The Green Papers: Nevada 2012 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 12 June 2012
General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:2,709,432 (0.87% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:6(1.12% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
2000 Census:2,002,032 (0.71% of 281,998,273)
2004, 2008 Electoral Votes:5(0.93% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
Capital:Carson City
Tuesday 12 June 2012 polling hours 7:00a PDT (1400 UTC) to 7:00p PDT (0200 UTC).
Tuesday 6 November 2012 polling hours 7:00a PST (1500 UTC) to 7:00p PST (0300 UTC).
 

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Nevada State and Local Government

Nevada 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

           
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1
Seat up for election		 Republican Senator  Dean Heller
• First appointed: 3 May 2011.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Shelley Berkley
• 14 April 2011: Announced she is running for the Senate Class 1 seat in 2012.
• FEC S2NV00209; 31 Dec 11; Tot $4,210,083; Dsb $1,544,043
  Candidate Democratic     Steve Brown
  Candidate Democratic     Barry A. Ellsworth
• FEC S2NV00217; 31 Dec 11; Tot $0; Dsb $0
  Candidate Democratic     Michael J. Leslie
  Candidate Democratic     Louis Macias
  Candidate Democratic     Nancy Price
• FEC H0NV02191; 24 Jun 11; Tot $275; Dsb $297
  Candidate Republican     Sherry Brooks
  Candidate Republican     Richard Charles
  Candidate Republican     Edward "Ed" "Eddie" "Mr. Clean" Hamilton
• Also running in the Special Election in CD 2.
• FEC S6NV00168
  Candidate Republican     Senator  Dean Heller
• Congressman from Congressional District 2.
10 March 2011: Media reports state that Congressman Heller will run for the Class 1 Senate seat in 2012. The congressman made it official on 15 March.
23 April 2011: Likely appointee once Senator John Ensign resigns.
27 April 2011: Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (Republican) announced today that he will appoint Congressman Dean Heller (Republican) to fill the seat of Senator John Eric Ensign (Republican) upon Senator Ensign's 3 May resignation.
• FEC S2NV00183; 31 Dec 11; Tot $4,269,515; Dsb $616,440
  Candidate Republican     Carlo "Nakusa" Poliak
  Candidate Independent American     David Lory VanderBeek
  
Senator John Eric Ensign (Republican) resigned on 3 May 2011. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000 and re-elected in 2006. He also served in U.S. House being elected in 1994 and re-elected in 1996.
On 7 March 2011, the Senator announced his retirement at the end of his current term.
On 21 April 2011, he announced his resignation effective 3 May 2011-- "While I stand behind my firm belief that I have not violated any law, rule, or standard of conduct of the Senate, and I have fought to prove this publicly, I will not continue to subject my family, my constituents, or the Senate to any further rounds of investigation, depositions, drawn out proceedings, or especially public hearings. For my family and me, this continued personal cost is simply too great."
On 27 April 2011, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (Republican) announced that he would appoint Congressman Dean Heller (Republican, CD 2) to fill the seat of Senator John Eric Ensign (Republican) upon Senator Ensign's 3 May resignation.
The next regular election for this seat is on Tuesday 6 November 2012.

