Nevada election preview, 2024

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Last updated: Oct. 6, 2024

Thousands of general elections are taking place across the United States on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include offices at the federal, state, and local levels. This is one of 50 pages in which Ballotpedia previews the elections happening in each state as part of the Daily Brew’s 50 states in 25 days series.

This page provides an overview of all elections happening in Nevada within our coverage scope on Nov. 5, 2024. Those elections include offices for one U.S. Senator, four U.S. Representatives, three Nevada Board of Regents members, four Nevada State Board of Education members, 10 state senators, 42 state assembly members, and three state supreme court justices. Additionally, there are seven statewide ballot measures on the ballot in Nevada. On this page, you will also find information regarding:

Voting information

See also: Voting in Nevada

Election information in Nevada: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 8, 2024
  • Online: Nov. 5, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

Yes

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: N/A
  • By mail: N/A by N/A
  • Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 19, 2024 to Nov. 1, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (MST/PST)


What's on the ballot?

2024 elections

See also: Nevada elections, 2024

Nevada voters will elect one U.S. Senator and four U.S. Representatives. All five incumbents are running for re-election.

Three seats, including two open seats, on the Board of Regents are up for election. The general election for District 9 was canceled after Incumbent Carol Del Carlo won the primary outright. Four seats on the State Board of Education, including one open seat, are also up for election.

All 42 seats in the state Assembly and 10 in the state Senate are up for election. There are 11 open seats in the state Assembly and four in the state Senate.

Three seats on the state supreme court are up for nonpartisan election. Incumbents are running unopposed for all three seats.

There are eight seats across two school boards up for election in Nevada. The districts these boards represent are part of the 475 school districts included in Ballotpedia's coverage of school board elections. This includes all school districts in the 100 largest cities by population and the 200 largest school districts by student enrollment.

Municipal elections will be held in two counties and five cities across Nevada. Those municipalities are part of the 80 counties and 82 cities included in Ballotpedia's coverage of municipal elections.

Below is a list of Nevada elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2024. Click the links to learn more about each type:

Nevada elections, 2024
Office Elections? More information
U.S. Senate Click here
U.S. House Click here
Congress special election
Governor
Other state executive Click here
State Senate Click here
State House Click here
Special state legislative
State Supreme Court Click here
Intermediate appellate courts
School boards Click here
Municipal government Click here
Recalls
Ballot measures Click here
Local ballot measures Click here

Legend: election(s) / — no elections
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Your ballot

See also: Sample Ballot Lookup

Noteworthy elections

As of Oct. 6, 2024, Ballotpedia has identified two elections as battleground races. Those are the races that we expect to have a meaningful effect on the balance of power in governments or to be particularly competitive or compelling.

Ballot measures

See also: Nevada 2024 ballot measures

There are seven statewide ballot measures on the ballot in Nevada.

Type Title Description Result Yes Votes No Votes

LRCA

Question 1 Removes the constitutional status of the Board of Regents, which oversees state universities, allowing the legislature to change the governing structure of these universities through statute

Defeated

615,415 (45%)

738,901 (55%)

LRCA

Question 2 Revise language in the state constitution related to public entities that benefit individuals with mental illness, blindness, or deafness

Approveda

897,821 (66%)

463,218 (34%)

CICA

Question 3 Establish top-five primaries and ranked-choice voting (RCV) for federal and state offices in Nevada

Defeated

664,011 (47%)

747,719 (53%)

LRCA

Question 4 Repeal language from the Nevada Constitution that allows the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as criminal punishments

Approveda

835,627 (61%)

543,236 (39%)

LRSS

Question 5 Amend the Sales and Use Tax of 1955 to provide a sales tax exemption for child and adult diapers

Approveda

942,828 (68%)

433,583 (32%)

CICA

Question 6 Provide for a state constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability

Approveda

905,170 (64%)

501,232 (36%)

CICA

Question 7 Require voters to present photo identification when voting in person or to provide the last four digits of their driver’s license or Social Security number when voting by mail

Approveda

1,031,153 (73%)

376,873 (27%)


There were 131 ballot measures on the ballot in Nevada from 1985 to 2022. Voters approved 82 measures and defeated 49.

State analysis

Partisan balance

Democrats represent three seat in Nevada's U.S. House delegation and Republicans represent one. In the U.S. House, Republicans have a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.

Both of Iowa's U.S. Senators—Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen—are Democrats. Democrats have a majority in the U.S. Senate. There are 47 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and four independents. Three independents caucus with the Democratic Party, and one other counts towards the Democratic majority for committee purposes.

Democrats have a 26-14 majority with two vacancies in the state House and a 13-7 majority with one vacancy in the state Senate. Democrats have had a majority in both chambers since 2017.

Because the governor is a Republican, Nevada is one of 10 states with a divided government. It has held this status since 2023, when the Gov. Joe Lombardo (R) assumed office.

