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The Nevada general election, 2016 was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 throughout Nevada.

## United States Senate

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Main article: United States Senate Election in Nevada, 2016

Nevada's Class 3 Senate seat is up for election. Harry Reid retired at the end of his 5th term. Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto was elected to replace him.

## United States House of Representatives

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Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada

All of Nevada's four seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2016. Democrats Dina Titus, Jacklyn Rosen and Ruben Kihuen, and Republican Mark Amodei were elected.

## State Legislature

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### Nevada Senate

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Main article: 2016 Nevada State Senate election

Further information: Nevada Senate

Eleven out of twenty-one seats in the Nevada Senate were up for election in 2016. Seven of the seats were currently held by Democrats and four were held by Republicans. Republicans held a one-seat majority in the State Senate. Democrats flipped one Republican seat and held all of theirs, winning a slim majority.

### Nevada Assembly

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Further information: Nevada Assembly

All 42 seats in the Nevada Assembly are up for election in 2016. Republicans currently hold 24 seats, Democrats currently hold 16 seats, Libertarians currently hold 1 seat, and there is one vacancy.

Election 2016

District  | Close of Primary

Registration

| Democratic primary
Candidates  | June 14, 2016

Result

| Republican primary
Candidates  | June 14, 2016

Result

| Other Party
Candidates  | November 8, 2016

Result

District 1  | D +17.35%  | Daniele Monroe-Moreno | No Primary | Roger "Oz" Baum  | 674 (43.91%)  |  |
Howard Brean
861 (56.09%)
District 2  | R +5.78%  | Owen Carver | 786 (35.37%) | John Hambrick (I) | 1,703 (59.59%) |  |
Garrett LeDuff  | 218 (9.81%  | Clayton Kelly Hurst  | 1,155 (40.41%)
Ron Nelsen  | 769 (34.61%)
Joe Valdes  | 449 (20.21%)
District 3  | D +27.04%  | Nelson Araujo (I)  | No Primary | No Republican Challenger |  | Democratic Hold

Araujo to be reelected

District 4  | R +0.37%  | Bert Lucas  | 1,106 (39.98%)  | Melissa D. Laughter  | 447 (15.84%)  |  |
Earle Orr  | 392 (13.82%)  | Richard McArthur | 1,241 (43.98%)
John Piro | 1,339 (47.2%) | Kenneth Rezendes  | 1,134 (40.18%)
District 5  | D +7.09%  | Shannon Churchwell  | 304 (13.96%)  | Tony Baca  | 944 (39.93)  |  |
Rory Martinez  | 898 (41.25%)  | Artemus "Art" Ham | 1,420 (60.07%)
Brittney Miller | 975 (44.79)
District 6  | D +46.22%  | Valencia Burch  | 411 (14.77%)  | Carlo Maffatt | No Primary |  |
Arrick "Kerm" Foster  | 156 (5.61%)
Macon Jackson  | 487 (17.51%)
William McCurdy II | 1,728 (62.11%)
District 7  | D +36.89%  | Dina Neal (I)  | No Primary | Jennifer Fawzy  | No Primary |  |
District 8  | D +15.12%  | Jason Frierson  | No Primary | Norm Ross  | No Primary | John Moore (I) (Lib.) |
District 9  | D +7.71%  | Steve Yeager[1] | No Primary | David Gardner (I) | 803 (45.52%) |  |
Minddie Lloyd  | 300 (17.01%)
Diana Orrock  | 661 (37.47%)
District 10  | D +24.25%  | Chris Brooks[1] | 1,468 (71.57%) | Shelly M. Shelton (I) | No Primary |  |
German Castellanos  | 583 (28.43%)
District 11  | D +36.17%  | Olivia Diaz (I) | No Primary | No Republican Challenger |  | Democratic Hold

Diaz to be reelected

District 12  | D +14.62%  | James Ohrenschall (I) | No Primary | Ron McGinnis  | 614 (31.95%)  | Troy Ethan Warren (Lib. |
Mark Riggins | 789 (41.05%)
John Santacruz  | 163 (8.48%)
Walter L. Seip II  | 356 (18.52%)
District 13  | R +6.09%  | No Democratic Challenger | Paul Anderson (I) | 1,738 (62.16%) |  | Republican Hold

Anderson to be reelected

Leonard Foster  | 349 (12.48%)
Steve Sanson  | 709 (25.36%)
District 14  | D +32.54%  | Maggie Carlton (I)  | No Primary | Melody Howard | 389 (53.43%) |  |
Quay Simons  | 339 (46.57%)
District 15  | D +30.87%  | Elliot Anderson (I) | 1,731 (84.36%) | Stan Vaughn | No Primary |  |
Lou Toomin  | 321 (15.64%)
District 16  | D +24.11%  | Heidi Swank (I) | No Primary | No Republican Challenger | Edmund Uehling (Lib.) |
District 17  | D +27%  | Tyrone Thompson (I) | No Primary | Ronald Newsome | No Primary |  |
District 18  | D +25.34%  | Richard Carrillo (I) | 1,194 (64.06%) | Christine DeCorte | 595 (56.83%) |  |
Erica Mosca  | 670 (35.94%)  | Matt Sadler  | 452 (43.17%)
District 19  | R +3.68%  | No Democratic Challenger | Chris Edwards (I) | 1,960 (61.19%) |  | Republican Hold

