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


6 November 2012 candidates from the Clark County Election Department and candidates from the Eureka County Clerk Treasurer.

6 November 2012 General Election returns from an official source.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 6 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2012
  Elected Democratic 531,373 52.36% President Barack Hussein Obama
(6 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

FEC P80003338; 26 Nov 12; Tot $732,741,988; Dsb $729,647,987
  Candidate Republican 463,567 45.68% former Massachusetts Governor Willard "Mitt" Romney
Vice President: Wisconsin Congressman Paul D. Ryan

FEC P80003353; 26 Nov 12; Tot $478,704,347; Dsb $465,787,141
  Candidate Libertarian 10,968 1.08% former New Mexico Governor Gary Earl Johnson
Vice President: James P. "Jim" Gray

FEC P20002671; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,575,529; Dsb $2,572,585
  Candidate None of these candidates 5,770 0.57% None of these candidates
  Candidate Independent American 3,240 0.32% former Congressman Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr.
FEC P20004685; 26 Nov 12; Tot $202,258; Dsb $202,253
Total 1,014,918 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1
Seat up for election
Republican Senator Dean Heller
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First appointed: 3 May 2011.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 12 June 2012 Primary
  Elected Republican 457,656 45.87% 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; 26 Nov 12; Tot $9,341,391; Dsb $9,101,891
  Candidate Democratic 446,080 44.71% Congressman Shelley Berkley
14 April 2011: Announced she is running for the Senate Class 1 seat in 2012.

FEC S2NV00209; 26 Nov 12; Tot $10,538,708; Dsb $11,590,088
  Candidate Independent American 48,792 4.89% David Lory VanderBeek
FEC S2NV00274
  Candidate None of these candidates 45,277 4.54% None of these candidates
Total 997,805 100.00%  
  
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. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Brian K. Krolicki
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

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 (2 Renominated)

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.
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Democratic 113,967 63.57% former Congressman Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus
FEC H8NV03036; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,205,545; Dsb $1,152,044
  Candidate Republican 56,521 31.53% Christopher Thomas "Chris" Edwards
FEC H2NV01207; 26 Nov 12; Tot $183,671; Dsb $90,026
  Candidate Libertarian 4,645 2.59% William G. "Bill" Pojunis
FEC H2NV01231
  Candidate Independent American 4,145 2.31% Stan Brian Vaughan
FEC H2NV01256; 12 Nov 12; Tot $12,800; Dsb $19,200
Total 179,278 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 2
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Mark Eugene Amodei
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
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
  Elected Republican 162,213 57.63% Congressman Mark Eugene Amodei
FEC H2NV02395; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,314,808; Dsb $1,104,962
  Candidate Democratic 102,019 36.25% Samuel "Sam" Koepnick
FEC H2NV02478
  Candidate Independent 11,166 3.97% Michael L. Haines
FEC H2NV02452
  Candidate Independent American 6,051 2.15% Russell Best
FEC H0NV02167; 09 Nov 12; Tot $7,617; Dsb $7,617
Total 281,449 100.00%  

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 3
Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Joseph John "Joe" Heck
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 12 June 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Republican 137,244 50.36% Congressman Joseph John "Joe" Heck
FEC H0NV03058; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,422,058; Dsb $2,281,573
  Candidate Democratic 116,823 42.87% state Assemblyman John Oceguera
FEC H2NV00035; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,531,053; Dsb $1,526,030
  Candidate Independent 12,856 4.72% James Thomas "Jim" Murphy, Sr.
FEC H2NV03138
  Candidate Independent American 5,600 2.05% Tom Jones
FEC H2NV03120
Total 272,523 100.00%  

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
  Elected Democratic 120,501 50.11% state Senator Steven Alexzander Horsford
FEC H2NV04011; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,686,785; Dsb $1,673,711
  Candidate Republican 101,261 42.11% Danny Tarkanian
FEC S0NV00203; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,564,260; Dsb $1,531,112
  Candidate Independent American 9,389 3.90% Floyd Fitzgibbons
FEC H8NV03085
  Candidate Libertarian 9,341 3.88% Joseph P. "Joe" Silvestri
FEC H4NV03076
Total 240,492 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Secretary of State Ross Miller
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Treasurer Kate Marshall
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Controller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Controller Kim R. Wallin
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Controller is unaffected by the State's term limit.
 

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, 6 candidates
  Republican: 5 incumbents, 6 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Libertarian: 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Independent American (affiliate of Constitution): 6 candidates
Independents
  Independent: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  None of these candidates: 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.


 


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