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2014 Nevada elections


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November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)

Elections were held in Nevada on November 4, 2014. On that date, the state held elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Controller, U.S. House of Representatives, Nevada Senate, Nevada Assembly, and various others. In addition, several measures were on the ballot.

The active political parties participated in the 2014 election were the two major political parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party as well as the minor political parties of the Independent American Party of Nevada, the Nevada Green Party, and the Libertarian Party of Nevada. There are also unaffiliated, non-partisan candidates.

In the 2014 general election in Nevada, Republican candidates won all statewide executive offices, majorities in both state legislative chambers, and 3 out of 4 U.S. House seats.

All of Nevada's four seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.

Incumbent Republican governor Brian Sandoval ran for re-election to a second term in office and won. He was challenged by Democratic nominee Bob Goodman, a former State Economic Development Commissioner and Independent American nominee David Lory VanDerBeek, a family therapist.

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican386,34070.58
Democratic130,72223.88
None of These Candidates15,7512.88
Independent American14,5362.66
547,349100.0

Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Brian Krolicki was term-limited for life and could not seek re-election to a third term in office. Republican state senator Mark Hutchison defeated Democratic state assemblywoman Lucy Flores in the general election.

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican324,44359.47
Democratic183,57133.65
Independent American21,2213.89
None of These Candidates16,2982.99
545,533100.0

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto was ineligible to run for re-election for a third term due to term limits from the Constitution of Nevada. Republican attorney Adam Laxalt defeated Democratic secretary of state Ross Miller with 46.2% of the vote.

Until the 2022 Nevada gubernatorial election, this was the most recent time a Republican won a Nevada statewide election while carrying neither Clark nor Washoe Counties.

PartyCandidateVotes%.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Republican251,47946.20+10.53
Democratic246,62945.32–7.50
Independent American30,5135.61–2.20
None of These Candidates15,6292.87−0.83
544,150100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Ross Miller was prevented from running for re-election to a third term in office due to constitutional lifetime term limits. As of 2023, this is the most recent statewide election in which Mineral County was won by the Democratic candidate for public office.

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican273,72050.40
Democratic250,61246.14
None of These Candidates18,7783.46
543,110100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Kate Marshall was prevented from running for re-election to a third term in office due to constitutional lifetime term limits.

  • Kim Wallin, Nevada State Controller

  • Dan Schwartz, businessman and candidate for Nevada's 4th congressional district in 2012

  • Kress Cave

Poll sourceDate(s)administeredSamplesizeMargin oferrorKimWallin (D)DanSchwartz (R)OtherUndecided
Precision ResearchMarch 3–5, 2014216± 6.67%33%38%28%
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican277,45051.5
Democratic223,75041.5
Independent American19,3463.6
None of These Candidates18,6683.5
539,214100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Controller Kim Wallin was prevented from running for re-election to a third term in office due to constitutional lifetime term limits.

Declared

  • Andrew Martin, state assemblyman

Disqualified

  • Michael Schaefer, perennial candidate and former San Diego, California City Councilman (disqualified by the Nevada Supreme Court because he did not meet the residency requirements)

  • Cort Arlint, licensed tax attorney, CPA and university accounting professor

  • Barry Herr, CPA, former adjunct professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and nominee for Controller in 2010

  • Ron Knecht, Regent of the University of Nevada, Reno and former state assemblyman

PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican56,49752.57
Republican20,82019.37
None of These Candidates15,42314.35
Republican14,73613.71
107,476100
  • Tom Jones
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican282,67452.5
Democratic202,57337.6
Independent American29,1085.4
None of These Candidates23,8114.4
538,166100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

Eleven out of twenty-one seats in the Nevada Senate were up for election in 2014. Six of the seats were currently held by Republicans, and Democrats held five. Democrats held a one-seat majority in the state senate. Republicans flipped one seat and won an 11-10 majority

All 42 seats in the Nevada Assembly were up for election in 2014. Democrats held 26 seats, Republicans held 15 seats and there was one vacancy.

