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2022 Nevada State Controller election

The 2022 Nevada State Controller election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next Nevada State Controller. Incumbent Democratic Controller Catherine Byrne did not seek re-election to a second term. Republican candidate Andy Matthews won the election, flipping the seat and marking the best performance for a Nevada Republican in a statewide race in 2022, as all other successful Republican candidates for statewide races won with pluralities of the vote.

Ellen Spiegel, former state assemblywoman (2012–2020)
Alex Costa, investor

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	111,989	67.26%
	Democratic	40,664	24.42%
	None of These Candidates	13,841	8.31%
166,494	100.0%

Andy Matthews, state assemblyman
Jed Profeta (Libertarian)

Poll source	Date(s)administered	Samplesize	Marginof error	EllenSpiegel (D)	AndyMatthews (R)	None of TheseCandidates	Other	Undecided
OH Predictive Insights	September 20–29, 2022	741 (LV)	± 3.6%	31%	39%	6%	4%	21%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Republican	504,703	50.06%	+3.82%
	Democratic	463,092	45.93%	−4.67%
	None of These Candidates	25,029	2.48%	-0.69%
	Libertarian	15,375	1.52%	N/A
1,008,199	100.00%	N/A
	Republican gain from Democratic

County	Ellen SpiegelDemocratic	Andy MatthewsRepublican	Various candidatesOther parties	Margin	Total votes cast
Carson City	9,410	40.07%	13,034	55.50%	1,040	4.43%	3,624	15.43%	23,484
Churchill	2,094	21.39%	7,203	73.58%	492	5.03%	5,109	52.19%	9,789
Clark	336,094	49.86%	312,102	46.30%	25,896	3.84%	−23,992	−3.56%	674,092
Douglas	8,419	29.25%	19,317	67.11%	1,047	3.64%	10,898	37.86%	28,783
Elko	2,859	17.84%	12,384	77.26%	787	4.91%	9,525	59.42%	16,030
Esmeralda	59	13.08%	357	79.16%	35	7.76%	298	66.08%	451
Eureka	51	6.58%	686	88.52%	38	4.90%	635	81.94%	775
Humboldt	1,140	18.79%	4,592	75.70%	334	5.51%	3,452	56.91%	6,066
Lander	312	14.19%	1,730	78.71%	156	7.10%	1,418	64.51%	2,198
Lincoln	253	11.85%	1,773	83.04%	109	5.11%	1,520	71.19%	2,135
Lyon	5,687	24.36%	16,541	70.85%	1,120	4.80%	10,854	46.49%	23,348
Mineral	563	30.07%	1,154	61.65%	155	8.28%	591	31.57%	1,872
Nye	5,508	26.65%	14,117	68.31%	1,042	5.04%	8,609	41.66%	20,667
Pershing	357	20.19%	1,283	72.57%	128	7.24%	926	52.38%	1,768
Storey	645	25.42%	1,751	69.02%	141	5.56%	1,106	43.59%	2,537
Washoe	89,023	46.66%	94,036	49.29%	7,719	4.05%	5,013	2.63%	190,778
White Pine	618	18.04%	2,643	77.15%	165	4.82%	2,025	59.11%	3,426

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Washoe (largest municipality: Reno)

Despite losing the state, Spiegel won three of four congressional districts.

District	Spiegel	Matthews
50%	46%	Dina Titus
39%	57%	Mark Amodei
49%	47%	Susie Lee
48%	47%	Steven Horsford

Official campaign websites

Andy Matthews (R) for State Controller
Ellen Spiegel (D) for State Controller

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