Class 3 Democratic Senator  Harry Mason Reid
• First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
  Republican Governor  Brian E. Sandoval
• First elected: 2010
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
• The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014
  Republican Lieutenant Governor Brian K. Krolicki
• First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
112th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democratic (1 Open);
2 Republican (1 Renominated, 1 Undetermined)
Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 1
Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Congressman  Shelley Berkley
• First elected: 1998
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
• Open Seat - 14 April 2011: Announced she is running for the Senate Class 1 seat in 2012.
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     former Congressman  Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus
• FEC H8NV03036; 31 Dec 11; Tot $421,963; Dsb $95,765
  Candidate Republican     Christopher Thomas "Chris" Edwards
• FEC H2NV01207
  Candidate Republican     Charmaine Guss
  Candidate Republican     Brian Jerome Landsberger
• FEC H2NV01181
  Candidate Republican     Herbert Glenn "Herb" Peters
  Candidate Republican     Miguel "Mike" Rodrigues
• FEC H2NV01199
  Candidate Libertarian     William G. "Bill" Pojunis
  Candidate Independent American     Stan Brian Vaughan
Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 2
Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  Mark Eugene Amodei
• First elected in a Special Election: 13 September 2011 re: appointment of Congressman Dean Heller (Republican) to the U.S. Senate
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
• Renominated - 12 June 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Sam Dehne
  Candidate Democratic     Erik Holland
  Candidate Democratic     Samuel "Sam" Koepnick
  Candidate Democratic     Rex Ricks
  Candidate Democratic     Xiomara "Xio" Rodriguez
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Mark Eugene Amodei
• FEC H2NV02395; 31 Dec 11; Tot $846,843; Dsb $792,519
  Candidate Independent American     Russell Best
  Candidate Independent     Michael L. Haines
Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 3
Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  Joseph John "Joe" Heck
• First elected: 2010
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Stephen H. Frye
• FEC H2NV03104
  Candidate Democratic     James Franklin Haning, II
• FEC H2NV03096; 31 Dec 11; Tot $1,475; Dsb $1,373
  Candidate Democratic     Jesse W. "Jake" Holder
• FEC H2NV03112
  Candidate Democratic     Barry Michaels
  Candidate Democratic     state Assemblyman  John Oceguera
• FEC H2NV00035; 31 Dec 11; Tot $237,107; Dsb $51,565
  Candidate Democratic     Gerald "Jerry" Sakura
  Candidate Republican     Chris Dyer
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Joseph John "Joe" Heck
• FEC H0NV03058; 31 Dec 11; Tot $1,060,494; Dsb $379,632
  Candidate Independent American     Tom Jones
  Candidate Independent     James Thomas "Jim" Murphy, Sr.
No Incumbent - New Seat in 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment - First election in 2012
CD 4
Seat up for election		  
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Steven Alexzander Horsford
• FEC H2NV04011; 31 Dec 11; Tot $341,187; Dsb $36,786
  Candidate Republican     Diana Anderson
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Barbara K. Cegavske
• FEC H2NV04037; 31 Dec 11; Tot $101,127; Dsb $903
  Candidate Republican     Mike Dela Rosa
  Candidate Republican     Kiran Hill
  Candidate Republican     Robert X. Leeds
  Candidate Republican     Daniel Mark "Dan" Schwartz
• FEC H2NV04029; 31 Dec 11; Tot $157,983; Dsb $38,996
  Candidate Republican     Danny Tarkanian
• FEC S0NV00203; 31 Dec 11; Tot $29,297; Dsb $11,629
  Candidate Republican     Kenneth A. Wegner
• FEC H6NV01158; 15 Mar 11; Tot $0; Dsb $965
  Candidate Republican     Sid Zeller
  Candidate Libertarian     Joseph P. "Joe" Silvestri
  Candidate Independent American     Floyd Fitzgibbons
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014
  Democratic Secretary of State Ross Miller
• First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014
  Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto
• First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014
  Democratic Treasurer  Kate Marshall
• First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Controller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014
  Democratic Controller  Kim R. Wallin
• First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 
Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 6 incumbents, 19 candidates
 • Republican: 5 incumbents, 22 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian: 2 candidates
 • Reform (affiliates)
Other Third Parties
 • Independent American (affiliate of Constitution): 5 candidates
 • Right to Life
Independents
 • Independent: 2 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Const/NVConst.html
Election Authority
 • Clark County Election Department
 • Nevada Secretary of State
 • Nevada Secretary of State: Election Center
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Nevada Assembly
 • Nevada Legislature
 • Nevada Senate
Democratic
 • Nevada Democratic Party
 • Pledge To Caucus Nevada's 2012 Democratic Presidential Caucuses
Republican
 • 2012 Clark County Republican Party Caucuses and Convention
 • Nevada Republican Assembly Caucus
 • Nevada Republican Party
Third Party
 • Libertarian Party of Nevada
 • Libertarian Party of Nevada
 • Nevada Green Party
 • Nevada Right to Life
 • Reform Party of Nevada
 • The Green Party of Nevada
 • The Independent American Party of Nevada (state affiliate of Constitution Party, may disaffiliate with the national party)
Media & others
 • DC's Political Report - Nevada
 • KLAS TV - CBS - Las Vegas
 • KNPR - Nevada Public Radio - Las Vegas
 • KOLO-TV - ABC - Reno
 • KRNV-TV - NBC - Reno
 • KRXI-TV 11 (FOX - Reno)
 • KTNV TV - ABC - Las Vegas
 • KTVN TV - CBS - Reno
 • KVBC-TV - NBC - Las Vegas
 • KVVU-TV - FOX - Henderson - Las Vegas
 • Las Vegas Sun
 • Muth's Truths - Las Vegas
 • Nevada News Bureau - Henderson
 • Politics1.com - Nevada
 • ProgressNow Nevada - Las Vegas
 • Reno Gazette-Journal
 

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  U.S. Senate Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party  
  Gubernatorial Popular Vote by Party  
  U.S. House Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party  
  Close Contests Summary - Decision by 2% or less  
  Contests Where No Candidate Received a Majority  
 
2012 Primaries and Runoffs for Statewide offices/Congress
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History
  Political Party Floor Leaders in the Congress of the United States  
  Dates of DIRECT PRIMARY Elections re: Major Party Nominations for Statewide and/or Federal Office  
  Length of Terms of Office of STATE Governors throughout American History  

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