Sam Peters defeated Annie Black and Chance Bonaventura in the June 14 Republican primary for Nevada's 4th Congressional District. As of May 2022, Black and Peters led in fundraising, media coverage, and endorsements, including an endorsement for both candidates from the Nevada Republican Party.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Black was a real estate agent and business owner. She served on the Mesquite City Council from 2018 to 2020, and was elected to the Nevada State Assembly in 2020 to represent Assembly District 19.^[4] Black's campaign website said “Biden-Horsford economic policies are destroying our state and bankrupting Nevadans. I’m running for Congress to get our economy going again.”^[5] Two members of the U.S. House, Rep. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.) and House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), endorsed Black and the National Republican Congressional Committee selected Black as an On the Radar candidate.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Peters was a U.S. Air Force veteran and owned a risk management firm.^[9] In 2020, Peters ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House in Nevada’s 4th and was defeated 35% to 28% by Jim Marchant (R). A Peters campaign ad said Peters “is running for Congress to finish President Trump’s wall, stop illegal immigration, defend our rights, and take on the socialists.”^[10] Two members of the U.S. House Freedom Caucus, Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), and former Nevada Governor Robert List (R) endorsed Peters.^[11]

The Record-Courier published questionnaires where the candidates discussed their qualifications for the position. Black said, "I’ve won four out of the five campaigns I’ve been in – including knocking off a three-term incumbent in 2020. I’m battle-tested with a proven and successful campaign track record while neither [of] my opponents has yet to win a race." Black said, "I voted – despite intense pressure and opposition from the Democrats, the media, lobbyists and even some of my fellow Republicans – exactly as I said I would when asking voters for their trust to represent them in Carson City."^[12]

Peters said, "I’m a better candidate than my opponents because none of the candidates in this race, including the incumbent, can say any of what I just listed. I have foreign experience, federal law and process improvement experience, I have business experience, I’ve signed the front and back of paychecks, and I have school age children that drive me to fight for this country. Ultimately, my experience is broader, my education is greater and my service in high stress/risk environments and success in those environments is proven and unmatched."^[12]

As of May 2022, Inside Elections and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated the general election as Lean Democratic, and The Cook Political Report viewed the race as a Toss-up. According to FiveThirtyEight, Nevada’s 4th had a D+5 lean after the 2020 redistricting cycle, while the old district had an R+1 lean. A partisan lean indicates the difference between how a state or district votes and how the country votes overall.^[13]

The winner of the Republican primary faced incumbent Rep. Steven Horsford (D) in the general election. The Democratic primary was canceled since Horsford was the only candidate to file in the race.

Chance Bonaventura (R) completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. To read those survey responses, click here.

This page focuses on Nevada's 4th Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 4

Sam Peters defeated Annie Black and Chance Bonaventura in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 4 on June 14, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sam Peters	47.7	20,956
	Annie Black	41.5	18,249
	Chance Bonaventura	10.8	4,748

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,953
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jessie Vargas (R)
Tony Lane (R)

Candidate comparison

Candidate profiles

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Annie Black

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office:

Nevada State Assembly (Assumed office: 2020)
Mesquite City Council (2018-2020)

Biography: Black was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. She graduated from Bonanza High School. Black had worked in real estate for 20 years as the owner of Annie Black Real Estate.

Key Messages

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In her campaign announcement, Black said “The Nevada I know and love is the land of opportunity, but the Biden-Horsford economic policies are destroying our state and bankrupting Nevadans.” She said she would work to address inflation, small business regulations, and unemployment.

Regarding her political experience, Black said, “Don’t get woo’ed by all hat/no cattle politicians who trot out all kinds of grandiose plans on paper but who’ve never actually fought in the legislative arena. [...] I didn’t just talk the talk. I fought for you all day, every day.”

Black said she was “running as a limited government, low tax, pro-life, pro-gun, school choice, border security, free-market conservative.”

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Sources: Reno Gazette Journal, "Annie Black, anti-COVID mandate Nevada lawmaker who joined Jan. 6 march, to run for Congress," January 5, 2022; Annie Black's campaign website, "Issues," accessed May 27, 2022; Annie Black's campaign website, "When DeSantis Speaks, Conservative Republicans Should Listen," May 11, 2022; Annie Black's campaign website, "WARNING: Beware of Double-Talking, Bait-and-Switch “Charlie Brown” Republicans," May 6, 2022; Annie Black's campaign website, "Meet Annie," accessed May 27, 2022; LinkedIn, "Annie Black," accessed May 27, 2022

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Nevada District 4 in 2022.

Chance Bonaventura

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "Chance Bonaventura is a 3rd generation Nevadan, born and raised in Las Vegas."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

Take Back Nevada's Lands

Lower National Debt

Ensure Election Integrity

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Nevada District 4 in 2022.

Sam Peters

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Biography: Peters received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice administration from Park University and a master’s degree in administration from Central Michigan University. He was a veteran, and owned Peters Family Insurance, a risk management firm.

Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

On his campaign website, Peters said, “The border wall is vital, but only the beginning. The activity at the southern border is a national emergency and a crisis that must be faced, not ignored. It is time to return to policy that keeps illegal immigrants outside of our country.”

Peters said he would work to reduce government spending. He said he would support a “Balanced Budget Amendment, to end wasteful spending, and to stop funding organizations that do our country harm domestically and abroad.”

Peters said his experience as a veteran and business owner would help him in Congress. In a campaign ad, Peters said “I’ve been to the combat zone, and now I’m ready to go to Washington and fight the socialists.”

