Robert Leeds
Robert Leeds was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Nevada. Leeds was defeated by Joe Heck in the Republican primary.[1]
Leeds was a 2012 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 4th Congressional District of Nevada.
Biography
Leeds is the publisher of the Epic Publishing Company.[2]
Elections
2016
The race for Nevada's open U.S. Senate seat was one of Ballotpedia's nine competitive battleground races in 2016. Former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto (D) defeated U.S. Rep. Joe Heck (R), a doctor and brigadier general in the Army Reserve who served in Iraq, and four third-party candidates in the general election to win retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s (D) seat. Her victory on November 8, 2016, made her the first-ever Latina elected to the United States Senate.[3][4][5]
In her victory speech, Cortez Masto commented on her status as the first Latina elected to the Senate, saying, "It's not just about making history. Don't you think it is about time that we had diversity in the U.S. Senate? Don't you think it's about time that our government mirrors the people we serve every day?"[6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Catherine Cortez Masto |
47.1% | 521,994 | |
| Republican | Joe Heck | 44.7% | 495,079 | |
| N/A | None of these candidates | 3.8% | 42,257 | |
| Independent American | Tom Jones | 1.5% | 17,128 | |
| Independent | Thomas Sawyer | 1.3% | 14,208 | |
| Independent | Tony Gumina | 1% | 10,740 | |
| Independent | Jarrod Williams | 0.6% | 6,888 | |
| Total Votes | 1,108,294 | |||
| Source: Nevada Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Joe Heck |
64.9% | 74,524 | ||
| Sharron Angle | 22.8% | 26,146 | ||
| None of these candidates | 3.4% | 3,903 | ||
| Tom Heck | 3.1% | 3,567 | ||
| Eddie Hamilton | 1.8% | 2,057 | ||
| D'Nese Davis | 1.7% | 1,938 | ||
| Bill Tarbell | 1% | 1,179 | ||
| Robert Leeds | 0.6% | 662 | ||
| Juston Preble | 0.5% | 582 | ||
| Carlo Poliak | 0.2% | 279 | ||
| Total Votes | 114,837 | |||
| Source: Nevada Secretary of State |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Catherine Cortez Masto |
80.6% | 81,971 | ||
| Allen Rheinhart | 5.6% | 5,650 | ||
| None of these candidates | 5.4% | 5,501 | ||
| Liddo O'Briant | 4.8% | 4,842 | ||
| Bobby Mahendra | 3.7% | 3,764 | ||
| Total Votes | 101,728 | |||
| Source: Nevada Secretary of State |
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2012
Leeds ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Nevada's 4th District. He lost to Danny Tarkanian in the Republican primary on June 12, 2012.[7][8]
Primary results
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Danny Tarkanian |
31.5% | 7,605 |
| Barbara Cegavske | 27.7% | 6,674 |
| Kenneth Wegner | 21% | 5,069 |
| Dan Schwartz | 11.3% | 2,728 |
| Kiran Hill | 2.8% | 666 |
| Diana Anderson | 2.5% | 607 |
| Mike Delarosa | 1.5% | 370 |
| Sid Zeller | 1% | 252 |
| Robert X. Leeds | 0.7% | 165 |
| Total Votes | 24,136 | |
Campaign themes
2016
The following issues were listed on Leeds' campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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| —Robert Leeds' campaign website, http://robertxleedsforsenator.com/issues/ | ||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Time, "Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada Is U.S. Senate’s First Latina," accessed November 14, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Filed Non-Judicial Candidates," accessed March 19, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Master Statewide Certified List of Candidates," accessed September 7, 2016
- ↑ McClatchy DC, "Nevada's Cortez Masto breaks barrier as 1st Latina in Senate," accessed November 14, 2016
- ↑ C-SPAN Campaign 2012 "Nevada Primary Results," June 12, 2012
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2012 Congressional primary results," accessed May 5, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