DistrictIncumbentElection 2014
District 1D +20.32%Marilyn KirkpatrickDemocratic20042014Ran for re-election and wonRoger "OZ" Baum (Republican)Democratic hold
District 2R +5.02%John HambrickRepublican20082018Ran for re-election and wonAlice Jean "A.J." Maimbourg (Independent American Party of Nevada)'Mark Slotta (Republican)Republican hold
District 3D +28.35%VacantVacant20142024Incumbent Peggy Pierce died of cancer on October 10, 2013, at the age of 59Danny Alires (Democrat)Nelson Araujo Jr. (Democrat)Chris Barry (Democrat)Felipe Ignacio Rodriguez (Democrat)Matthew Tramp (Democrat)Nakia Woodson (Democrat)Jesus Marquez (Republican)Democratic win (new seat)
District 4D +1.14%Michele FioreRepublican20122022Ran for re-election and wonJeff Hinton (Democrat)John-Nicholas W. White (Democrat)Melissa D. Laughter (Republican)Republican hold
District 5D +5.97%Marilyn Dondero LoopDemocratic2008n/aRan for Nevada Senate District 8 and lostJerri Strasser (Democrat)Troy W. Archer (Republican)Barry Keller (Republican)Max Miller-Hooks (Republican)Erven T. Nelson (Republican)Stuart Blake Tener (Republican)Republican win (new seat)
District 6D +65.18%Harvey MunfordDemocratic20042014Ran for re-election and wonArrick Foster (Democrat)Anthony D. Snowden (Democrat)Democratic hold
District 7D +39.55%Dina NealDemocratic20102020Ran for re-election and wonStephen "Steph" Taylor (Democrat)Brent Leavitt (Republican)Democratic hold
District 8D +15.12%Jason FriersonDemocratic20102020Ran for re-election and lostJohn Moore (Republican)Republican gain from Democratic
District 9D +8.11%Andrew MartinDemocratic20122022Ran for Nevada State Controller and lostKelly Mercer (Democrat)Joe Tinio (Democrat)Steve Yeager (Democrat)David M. Gardner (Republican)Republican win (new seat)
District 10D +24.22%Joseph HoganDemocratic2004RetiredRetiredJ.T. Creedon (Democrat)Jonathan Friedrich (Democrat)Jesse "Jake" Holder (Democrat)Shelly M. Shelton (Republican)Republican win (new seat)
District 11D +49.90%Olivia DiazDemocratic20102020Ran for re-election unopposedNo filed candidateDemocratic hold
District 12D +15.44%James OhrenschallDemocratic20062016Ran for re-election and wonTroy Warren (Independent American Party of Nevada)Democratic hold
District 13R +3.85%Paul AndersonRepublican20122022Ran for re-election and wonChristine Lynn Kramer (Democrat)Republican hold
District 14D +37.31%Maggie CarltonDemocratic20102020Ran for re-election and wonJack Brooks (Democrat)Matthew Yarbrough (Republican)Democratic hold
District 15D +33.34%Elliot AndersonDemocratic20102020Ran for re-election and wonBenjamin Donlon (Republican)Roberto S. Juarez (Libertarian)Democratic hold
District 16D +30.31%Heidi SwankDemocratic20122022Ran for re-election unopposedNo filed candidateDemocratic hold
District 17D +28.37%Tyrone ThompsonDemocraticAppointed 20132024Ran for re-election and wonPatricia "Pat" Little (Independent American Party of Nevada)Patrick Mendez (Republican)Democratic hold
District 18D +26.84%Richard CarrilloDemocratic20102020Ran for re-election and wonAmy Beaulieu (Democrat)Democratic hold
District 19R +2.89%Cresent HardyRepublican2010n/aRan for Nevada's 4th Congressional District and wonJames Zygadlo (Democrat)Donald Wayne Hendon (Libertarian)Laura Bledsoe (Republican)Chris Edwards (Republican)Frank Tavares (Republican)Republican win (new seat)
District 20D +17.55%Ellen SpiegelDemocratic20082020Ran for re-election and wonCarol Linton (Republican)Democratic hold
District 21D +7.5%Andy EisenDemocratic20122022Ran for re-election and lostAdam-John Sanacore (Libertarian)Derek Armstrong (Republican)Andrew W. Coates (Republican)Republican gain from Democratic
District 22R +6.33%Lynn StewartRepublican20062016Ran for re-election and wonLeroy T. Lalley (Independent American Party of Nevada)Richard Bunce (Republican)Republican hold
District 23R +13.2%Melissa WoodburyRepublican20082018Ran for re-election unopposedNo filed candidateRepublican hold
District 24D +21.67%David BobzienDemocratic20062016Ran for re-election unopposedNo filed candidateDemocratic hold
District 25R +10.56%Pat HickeyRepublican20102020Ran for re-election and wonRick Fineberg (Republican)Niklas Putnam (independent)Republican hold
District 26R +15.78%Randy KirnerRepublican20102020Ran for re-election and wonRob Archie (Republican)Lisa Krasner (Republican)Republican hold
District 27D +7.77%Teresa Benitez-ThompsonDemocratic20102020Ran for re-election and wonRodney Bloom (Republican)Rex Crouch (Republican)Democratic hold
District 28D +47.37%Lucy FloresDemocratic2010n/aRan for Nevada Lieutenant Governor and lostEdgar Flores (Democrat)Democratic win (new seat)
District 29D +2.7%Lesley CohenDemocraticAppointed 20122022Appointed ran for election and lostAmy L. Groves (Republican)Stephen Silberkraus (Republican)Republican gain from Democratic
District 30D +12.89%Michael SprinkleDemocratic20122022Ran for re-election and wonAdam Khan (Republican)Lauren Scott (Republican)Democratic hold
District 31R +4.66%Skip DalyDemocratic20102020Ran for re-election and lostJill Dickman (Republican)Ron Schmitt (Republican)Republican gain from Democratic
District 32R +20.7%Ira HansenRepublican20102020Ran for re-election and wonJohn Sharp Sampaga (Democratic)Louis "Wedge" Gabriel (Libertarian)Republican hold
District 33R +32.99%John EllisonRepublican20102020Ran for re-election unopposedNo filed candidateRepublican hold
District 34D +13.14%William HorneDemocratic20022012Term LimitedGary Fisher (Democrat)Fayyaz Raja (Democrat)Sanje Sedera (Democrat)Meghan Smith (Democrat)Victoria Seaman (Republican)Republican win (new seat)
District 35D +5.56%James HealeyDemocratic20122022Ran for re-election and lostCharles J. Clark Jr. (Democrat)Michael "Mike" Bajorek (Republican)Brent A. Jones (Republican)Republican gain from Democratic
District 36R +13.23%James OscarsonRepublican20122022Ran for re-election unopposedNo filed candidateRepublican hold
District 37R +0.43%Wesley DuncanRepublican20122022Ran for re-election and wonGerald Mackin (Democratic)Lou Pombo (Libertarian)Republican hold
District 38R +25.75%Tom GradyRepublican20022012Term LimitedTimothy Fasano (Independent American Party of Nevada)John O'Connor (Libertarian)Norm Frey (Republican)Robin L. Titus (Republican)Republican win (new seat)
District 39R +25.48%Jim WheelerRepublican20122022Ran for re-election and wonAl Giodano (Independent American Party of Nevada)Robin Reedy (Republican)Republican hold
District 40R +13.11%Pete LivermoreRepublican2010n/aRetiredDave Cook (Democratic)John Wagner (Independent American Party of Nevada)John "Jed" Block (Republican)P. K. O'Neill (Republican)Republican win (new seat)
District 41D +6.76%Paul AizleyDemocratic20082018Ran for re-election and lostVictoria A. Dooling (Republican)Republican gain from Democratic
District 42D +24.04%Irene Bustamante AdamsDemocratic20102020Ran for re-election and wonHoward Scheff (Independent American Party of Nevada)Democratic hold

