Nevada held its general election on November 8, 2022, deciding 53 legislative seats and 6 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.
Highlights
- Voters split control of state government: a Republican took the governor's office, ending the Democratic trifecta, while Democrats grew both legislative majorities and reached a two-thirds supermajority in the Assembly.
- Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo (R) unseated Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) by about 1.5 points, making Sisolak the first Democrat to lose a re-election bid for governor since 1967. Republicans campaigned on inflation and the economy and COVID-era shutdowns, while Sisolak and other Democrats leaned on abortion rights.
- Democrats fell one seat short of a supermajority in the Senate, where two-thirds takes 14 votes. Every legislative seat that changed party went to Democrats, and all 3 were open:
- Down the ballot, voters split their tickets. Republicans flipped two offices: Las Vegas City Councilman Stavros Anthony (R) ousted Lt. Gov. Lisa Cano Burkhead (D), appointed less than a year earlier, and Matthews won the Democratic-held controller's office over Ellen Spiegel (D). Democrats answered in the open secretary of state's race, where Cisco Aguilar (D) beat Jim Marchant (R) by about 2 points; Marchant had built his campaign on unfounded claims of fraud in 2020. Attorney General Aaron Ford (D) won a second term over Sigal Chattah (R) by about 8, and Democrats also held the treasurer's office.
- No legislative incumbent lost; the only 2 defeated incumbents were statewide officeholders, Sisolak and Cano Burkhead. Only 7 legislative races lacked a candidate from one of the two major parties.
- Voters approved all 3 statewide questions: Question 1, adding protections against discrimination based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other traits to the state constitution; Question 2, raising the minimum wage to $12 an hour by mid-2024; and Question 3, creating open top-five primaries and ranked-choice general elections, which passed with about 53% and returned for a second vote in 2024.
Legislature
- Assembly (42 seats): 26 D, 16 R before the election, 28 D, 14 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
- Senate (21 seats): 12 D, 9 R before the election, 13 D, 8 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
Statewide races
Legislative races
| Race | Winner | Others | Notes |
|---|
| Assembly 1 | Daniele Monroe-Moreno (D) 54.8% | Garland Brinkley (R) 42.6%, Patrick McAtee-MacRae (Other) 2.6% | |
| Assembly 2 | Heidi Kasama (R) 54.3% | Nick Christenson (D) 44.3%, Jason Bednarz (L) 1.4% | |
| Assembly 3 | Selena Torres-Fossett (D) 55.3% | Joshua Lemack (R) 44.7% | |
| Assembly 4 | Richard McArthur (R) 62.62% | Darby Lee Burns (L) 37.38% | |
| Assembly 5 | Brittney Miller (D) 52.9% | Kelly Quinn (R) 45.5%, Ronald Morgan (L) 1.6% | |
| Assembly 6 | Shondra Summers-Armstrong (D) 81.4% | Kathryn Rios (R) 18.6% | |
| Assembly 7 | Cameron Miller (D) 63.5% | Anthony Palmer (R) 36.5% | |
| Assembly 8 | Duy Nguyen (D) 55.9% | Jenann Logan (R) 44.1% | |
| Assembly 9 | Steve Yeager (D) 53.2% | Ryan Fleming (R) 46.8% | |
| Assembly 10 | Rochelle Nguyen (D) 58.2% | Sandie Hernandez (R) 41.8% | |
| Assembly 11 | Beatrice Duran (D) 73.3% | Eric Krattiger (R) 26.7% | |
| Assembly 12 | Max Carter (D) 50.9% | Flemming Larsen (R) 49.1% | |
| Assembly 13 | Brian Hibbetts (R) 55.6% | Will Rucker (D) 44.4% | |
| Assembly 14 | Erica Mosca (D) 66% | Shawn Stamper (R) 34% | |
