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United States Senate election in Nevada, 2022 (June 14 Democratic primary)

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U.S. Senate, Nevada
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 18, 2022
Primary: June 14, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
Pre-election incumbent:
Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Nevada
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Toss-up
Inside Elections: Toss-up
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
See also
U.S. Senate, Nevada
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th
Nevada elections, 2022
U.S. Congress elections, 2022
U.S. Senate elections, 2022
U.S. House elections, 2022

A Democratic Party primary took place on June 14, 2022, in Nevada to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the state's general election on November 8, 2022.

Incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Nevada.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
March 18, 2022
June 14, 2022
November 8, 2022


Heading into the election, the incumbent was Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat), who was first elected in 2016.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Nevada has a closed primary system where a voter must be affiliated with a party to vote in that party's primary. A voter may be able to affiliate or change their affiliation on the day of the primary.[1][2][3]

This page focuses on Nevada's United States Senate Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Nevada

Incumbent Catherine Cortez Masto defeated Corey Reid, Allen Rheinhart, and Stephanie Kasheta in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Nevada on June 14, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
 
90.9
 
159,694
Image of Corey Reid
Corey Reid Candidate Connection
 
2.6
 
4,491
Image of Allen Rheinhart
Allen Rheinhart
 
2.2
 
3,852
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Stephanie Kasheta
 
2.0
 
3,487
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.4
 
4,216

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 175,740
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Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[4] 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.[5] 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
Catherine Cortez Masto Democratic Party $67,156,703 $64,370,361 $3,006,896 As of December 31, 2022
Stephanie Kasheta Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Corey Reid Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Allen Rheinhart Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

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.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.


Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate 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. Senate candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Nevada U.S. Senate All candidates N/A $500.00 3/18/2022 Source

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections

See also: Presidential voting trends in Nevada and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Nevada, 2022
District Incumbent Party PVI
Nevada's 1st Dina Titus Electiondot.png Democratic D+3
Nevada's 2nd Mark Amodei Ends.png Republican R+8
Nevada's 3rd Susie Lee Electiondot.png Democratic D+1
Nevada's 4th Steven Horsford Electiondot.png Democratic D+3


2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, Nevada[6]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Nevada's 1st 53.2% 44.7%
Nevada's 2nd 43.1% 54.1%
Nevada's 3rd 52.4% 45.7%
Nevada's 4th 53.0% 44.8%


2012-2020

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.

Historical voting trends

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

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Nevada

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Nevada.

U.S. Senate election results in Nevada
Race Winner Runner up
2018 50.4%Democratic Party 45.4%Republican Party
2016 47.1%Democratic Party 44.7%Republican Party
2012 45.9%Republican Party 44.7%Democratic Party
2010 50.2%Democratic Party 44.6%Republican Party
2006 55.4%Republican Party 41.0%Democratic Party
Average 49.8 44.1

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Nevada

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Nevada.

Gubernatorial election results in Nevada
Race Winner Runner up
2018 49.4%Democratic Party 45.3%Republican Party
2014 70.6%Republican Party 23.9%Democratic Party
2010 53.4%Republican Party 41.6%Democratic Party
2006 47.9%Republican Party 43.9%Democratic Party
2002 68.2%Republican Party 22.0%Democratic Party
Average 57.9 35.3

State partisanship

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 Democratic Party Steve Sisolak
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Lisa Cano Burkhead
Secretary of State Republican Party Barbara K. Cegavske
Attorney General Democratic Party 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
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

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

Demographics

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

Demographic Data for Nevada
Nevada United States
Population 2,700,551 308,745,538
Land area (sq mi) 109,859 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 65.6% 72.5%
Black/African American 9.1% 12.7%
Asian 8.2% 5.5%
Native American 1.3% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.2%
Other (single race) 10.3% 4.9%
Multiple 4.9% 3.3%
Hispanic/Latino 28.7% 18%
Education
High school graduation rate 86.7% 88%
College graduation rate 24.7% 32.1%
Income
Median household income $60,365 $62,843
Persons below poverty level 13.1% 13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Nevada Legislature, "Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.287," accessed September 12, 2025
  2. ↑ Nevada Legislature, "Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.5847," accessed September 12, 2025
  3. ↑ Nevada Legislature, "Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.560," accessed September 12, 2025
  4. ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  5. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  6. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022


Nevada's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Catherine Masto (D)
Jacky Rosen (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
Susie Lee (D)
District 4
Democratic Party (5)
Republican Party (1)


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