 14,221  | 36.57%
LPN | Lesley Chan  | 2,229  | 5.73%
District 13  | Dem  | Julia Ratti (Incumbent) | 27,280  | 59.96%  | Ratti Elected
Democratic Hold
Rep  | Kent Bailey  | 15,811  | 34.75%
LPN | Brandon Jacobs  | 2,406  | 5.29%
District 15  | Dem  | Devon Reese [7] | 26,773  | 41.92%  | Gansert Elected
Republican Hold
Rep  | Heidi Gansert [5] | 33,822  | 52.96%
LPN | David Colborne (Libertarian)  | 3,266  | 5.11%
District 18  | Dem  | Alexander Marks[8] | 26,864  | 43.56%  | Hammond Reelected
Republican Hold
Rep  | Scott Hammond (incumbent) | 34,805  | 56.44%
District 19  | Rep  | Pete Goicoechea (incumbent) | 36,876  | 72.96%  | Goicoechea Reelected
Republican Hold
IAPN | Janine Hansen  | 13,664  | 27.04

## See also

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* United States elections, 2016
* United States Senate election in Nevada, 2016
* United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, 2016
* Nevada elections, 2016
* Nevada State Assembly election, 2016
* List of Nevada state legislatures

## References

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1. ^ "Nevada Primary Elections 2016 - State Senate Results". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
2. ^ Cournoyer, Caroline (October 12, 2016). "November Likely to Lessen GOP's Advantage in Legislatures". Governing. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
3. ^ "Nevada State Senate elections, 2016". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
4. ^ Messerly, Megan (October 8, 2015). "North Las Vegas entrepreneur enters race for state Senate". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, NV. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
5. ^ a b c "A year out, 2 sides claw for Nevada Legislature majority". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, NV. November 7, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
6. ^ "GOP Assemblyman Erv Nelson will run for Las Vegas Senate seat". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, NV. Associated Press. October 21, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
7. ^ Richardson, Seth (January 26, 2016). "Reno lawyer announces state senate candidacy". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, NV. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
8. ^ Messerly, Megan (February 3, 2016). "Democrats back candidate to challenge GOP Sen. Scott Hammond". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, NV. Retrieved March 7, 2016.

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