| Assembly 15 | Howard Watts (D) 62.5% | Steven Bang (R) 37.5% | |
| Assembly 16 | Cecelia González (D) 53.9% | Jesse "Jake" Holder (R) 46.1% | |
| Assembly 17 | Clara Thomas (D) 65.5% | Eugene Pawley III (R) 34.5% | |
| Assembly 18 | Venicia Considine (D) 60.4% | Christine DeCorte (R) 39.6% | |
| Assembly 19 | Thaddeus Yurek (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Assembly 20 | David Orentlicher (D) 59.4% | Stan Vaughan (R) 37.7%, Josiah LaRow (L) 2.8% | |
| Assembly 21 | Elaine Marzola (D) 52.4% | Jon Petrick (R) 47.6% | |
| Assembly 22 | Melissa Hardy (R) 58.5% | Rick Ramos (D) 41.5% | |
| Assembly 23 | Danielle Gallant (R) 58.9% | Elizabeth Brickfield (D) 39.6%, Mercy Manley (L) 1.5% | |
| Assembly 24 | Sarah Peters (D) 65.9% | Dorzell King Jr. (R) 34.1% | |
| Assembly 25 | Selena La Rue Hatch (D) 53.9% | Sam Kumar (R) 46.1% | Flipped R to D |
| Assembly 26 | Rich DeLong (R) 71.7% | Reed Mitchell (L) 28.3% | |
| Assembly 27 | Angie Taylor (D) 58.2% | Carmen Ortiz (R) 41.8% | |
| Assembly 28 | Reuben D'Silva (D) 67.4% | Clinton Brown (R) 32.6% | |
| Assembly 29 | Lesley E. Cohen (D) 53.1% | Rhonda Knightly (R) 46.9% | |
| Assembly 30 | Natha Anderson (D) 55.2% | Ricci Rodriguez-Elkins (R) 41.4%, Garrett McGeein (L) 3.4% | |
| Assembly 31 | Jill Dickman (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Assembly 32 | Alexis Hansen (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Assembly 33 | Bert Gurr (R) 80.9% | John Garrard (D) 19.1% | |
| Assembly 34 | Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (D) 56.1% | Stacy Butler (R) 43.9% | |
| Assembly 35 | Michelle Gorelow (D) 48.9% | Tiffany Jones (R) 47.4%, Mindy Robinson (L) 3.7% | |
| Assembly 36 | Greg Hafen (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Assembly 37 | Shea Backus (D) 50.5% | Jacob Deaville (R) 47.9%, Marc Tedoff (L) 1.6% | Flipped R to D |
| Assembly 38 | Gregory Koenig (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Assembly 39 | Ken Gray (R) 70.2% | Janice Noble (D) 29.8% | |
| Assembly 40 | Philip O'Neill (R) 58.8% | Shannon McDaniel (D) 38%, Sam Toll (L) 3.2% | |
| Assembly 41 | Sandra Jauregui (D) 51.8% | Paul Bodine (R) 46.1%, Sean McNamara (L) 2.2% | |
| Assembly 42 | Tracy Brown-May (D) 56.7% | Eddie Facey (R) 43.3% | |
| Senate 2 | Edgar Flores (D) 69.9% | Leo Henderson (R) 30.1% | |
| Senate 8 | Marilyn Dondero Loop (D) 50.7% | Joey Paulos (R) 49.3% | |
| Senate 9 | Melanie Scheible (D) 53.5% | Chris Brown (R) 46.5% | |
| Senate 10 | Fabian Doñate (D) 55.5% | Philip Graviet (R) 40.8%, Chris Cunningham (L) 3.6% | |
| Senate 12 | Julie Pazina (D) 52.5% | Cherlyn Arrington (R) 47.5% | Flipped R to D |
| Senate 13 | Skip Daly (D) 61.6% | Matthew Buehler (R) 38.4% | |
| Senate 14 | Ira Hansen (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 16 | Lisa Krasner (R) 60.3% | Aaron Sims (D) 39.7% | |
| Senate 17 | Robin Titus (R) 100% | Unopposed | |
| Senate 20 | Jeff Stone (R) 61.7% | Brent Foutz (D) 35.6%, Brandon Mills (L) 2.7% | |
| Senate 21 | James Ohrenschall (D) 55.8% | April Larsen (R) 44.2% | |
Ballot measures
| Measure | Description | Result |
|---|
| Question 1 | Prohibit the denial or abridgment of rights on account of an individual's race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, ancestry, or national origin | Passed (59% yes) |
| Question 2 | Increase the minimum wage to $12 by July 1, 2024 | Passed (55% yes) |
| Question 3 | Provide for open top-five primaries and ranked-choice voting for general elections | Passed (53% yes) |