Nevada judicial election recap, 2012
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November 28, 2012
Nevada: This year, three justices on the Nevada Supreme Court were up for retention. Michael Cherry, Michael Douglas, and Nancy Saitta were all retained by a comfortable margin, each earning at least 73% of votes in their favor.
At the trial court level, candidates competed for seats on the Nevada District Courts and the Nevada Justice Courts. There were 10 positions up for election on the district courts this year, and every single one of those races was won by the incumbent candidate. Three of the races were decided in the primary election on June 12, with the other seven decided in the November general election. Of the 10 victorious incumbents, four of them were unopposed in their bids to maintain their seats. At the other end of the spectrum, a grand total of nine candidates ran for a single seat on the Eighth Judicial District Court, a seat that was eventually won by incumbent Kerry Earley with only 19.91% of the vote.
This year, there were 49 seats up for election on the Nevada Justice Courts. Seventeen of those races were uncontested and featured incumbents successfully holding their seats. In the contested races, 18 incumbents maintained their positions, while four of them were defeated by newcomers:
- Brian E. Boatman defeated incumbent Reese F. Melville (Eastline Justice Court)
- Karen Stephens defeated incumbent James D. Evans (Lake Township Justice Court)
- Cynthia Dustin-Cruz defeated incumbent William D. Jansen (Las Vegas Township Justice Court)
- Eileen Herrington defeated incumbent Jack McGuffey (Virginia Township Justice Court)
Among the 14 other newcomers to the justice courts are Lefette Norcutt (Union Township Justice Court), Jennifer Klapper (Tonopah Township Justice Court), Pierre A. Hascheff (Reno Township Justice Court), Kalani Hoo (North Las Vegas Justice Court), Ryan W. Toone (Mesquite Township Justice Court), and Ron Kent (Pahrump Township Justice Court).
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