2018 Nevada elections


The Nevada general election, 2018 was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 throughout Nevada.

United States Senate

Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Dean Heller ran for re-election to a second term and lost to Democratic U.S. Representative Jacky Rosen.

United States House of Representatives

All of Nevada's four seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.

Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Brian Sandoval was term-limited for life and could not run for re-election to a third term in office.

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Mark Hutchison did not run for re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Former State Treasurer Kate Marshall won the Democratic nomination.

Results

Republican primary

State Senate Minority Leader and former State Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson won the Republican nomination.

Results

General election

Polling

Results

Attorney general

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor.

Democratic primary

Declared

Republican primary

Assistant State Attorney General Wesley Duncan ran for the Republican nomination and won. U.S. Representative Mark Amodei previously expressed interest in running if Laxalt did not run, but he announced that he will not run regardless of Laxalt's plans. Craig Mueller, former naval officer, and veteran lawyer who has lived in Las Vegas for over 40 years also ran for the Republican nomination and lost.

Results

General election

Polling

Results

Secretary of State

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske ran for re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Declared

Results

General election

projected the race to be a "tossup".

Polling

Results

Treasurer

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Dan Schwartz did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor.

Democratic primary

;Declared
;Declined
Former Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers is running.
Derek Uehara, a certified financial planner and former Henderson City Council candidate

Results

General election

Results

Controller

Incumbent Republican Controller Ron Knecht lost re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

;Declared
;Declined

Results

State Legislature

Nevada Senate

Eleven out of twenty-one seats in the Nevada Senate were up for election in 2018.

Nevada Assembly

All 42 seats in the Nevada Assembly were up for election in 2018.

State Judicial Branch

Supreme Court Seat C

Incumbent Justice Michael Cherry, who has served on the Nevada Supreme Court since 2007, did not run for re-election to a third term.

Candidates

Incumbent Justice Michael L. Douglas, who has served on the Nevada Supreme Court since 2004, pledged to retire in January 2019.
Court of Appeals Chief Judge Abbi Silver ran for the seat unopposed.

Supreme Court Seat G

Incumbent Justice Lidia S. Stiglich, who has served on the Nevada Supreme Court since 2017, was eligible to run for a first full term.