Janine Hansen

Janine Hansen (Independent American Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Nevada. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Nevada

Incumbent Jacky Rosen defeated Sam Brown, Janine Hansen, and Chris Cunningham in the general election for U.S. Senate Nevada on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jacky Rosen (D)	47.9	701,105
	Sam Brown (R)	46.2	677,046
	Janine Hansen (Independent American Party)	1.5	21,316
	Chris Cunningham (L)	1.4	20,881
	Other/Write-in votes	3.0	44,380

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,464,728
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Christopher Okubo (L)
Chris Mazlo (No Political Party)
Joseph Destin (No Political Party)
Allen Rheinhart (No Political Party)
Bradley Scott Wing (No Political Party)
Ed Uehling (No Political Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Nevada

Incumbent Jacky Rosen defeated Troy Walker and Mike Schaefer in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Nevada on June 11, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jacky Rosen	92.3	144,090
	Troy Walker	3.8	5,899
	Mike Schaefer	2.3	3,521
	Other/Write-in votes	1.7	2,677

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 156,187
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Nevada

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Nevada on June 11, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sam Brown	60.8	103,102
		Jeff Gunter	14.7	24,987
		Jim Marchant	6.6	11,190
		Tony Grady	5.6	9,565
		William Conrad	3.6	6,038
		Stephanie Phillips	2.3	3,828
		Garn Mabey	1.1	1,818
		Ronda Kennedy	1.1	1,786
		Barry Lindemann	0.5	852
		Eddie Hamilton	0.3	478
	Submit photo	Vincent Geronimo Rego	0.2	311
	Submit photo	Gary Marinch	0.1	231
		Other/Write-in votes	3.1	5,304

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 169,490
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Endorsements

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2022

General election

General election for Nevada Secretary of State

Cisco Aguilar defeated Jim Marchant, Janine Hansen, and Ross Crane in the general election for Nevada Secretary of State on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cisco Aguilar (D)	48.9	496,569
	Jim Marchant (R)	46.7	473,467
	Janine Hansen (Independent American Party)	1.7	17,472
	Ross Crane (L)	0.9	8,821
	Other/Write-in votes	1.8	18,144

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,014,473
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Cisco Aguilar advanced from the Democratic primary for Nevada Secretary of State.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ellen Spiegel (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Nevada Secretary of State

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Nevada Secretary of State on June 14, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jim Marchant	37.6	82,843
	Jesse Haw	20.3	44,778
	Richard Scotti	15.9	34,984
	Kristopher Dahir	6.9	15,204
	John Cardiff Gerhardt	4.9	10,815
	Gerard Ramalho	4.2	9,325
	Socorro Keenan	1.8	4,025
	Other/Write-in votes	8.3	18,245

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 220,219
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2020

Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 9 Republican primary)

Nevada's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 9 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Nevada District 2

Incumbent Mark Amodei defeated Patricia Ackerman and Janine Hansen in the general election for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mark Amodei (R)	56.5	216,078
	Patricia Ackerman (D)	40.7	155,780
	Janine Hansen (Independent American Party)	2.8	10,815

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 382,673
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Richard Dunn (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patricia Ackerman	48.9	26,411
		Clint Koble	22.8	12,315
		Ed Cohen	13.3	7,186
		Rick Shepherd	7.4	3,998
	Submit photo	Reynaldo Hernandez	5.2	2,790
		Steve Schiffman	1.8	974
	Submit photo	Ian Luetkehans	0.6	338

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,012
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2

Incumbent Mark Amodei defeated Joel Beck and Jesse Hurley in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2 on June 9, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mark Amodei	80.8	61,462
	Joel Beck	14.9	11,308
	Jesse Hurley	4.3	3,307

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 76,077
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2018

See also: Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

Kate Marshall defeated Michael Roberson, Janine Hansen, and Ed Uehling in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kate Marshall (D)	50.4	486,381
	Michael Roberson (R)	43.7	421,697
	Janine Hansen (Independent American Party)	2.5	23,893
	Ed Uehling (Independent)	1.1	10,435
	Other/Write-in votes	2.4	23,537

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 965,943
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

Kate Marshall defeated Laurie Hansen in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kate Marshall	75.3	93,795
	Submit photo	Laurie Hansen	24.7	30,709

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 124,504
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

Michael Roberson defeated Brent Jones, Eugene Hoover, Gary Anthony Meyers, and Scott LaFata in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada on June 12, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michael Roberson	52.8	63,675
	Brent Jones	20.7	24,899
	Eugene Hoover	13.2	15,918
	Gary Anthony Meyers	7.6	9,153
	Scott LaFata	5.7	6,854

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 120,499
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2016

See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Nevada State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 18, 2016.

Incumbent Peter Goicoechea defeated Janine Hansen in the Nevada State Senate District 19 general election.^[1]^[2]

Nevada State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peter Goicoechea Incumbent	72.96%	36,877
	Independent American	Janine Hansen	27.04%	13,664
Total Votes				50,541
Source: Nevada Secretary of State

Incumbent Peter Goicoechea ran unopposed in the Nevada State Senate District 19 Republican primary.^[3]^[4]

Nevada State Senate District 19, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Peter Goicoechea Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Nevada's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

Hansen ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Nevada's 2nd District. Hansen was defeated by incumbent Mark Amodei (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.^[5]

**U.S. House, Nevada District 2 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark Amodei Incumbent	65.7%	122,402
	Democratic	Kristen Spees	27.9%	52,016
	Independent American	Janine Hansen	6.3%	11,792
Total Votes				186,210
Source: Nevada Secretary of State

2012

See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2012

Hansen ran in the 2012 election for Nevada State Senate, District 19. Hansen ran unopposed in the June 12 primary election and was defeated by Peter Goicoechea (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

**Nevada State Senate, District 19, General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pete Goicoechea	57%	25,287
	Democratic	Harley Kulkin	23.5%	10,427
	Independent American	Janine Hansen	19.5%	8,675
Total Votes				44,389

2010

See also: Nevada State Assembly elections, 2010

Hansen was defeated in the November 2, 2010, general election. Her opponents in the November 2 general election were Michael McFarlane (D) and John Ellison (R).

Campaign themes

2024

Campaign finance summary

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Janine Hansen campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. Senate Nevada	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2022	Nevada Secretary of State	Lost general	$700	$0
2020	U.S. House Nevada District 2	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$700	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Nevada's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Catherine Masto (D)

Jacky Rosen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Dina Titus (D)

District 2

Mark Amodei (R)

District 3

Susie Lee (D)

District 4

Steven Horsford (D)

Democratic Party (5)

Republican Party (1)

[glist16-1] Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Master Statewide Certified List of Candidates," accessed August 19, 2016

[2] Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 25, 2016

[plist16-3] Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Election Certified List of Candidates," accessed May 16, 2016

[presults16-4] Nevada Secretary of State, "Official Primary election results," accessed August 22, 2016

[huffpost14-5] The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014

[6] Nevada Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Candidates," accessed May 6, 2014

[7] Clark County, "2012 Primary Candidates," accessed June 14, 2012

[8] Washoe County, "2012 General Election candidates," accessed May 5, 2014(Archived)

[9] Nevada Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed November 10, 2012 (dead link)

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Janine Hansen

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Nevada

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Nevada

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Nevada

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Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for Nevada Secretary of State

Democratic primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Nevada Secretary of State

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Nevada District 2

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 2

2018

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

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Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

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