Nevada's attorney general and secretary of state are Democrats. This makes Iowa one of five states with a divided government.

Past presidential election results in Nevada

See also: Presidential election in Nevada, 2024

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 88.6% of Nevadans lived in either Clark or Washoe County, the state's two Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 11.4% lived in one of 15 Solid Republican counties. Overall, Nevada was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Nevada following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

State legislative competitiveness

See also: Annual State Legislative Competitiveness Report: Vol. 14, 2024

Nevada had a Competitiveness Index of 42.4, ranking it 10th of the 44 states that held elections.

  • 15 of the 52 seats up for election were open (29%).
  • Eight of the 37 incumbents who ran for re-election faced contested primaries (22%).
  • 40 of the 52 seats up for election were contested by both major parties (77%).

2010-2024

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State Legislative Competitiveness Index in Nevada, 2010-2024
Year Open seats Incs. in contested primaries Major party competition Competitiveness Index Rank
2010 50.9% 19.2% 92.5% 54.2 2 / 44
2012 30.8% 33.3% 76.9% 47.0 6 / 44
2014 18.9% 30.2% 60.4% 36.5 11 / 44
2016 21.2% 41.5% 75.0% 45.9 4 / 44
2018 28.3% 21.1% 67.9% 39.1 18 / 44
2020 25.0% 17.9% 65.4% 36.1 15 / 44
2022 35.8% 38.2% 83.0% 52.3 3 / 44
2024 28.8% 21.6% 76.9% 42.4 10 / 44

In 2024

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State Legislative Competitiveness Index in Nevada, 2024
Chamber Open seats Incs. in contested primaries Major party competition Competitiveness Index
House 26.2% 16.1% 76.2% 39.5
Senate 40.0% 50.0% 80.0% 56.7
Total 28.8% 21.6% 76.9% 42.4

List of candidates

Federal Candidates
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Jacky Rosen
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Dina Titus
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Mark Amodei
Mark Amodei Incumbent
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Susie Lee
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Steven Horsford
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Carol Del Carlo Incumbent
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Amy Carvalho
Amy Carvalho Incumbent
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Angela Orr
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Rene Cantu
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Tim Hughes
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Rochelle Nguyen
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Dina Neal
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Carrie Buck
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Roberta Lange
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Dallas Harris
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Heidi Kasama
Heidi Kasama Incumbent
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Selena Torres
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Brittney Miller
Brittney Miller Incumbent
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Duy Nguyen
Duy Nguyen Incumbent
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Steve Yeager
Steve Yeager Incumbent
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Max Carter II Incumbent
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Brian Hibbetts
Brian Hibbetts Incumbent
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Erica Mosca
Erica Mosca Incumbent
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Thaddeus Yurek
Thaddeus Yurek Incumbent
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Elaine Marzola
Elaine Marzola Incumbent
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Melissa Hardy
Melissa Hardy Incumbent
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Rich DeLong
Rich DeLong Incumbent
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Reuben D'Silva
Reuben D'Silva Incumbent
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Natha Anderson
Natha Anderson Incumbent
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Jill Dickman
Jill Dickman Incumbent
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Alexis Hansen
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Bert Gurr
Bert Gurr Incumbent
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Gregory Hafen
Gregory Hafen Incumbent
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Shea Backus
Shea Backus Incumbent
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Gregory Koenig
Gregory Koenig Incumbent
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Ken Gray
Ken GrayCandidate Connection Incumbent
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Philip O'Neill
Philip O'Neill Incumbent
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Sandra Jauregui
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Tracy Brown-May
Tracy Brown-May Incumbent
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Elissa Cadish
Elissa Cadish Incumbent
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Patricia Lee
Patricia Lee Incumbent
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Lidia Stiglich
Lidia Stiglich Incumbent
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Lori Bagwell
Lori Bagwell Incumbent
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Michael Naft
Michael Naft Incumbent
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Alexis Hill
Alexis Hill Incumbent
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Clara Andriola Incumbent
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Brian Knudsen
Brian Knudsen Incumbent
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Olivia Diaz
Olivia Diaz Incumbent
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Kathleen Taylor Incumbent
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Miguel Martinez Incumbent
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Devon Reese Incumbent
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Diane Nicolet
Diane Nicolet Incumbent
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Jeff Church
Jeff ChurchCandidate Connection Incumbent
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Elizabeth Smith
Elizabeth SmithCandidate Connection Incumbent
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Alex Woodley Incumbent
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Maurice White Incumbent
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Lisa Schuette Incumbent
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James Seebock Incumbent
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Dan Shaw
Dan Shaw Incumbent
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Dan Stewart
Dan Stewart Incumbent
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Noreen Demonte Incumbent
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Tina Talim
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Erika Mendoza
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Jacob Reynolds Incumbent
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Paul M. Gaudet
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Kalani Hoo Incumbent
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Pierre Hascheff Incumbent
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