Edwards to be reelected

Connie Foust  | 1,243 (38.81%)
District 20  | D +18.25%  | Ellen Spiegel (I) | 1,876 (76.98%) | Carol Linton | No Primary |  |
Darren Welsh  | 561 (23.02%)
District 21  | D +7.44%  | Ozzie Fumo | 1,423 (57.63%) | Derek Armstrong (I) | 1,179 (55.25%) |  |
Vinny Spotleson  | 854 (34.59%)  | Blain K. Jones  | 955 (44.75%)
Ben Nakaima  | 192 (7.78%)
District 22  | R +6.44%  | Luis Aguirre-Insua | 1,286 (56.21%) | Richard Bunce  | 1,574 (44.41%)  |  |
Mark W. Isquith  | 1,002 (43.79%)  | Keith Pickard | 1,970 (55.59%)
District 23  | R +14.02%  | Craig Jordahl | No Primary | Swadeep Nigam  | 1,529 (28.01%)  |  |
Melissa Woodbury (I) | 3,929 (71.99%) |
District 24  | D +23.18%  | Amber Joiner (I) | No Primary | Jim Riger, Sr. | No Primary |  |
District 25  | R +9.99%  | Allen "Eli" Smith | No Primary | Clint Jamison  | 619 (10.19%)  |  |
Kime King  | 420 (6.92%)
Jennifer Terhune  | 1,726 (28.43%)
Jill Tolles[2] | 3,307 (54.46%)
District 26  | R +15.28%  | No Democratic Challenger | Jason Guinasso  | 2,784 (44.67%)  |  | Republican Hold

Krasner to be elected

Lisa Krasner | 3,448 (55.33%)
District 27  | D +7.69%  | Teresa Benitez-Thompson (I) | No Primary | Bonnie Weber | No Primary |  |
District 28  | D +35.75%  | Edgar Flores (I) | No Primary | Wesley Cornwell | No Primary |  |
District 29  | D +3.45%  | Lesley Elizabeth Cohen | No Primary | Amy L. Groves  | 1,142 (45.01%)  |  |
Stephen Silberkraus (I) | 1,395 (54.99%)
District 30  | D +10.11%  | Mike Sprinkle (I) | No Primary | Lauren Scott | No Primary |  |
District 31  | R +6.08%  | Richard "Skip" Daly | No Primary | Jill Dickman (I) | No Primary |  |
District 32  | R +23.81%  | No Democratic Challenger | Ira Hansen (I) | No Primary |  | Republican Hold
District 33  | R +34.87%  | No Democratic Challenger | John Ellison (I) | No Primary |  | Republican Hold
District 34  | D +13.34%  | Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod | 1,199 (39.74%) | Marty Hagans  | 713 (37.99%)  |  |
Zachary Conine  | 1,126 (37.32%)  | David LaBay  | 444 (23.65%)
Manny Garcia  | 692 (22.94%)  | Matt Williams | 720 (38.36%)
District 35  | D +5.81%  | Justin Watkins | No Primary | Tom Blanchard  | 324 (18.5%)  |  |
Benjamin Donlon  | 18 (1.03%)
Raymond Joseph Giordano  | 46 (2.63%)
Brent Jones (I) | 712 (40.66%)
Tiffany Jones  | 651 (37.18%)
District 36  | R +16.39%  | No Democratic Challenger | James Oscarson (I) | 1,988 (46.49%) | Dennis Hof (Lib.) |
Rusty Stanberry  | 433 (10.13%)
Tina Trenner  | 1,855 (43.38%)
District 37  | R +0.64%  | Sean Lyttle | No Primary | Jim Marchant | 2,511 (62.51%) |  |
Glenn Trowbridge (I)  | 1,506 (37.49%)
District 38  | R +29.65%  | George Dini | No Primary | Robin Titus (I) | No Primary | Wendy "Rooster" Cochran (No Party) |
Justin Smith (IAP of Nevada)
District 39  | R +30.01%  | No Democratic Challenger | Jim Wheeler (I) | No Primary | Alexander Dunn (No Party) |
District 40  | R +16.77%  | Michael Greedy  | No Primary | Sam England  | 1,515 (26.02)  | John Wagner (IAP of Nevada) |
Chris Forbush  | 1,050 (18.04%)
Al Kramer  | 1,709 (29.35%)
Philip "PK" O'Neill (I)  | 1,548 (26.59%
District 41  | D +7.54%  | Paul Aizley  | 783 (44.11%)  | Nick Phillips | 934 (54.21%) |  |
Sandra Jauregui | 992 (55.89%) | Mary Rooney  | 789 (45.79%)  |
District 42  | D +22.97%  | Irene Bustamante Adams (I) | No Primary | Howard Scheff | No Primary |  |

## State Judicial Branch

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### Supreme Court

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District  | Incumbent  | Previous Terms  | Candidates  | Result

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Seat A  | James Hardesty | 2004-2010
2010-2016  | James Hardesty  |
Seat F  | Ron Parraguirre | 2004-2010
2010-2016  | Ron Parraguirre  |

### Appeals Court

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District  | Incumbent  | Previous Terms  | Candidates  | Result

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|
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District 1  | Jerry Tao  | 2014-2016  | Jerry Tao
Neil Durrant  |
District 2  | Michael Gibbons  | 2014-2016  | Michael Gibbons  |
District 3  | Abbi Silver  | 2014-2016  | Abbi Silver  |

## Petitions

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### Question 1: Background Checks for Gun Purchases

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Results by county

Yes:

*   50–60%

No:

*   90–100%

*   80–90%

*   70–80%

*   60–70%

*   50–60%

### Question 2: Marijuana Legalization

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Results by county

Yes:

*   50–60%

No:

*   60–70%

*   50–60%

### Question 3: Legislature to Minimize Regulations on the Energy Market and Eliminate Legal Energy Monopolies

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### Question 4: Medical Equipment Sales Tax Exemption

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## References

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1. ^ a b "Nevada Democrats aim to retake Assembly".
2. ^ "Do not ask for whom the bell Tolles: They all are ringing it for her". October 20, 2015.

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