The Green Papers: Nevada 2020 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 9 June 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Friday 13 March 2020 - Filing Deadline - All non-Judicial candidates .
Tuesday 9 June 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p PDT (1400-0200 UTC).
Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p PST (1500-0300 UTC).
 
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)
Capital:Carson City
 

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Nevada State and Local Government

Nevada 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


Nevada does not permit write-ins.

The Primary is for the Republican and Democratic Parties.

If the Primary race is uncontested, the candidate advances to the General Election and does not appear on the primary ballot. [NRS 293.260(3)(a).


2020 Election from the Nevada Secretary of State.

Primary returns from an official source.

Primary returns, results from a media source.

2020 Election (click on 2020 Statewide Certified List of Candidates for the General Election) from the Nevada Secretary of State.

Clark County Election Department.

3 November 2020 returns from the Nevada Secretary of State.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. 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 by State, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2020
 Candidate list (4, 1 write-in)
  Elected Democratic 703,486 50.06% former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.
for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris
(6 Electoral Votes)
FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521
  Candidate Republican 669,890 47.67% President Donald John Trump
for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence
FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436
  Candidate Libertarian 14,783 1.05% Jo Jorgensen
for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen
FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521
  Candidate None of these candidates 14,079 1.00% None of These Candidates
  Candidate Independent American 3,138 0.22% Don Blankenship
for Vice President: William Alan Mohr
FEC P00014209; 20 Dec 20; Tot $83,880; Dsb $83,880
Total 1,405,376 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 116th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Jacklyn S. "Jacky" Rosen
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Jacklyn S. "Jacky" Rosen
FEC S8NV00156

Class 3 Democratic Senator Catherine Marie Cortez Masto
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Stephen F. "Steve" Sisolak
First elected: 2018
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Kate Marshall
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

116th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Democratic (3 Renominated);
1 Republican (1 Renominated)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2012.
Previously elected to the U.S. House: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 137,868 61.77% Member of Congress Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus
FEC H8NV03036; 23 Nov 20; Tot $703,393; Dsb $573,958
  Candidate Republican 74,490 33.37% Joyce Bentley
FEC H8NV01261
  Candidate Independent American 6,190 2.77% Kamau Akil Bakari
FEC H0NV01268
  Candidate Libertarian 4,665 2.09% Robert Van Strawder, Jr.
FEC H0NV01243
Total 223,213 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Member of Congress Mark Eugene Amodei
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected in a Special Election: 13 September 2011 re: appointment of Member of Congress Dean Heller (Republican) to the U.S. Senate
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress
  Elected Republican 216,078 56.47% Member of Congress Mark Eugene Amodei
FEC H2NV02395; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,057,473; Dsb $1,018,546
  Candidate Democratic 155,780 40.71% Patricia Geraldene Ackerman
FEC H0NV02209; 23 Nov 20; Tot $453,881; Dsb $441,548
  Candidate Independent American 10,815 2.83% Janine Hansen
FEC H2NV02205
Total 382,673 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress Susan Kelley "Susie" Lee
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 203,421 48.75% Member of Congress Susan Kelley "Susie" Lee
FEC H6NV04020; 23 Nov 20; Tot $4,766,137; Dsb $4,713,023
  Candidate Republican 190,975 45.77% Daniel Stephen "Dan" "Big Dan" Rodimer
FEC H0NV03132; 31 Dec 20; Tot $3,146,558; Dsb $3,083,944
  Candidate Libertarian 12,315 2.95% Steven Paul "Steve" Brown
FEC H4NV04058
  Candidate Independent American 10,541 2.53% Edward Stafford "Ed" Bridges, II
FEC H0NV03066
Total 417,252 100.00%  

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress Steven Alexzander Horsford
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 168,457 50.67% Member of Congress Steven Alexzander Horsford
FEC H2NV04011; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,477,944; Dsb $2,954,779
  Candidate Republican 152,284 45.80% former Assemblymember James Carl "Jim" Marchant, Jr.
FEC H0NV04015; 31 Dec 20; Tot $1,584,919; Dsb $1,449,269
  Candidate Libertarian 7,978 2.40% Jonathan Royce Esteban
FEC H0NV04049; 30 Jun 20; Tot $2,788; Dsb $1,603
  Candidate Independent American 3,750 1.13% Barry Lewis Rubinson
FEC H0NV04171
Total 332,469 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Republican Secretary of State Barbara K. Cegavske
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Attorney General Aaron D. Ford
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Treasurer Zachary Beare "Zach" Conine
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Controller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

  Democratic Controller Catherine Byrne
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 10 incumbents, 6 candidates
  Republican: 2 incumbents, 5 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian: 4 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Independent American (affiliate of Constitution): 5 candidates
  Justice Party
  Right to Life
  Unity
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  None of these candidates: 1 candidate
 
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.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"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
  Nevada Secretary of State
  Nevada Secretary of State - Silver State Election
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Nevada Assembly
  Nevada Legislature
  Nevada Senate
Democratic
  Nevada Democratic Party
Republican
  Nevada Republican Party
Third Party
  Justice Party of Nevada
  Libertarian Party of Nevada
  Nevada Green Party
  Nevada Right to Life
  The Independent American Party of Nevada Note: The Independent American Party of Nevada is an affiliate of the Constitution Party and is has no ties to the national Independent American Party.
  The Unity Party of Nevada
Media & others
  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
  KVVU-TV - FOX - Henderson - Las Vegas
  Las Vegas Sun
  Muth's Truths - Las Vegas
  Politics1.com - Nevada
  The Nevada Independent - Las Vegas

 


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