David Drew Knight
David Drew Knight (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Louisiana. He lost in the primary on November 3, 2020.
Knight was a 2016 independent candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 2nd Congressional District of Nevada.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2020
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Louisiana
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Louisiana on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Cassidy (R) | 59.3 | 1,228,908 |
 | Adrian Perkins (D) | 19.0 | 394,049 | |
 | Derrick Edwards (D)  | 11.1 | 229,814 | |
 | Antoine Pierce (D) | 2.7 | 55,710 | |
 | Dustin Murphy (R) | 1.9 | 38,383 | |
 | David Drew Knight (D) | 1.8 | 36,962 | |
 | Beryl Billiot (Independent) | 0.8 | 17,362 | |
 | John Paul Bourgeois (Independent) | 0.8 | 16,518 | |
 | Peter Wenstrup (D) | 0.7 | 14,454 | |
 | Aaron Sigler (L) | 0.5 | 11,321 | |
 | M.V. Mendoza (Independent) | 0.4 | 7,811 | |
| Melinda Mary Price (Independent) | 0.4 | 7,680 | ||
 | Jamar Myers-Montgomery (Independent) | 0.3 | 5,804 | |
 | Reno Jean Daret III (Independent) | 0.2 | 3,954 | |
 | Xan John (Independent) | 0.1 | 2,813 | |
| Total votes: 2,071,543 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Greg Fitch (Independent)
- Dartanyon Williams (D)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Nevada
Jacky Rosen defeated incumbent Dean Heller, Barry Michaels, Tim Hagan, and Kamau Bakari in the general election for U.S. Senate Nevada on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jacky Rosen (D) | 50.4 | 490,071 |
 | Dean Heller (R) | 45.4 | 441,202 | |
 | Barry Michaels (Independent) | 1.0 | 9,269 | |
 | Tim Hagan (L) | 0.9 | 9,196 | |
 | Kamau Bakari (Independent American Party) | 0.7 | 7,091 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 15,303 | ||
| Total votes: 972,132 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Richard Charles (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Nevada
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Nevada on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jacky Rosen | 82.9 | 110,567 |
| David Drew Knight | 4.8 | 6,346 | |
 | Allen Rheinhart | 3.6 | 4,782 | |
 | Jesse Sbaih | 3.4 | 4,540 | |
 | Bobby Mahendra | 2.9 | 3,835 | |
| Daniel Burleigh | 2.4 | 3,244 | ||
| Total votes: 133,314 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Nevada
Incumbent Dean Heller defeated Tom Heck, Sherry Brooks, Sarah Gazala, and Vic Harrell in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Nevada on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dean Heller | 73.0 | 99,509 |
 | Tom Heck | 19.3 | 26,296 | |
| Sherry Brooks | 3.8 | 5,145 | ||
 | Sarah Gazala | 2.9 | 4,011 | |
| Vic Harrell | 0.9 | 1,282 | ||
| Total votes: 136,243 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Danny Tarkanian (R)
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Mark Amodei (R) defeated Chip Evans (D), John Everhart (Independent American), and Drew Knight (Independent) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Amodei faced no opposition in the Republican primary, while Evans defeated Vance Alm and Rick Shepherd to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on June 14, 2016.[2][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Mark Amodei Incumbent |
58.3% | 182,676 | |
| Democratic | Chip Evans | 36.9% | 115,722 | |
| Independent American | John Everhart | 2.8% | 8,693 | |
| No Party | Drew Knight | 2% | 6,245 | |
| Total Votes | 313,336 | |||
| Source: Nevada Secretary of State | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Chip Evans |
45.1% | 11,333 | ||
| Rick Shepherd | 35.8% | 8,983 | ||
| Vance Alm | 19.1% | 4,803 | ||
| Total Votes | 25,119 | |||
| Source: Nevada Secretary of State |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Drew Knight did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Filed Non-Judicial Candidates," accessed March 19, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Filed Non-Judicial Candidates," accessed March 19, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "Nevada Primary Results," June 14, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2016 Master Statewide Certified List of Candidates," accessed September 7, 2016