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Sources: Sam Peters' campaign website, "Issues," accessed May 27, 2022; YouTube, "Sam Peters For Congress," April 5, 2022; Ballotpedia, "Sam Peters," accessed May 27, 2022

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Nevada District 4 in 2022.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Chance Bonaventura (R)

Take Back Nevada's Lands

Lower National Debt

Ensure Election Integrity

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Chance Bonaventura (R)

Lowering our National Debt, Reducing Federal "red tape", Election Integrity, Defending the 2nd amendment, National Security, limiting federal overreach into State rights. Securing our Southern Border, Ending Abuse of Social Welfare Programs.

Campaign advertisements

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Annie Black

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Chance Bonaventura

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Sam Peters

April 5, 2022

August 21, 2021

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Endorsements

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Election competitiveness

Polls

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Race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[14]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[15]^[16]^[17]

Race ratings: Nevada's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Election spending

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.^[18] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.^[19] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report	Close of books	Filing deadline
Year-end 2021	12/31/2021	1/31/2022
April quarterly	3/31/2022	4/15/2022
July quarterly	6/30/2022	7/15/2022
October quarterly	9/30/2022	10/15/2022
Pre-general	10/19/2022	10/27/2022
Post-general	11/28/2022	12/08/2022
Year-end 2022	12/31/2022	1/31/2023

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Annie Black	Republican Party	$367,201	$365,939	$1,261	As of July 9, 2022
Chance Bonaventura	Republican Party	$9,743	$9,743	$0	As of July 2, 2022
Sam Peters	Republican Party	$1,964,060	$1,930,638	$36,958	As of December 31, 2022
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.^[20]^[21]^[22]

If available, links to satellite spending reports by the Federal Election Commission and OpenSecrets.org are linked below. Any satellite spending reported in other resources is displayed in a table. This table may not represent the actual total amount spent by satellite groups in the election. Satellite spending for which specific amounts, dates, or purposes are not reported are marked "N/A." To help us complete this information, or to notify us of additional satellite spending, email us.

By candidate	By election
Federal Election Commission - Annie Black Federal Election Commission - Chance Bonaventura Federal Election Commission - Sam Peters	Open Secrets - Nevada's 4th Congressional District Federal Election Commission - Nevada's 4th Congressional District

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

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Nevada's 4th Congressional District
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: March 18, 2022
	Primary: June 14, 2022; General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Voting in Nevada
Race ratings
	Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): D+3; Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic; Inside Elections: Lean Democratic; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
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Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

Nevada District 4
until January 2, 2023

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Nevada District 4
starting January 3, 2023

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Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Nevada after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.^[23] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.^[24]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Nevada
District	2022 district		Political predecessor district
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
Nevada's 1st	53.2%	44.7%	61.5%	36.4%
Nevada's 2nd	43.1%	54.1%	43.6%	53.6%
Nevada's 3rd	52.4%	45.7%	49.1%	48.9%
Nevada's 4th	53.0%	44.8%	50.9%	47.0%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Nevada.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Nevada in 2022. Information below was calculated on April 6, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

In 2022, 38 candidates filed to run in Nevada’s four U.S. House districts, including 21 Republicans, 12 Democrats, and five independent or third party candidates. That’s 9.5 candidates per district, less than the 10.0 candidates per district in 2020 and 10.5 candidates per district in 2018.

This was the first candidate filing deadline under new district lines following Nevada's decennial redistricting process. Nevada was apportioned four congressional districts, the same number it had after the 2010 census. Since Democrats and Republicans filed to run in every district, none were guaranteed to one party or the other at the time of the filing deadline.

All four incumbents filed for re-election and, of that total, three drew primary challengers leaving Rep. Steven Horsford (D) as the only incumbent uncontested in a primary. In Nevada, uncontested primaries are canceled, meaning Horsford was guaranteed to advance to the general election.

With all four incumbents seeking re-election, this left no open districts. The last time Nevada had an open U.S. House district was in 2018 with two.

The 2nd district drew the most candidate filings with 14 candidates running. This included five Republicans, including incumbent Rep. Mark Amodei, seven Democrats, and two third party candidates.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Nevada's 4th the 191st most Democratic district nationally.^[25]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Nevada's 4th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
53.0%	44.8%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Nevada, 2020

Nevada presidential election results (1900-2020)

17 Democratic wins
14 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	D	R	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Nevada and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019. {{{Demo widget}}}

State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Nevada's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Nevada, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	3	5
Republican	0	1	1
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	4	6

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Nevada's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Nevada, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Steve Sisolak
Lieutenant Governor	Lisa Cano Burkhead
Secretary of State	Barbara K. Cegavske
Attorney General	Aaron D. Ford

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Nevada State Legislature as of November 2022.

Nevada State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	12
	Republican Party	9
	Vacancies	0
Total		21

Nevada State Assembly

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	25
	Republican Party	16
	Vacancies	1
Total		42

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Nevada was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Nevada Party Control: 1992-2022
Five years of Democratic trifectas • Two years of Republican trifectas
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Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D
Senate	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D
House	D	D	D	S	S	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D

Election context

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Nevada in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Nevada, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Nevada	U.S. House	All candidates	N/A	$300.00	3/18/2022	Source

District history

2020

See also: Nevada's 4th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Nevada District 4

Incumbent Steven Horsford defeated Jim Marchant, Jonathan Royce Esteban, and Barry Rubinson in the general election for U.S. House Nevada District 4 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Steven Horsford (D)	50.7	168,457
	Jim Marchant (R)	45.8	152,284
	Jonathan Royce Esteban (L)	2.4	7,978
	Barry Rubinson (Independent American Party)	1.1	3,750

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 332,469
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 4

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 4 on June 9, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Steven Horsford	75.1	39,656
	Jennifer Eason	9.4	4,968
	Gabrielle D'Ayr	7.3	3,847
	Gregory Kempton	2.9	1,507
	Chris Colley	2.7	1,431
	George Brucato	2.7	1,424

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,833
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