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	Nevada Lieutenant Governor
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	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$72,367
2025 FY Budget:	$845,294
Term limits:	2 terms
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Nevada Constitution, Article V, Section 17
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder(s)
	Lieutenant Governor of Nevada Stavros Anthony; Republican Party; Assumed office: January 2, 2023
	Elections
Next election:	November 3, 2026
Last election:	November 8, 2022
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The Lieutenant Governor of Nevada is an elected constitutional officer, the second ranking officer of the executive branch and the first officer in line to succeed the Governor of Nevada. The lieutenant governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and is limited to two terms.^[1]

Current officeholder

See also: Current Lieutenant Governors

The current Lieutenant Governor of Nevada is Stavros Anthony (R). Anthony assumed office in 2023.

Authority

The Nevada Constitution establishes the office of the lieutenant governor in Article V, the Executive Department.

Under Article V, Section 17:

A Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the same time and places and in the same manner as the Governor and his term of Office, and his eligibility, shall also be the same....

Qualifications

Candidates for lieutenant governor must be:^[2]

at least 25 years old
a registered elector
a resident of Nevada for at least two years

Elections

Nevada state government organizational chart

See also: Gubernatorial election cycles by state

See also: Election of lieutenant governors

Nevada elects lieutenant governors in the midterm elections, that is, even years that are not presidential election years (e.g. 2018, 2022, 2026, 2030). Legally, the lieutenant gubernatorial inauguration is always set for the first Monday in the January following an election.

Term limits

Term limits for the lieutenant governor are laid out in Article 5, Section 17 of the Nevada Constitution, which defines the lieutenant governor's term limits as matching those of the governor.

Nevada Constitution, Article 5, Section 17:

A Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the same time and places and in the same manner as the Governor and his term of Office, and his eligibility, shall also be the same. He shall be President of the Senate, but shall only have a casting vote therein. If during a Vacancy of the office of Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall be impeached, displaced, resign, die, or become incapable of performing the duties of the office, or be absent from the State, the President pro-tempore of the Senate shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability cease.

Term limits for the governor are laid out in Article 5, Section 3 of the Nevada Constitution, which prohibits a governor from serving more than two terms.

Nevada Constitution, Article 5, Section 3:

No person shall be eligible to the Office of Governor, who is not a qualified elector, and who, at the time of such election, has not attained the age of twenty five years; and who shall not have been a citizen resident of this State for two years next preceding the election; nor shall any person be elected to the Office of Governor more than twice; and no person who has held the Office of Governor, or acted as Governor for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected Governor shall be elected to the Office of Governor more than once.

2022

See also: Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

Stavros Anthony defeated incumbent Lisa Cano Burkhead, Javi Tachiquin, Bill Hoge, and Trey Delap in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stavros Anthony (R)	49.4	500,994
		Lisa Cano Burkhead (D)	45.8	463,871
		Javi Tachiquin (L)	1.1	11,471
	Submit photo	Bill Hoge (Independent American Party)	0.8	8,397
		Trey Delap (Nonpartisan)	0.8	7,931
		Other/Write-in votes	2.1	21,241

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,013,905
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

Incumbent Lisa Cano Burkhead defeated Debra March, Kimi Cole, and Eva Chase in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada on June 14, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lisa Cano Burkhead	57.7	98,746
	Debra March	23.6	40,344
	Kimi Cole	8.2	14,065
	Eva Chase	4.2	7,212
	Other/Write-in votes	6.3	10,853

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 171,220
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada on June 14, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Stavros Anthony	30.7	68,232
	Tony Grady	24.9	55,246
	John Miller	16.1	35,805
	Dan Schwartz	12.3	27,331
	Mack Miller	3.9	8,588
	M. Kameron Hawkins	2.2	4,971
	Peter Pavone	1.7	3,692
	Other/Write-in votes	8.3	18,374

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 222,239
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