Incumbent justice Kristina Pickering filed to run for re-election without any opposition.

Incumbent justice Mark Gibbons filed to run for re-election without any opposition.

Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 of the 76th Session creates an intermediate appellate court between the District Court level and the Nevada Supreme Court. After passing through the 76th Session in 2011 with a vote of 48 in favor, 13 against and two excused, and the 77th Session in 2013 with a vote of 61 in favor, none against and two excused, Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 will be placed on the 2014 general election ballot for popular vote to amend the Constitution of Nevada.

The Education Initiative was on the 2014 ballot in the state of Nevada as an indirect initiated state statute. The measure seeks to implement a 2 percent margins tax on businesses in the state and requires that the proceeds of the tax be used to fund the operation of public schools in Nevada for kindergarten through grade 12. Initiative Petition No. 1 was forwarded to the Nevada Legislature from the Secretary of State's office after qualifying for the ballot for legislative action. The Legislature did not act on IP No. 1 within the framework pursuant to Article 19, section 2 of the Nevada Constitution and automatically went on the ballot in 2014.

Senate Joint Resolution No. 15 of the 76th Session proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to remove the separate tax rate and manner of assessing and distributing the tax on mines and the proceeds of mines. After passing through the 76th Session in 2011 with a vote of 40 in favor and 23 against, and the 77th Session in 2013 with a vote of 43 in favor, 19 against and one excused, Senate Joint Resolution No. 15 will be placed on the 2014 general election ballot for popular vote to amend the Constitution of Nevada.

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