2020 Nevada State Senate election

The 2020 Nevada Senate election will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Voters in 10 districts of the Nevada Senate will elect their senators. The elections will coincide with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. House and the Nevada Assembly. Republicans need to gain three seats to win control of the chamber.

Nevada Senate elections, 2020

November 3, 2020
10 of 21 seats in the Nevada Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Nicole Cannizzaro James Settelmeyer Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 6th 17th Last election 13 8 Seats before 13 8
Majority Leader of the Senate before election Nicole Cannizzaro Democratic Elected Majority Leader of the Senate TBD

The primary elections will be hold on June 9, 2020.

Background

In the 2018 Nevada Senate elections, Democrats maintained control of the Nevada Senate by a 13–8 margin. Democrats have controlled the chamber since 2016 Nevada Senate elections.

Results

Overview

Parties		Candidates	Seats				Popular Vote
			2018	2020	+/−	Strength	Vote	%	Change
	Democratic	12	13
	Republican	9	8
	Independent American Party of Nevada	1	0
	Nevada Libertarian Party	1	0
	Independent	1	0
Total		18	21	21					-

Detailed results

District 1 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 11 • District 15 • District 18 • District 19

Source: Official candidate listings.[1]

District 1

2020 Nevada State Senate election, District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patricia Spearman (incumbent)
Total votes
	Democratic hold

District 3

2020 Nevada State Senate election, District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Brooks (incumbent)
Total votes
	Democratic hold

District 4

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Neal
	Republican	Esper Hickman
Total votes

District 5

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kristee Watson
	Republican	Carrie Buck
	Libertarian	Tim Hagan
Total votes

District 6

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicole Cannizzaro (incumbent)
	Republican	April Becker
Total votes

District 7

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 7[2]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Spiegel	2,823	37.88
	Democratic	Roberta Lange	2,732	36.66
	Democratic	Richard Carrillo	1,897	25.46
Total votes			7,452	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Ellen Spiegel
Total votes
	Democratic hold

District 11

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 11[2]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joshua Dowden	2,419	78.62
	Republican	Edgar Miron	658	21.38
Total votes			3,077	100.00
General election
	Democratic	Dallas Harris (incumbent)
	Republican	Joshua Dowden
Total votes

District 15

2020 Nevada State Senate election, District 15

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Heidi Gansert (incumbent)
	Democratic	Wendy Jauregui-Jackins
	Independent	Catana Barnes
Total votes

District 18

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 18[2]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Becker	7,985	88.66
	Democratic	Ronald Bilodeau	1,021	11.34
Total votes			9,006	100.00
General election
	Republican	Scott Hammond (incumbent)
	Democratic	Elizabeth Becker
Total votes

District 19

2020 Nevada Senate election, District 19

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Goicoechea (incumbent)
	Independent American	Tiffany Seeback
Total votes

References

1. "2020 Statewide Certified List of Candidates". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
2. "Silver State 2020 Election Results". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved June 15, 2020.