2022 Nevada elections

2022 Nevada elections

November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)

The 2022 Nevada state elections took place on November 8, 2022. On that date, the State of Nevada held elections for the following offices: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Controller, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Nevada Senate, Nevada Assembly, and various others. In addition, several measures were on the ballot.

United States Senate

Main article: 2022 United States Senate election in Nevada

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto was re-elected to a second term by a very narrow margin over Republican challenger Adam Laxalt.^[1]

United States House of Representatives

Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada

All of Nevada's four seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2022, and all incumbents won re-election.

Governor

Main article: 2022 Nevada gubernatorial election

Incumbent Democratic governor Steve Sisolak ran for a second term. He was defeated by Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo.

Lieutenant governor

Main article: 2022 Nevada lieutenant governor election

Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Lisa Cano Burkhead sought a first full term. She was defeated by Las Vegas City Council member Stavros Anthony.

Attorney general

Main article: 2022 Nevada Attorney General election

Incumbent Democratic attorney general Aaron D. Ford ran for a second term. He defeated attorney Sigal Chattah.

Secretary of state

Main article: 2022 Nevada Secretary of State election

Incumbent Republican Barbara Cegavske was term-limited and could not seek a third term. Former Harry Reid staffer Cisco Aguilar defeated former Assemblyman Jim Marchant.

State Controller

Main article: 2022 Nevada State Controller election

Incumbent Democrat Catherine Byrne did not seek reelection. Republican Andy Matthews defeated Democrat Ellen Spiegel.

State treasurer

Main article: 2022 Nevada State Treasurer election

Incumbent Democrat Zach Conine sought a second term. He defeated former Las Vegas City Councilwoman, Michele Fiore.

State legislature

Main articles: 2022 Nevada State Senate election and 2022 Nevada Assembly election

Elections were held to half of the seats in the Nevada Senate and all of the seats in the Nevada Assembly. The Democratic Party held a majority in both houses.

Judiciary

Supreme Court

Two seats of the Nevada Supreme Court were up for election. Justices serve six-year terms.

Seat A

2022 Nevada Supreme Court Seat A election

Candidate Linda M. Bell None of these candidates Party Nonpartisan Popular vote 666,535 211,792 Percentage 75.9% 24.1%

Bell:      60–70%      70–80%

Nevada Supreme Court Justice before election James Hardesty Nonpartisan Elected Nevada Supreme Court Justice Linda M. Bell Nonpartisan

Incumbent justice James Hardesty announced he would retire and not seek re-election.^[2] Linda Bell, Chief Judge of the Eight Judicial District Court, was the only candidate to file, and was elected unopposed.^[3][4]

2022 Nevada Supreme Court election (Seat A)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Linda M. Bell	666,535	75.89%
	None of These Candidates		211,792	24.11%
Total votes			878,327	100.0%

Seat E

2022 Nevada Supreme Court Seat E election

Candidate Ron Parraguirre None of these candidates Party Nonpartisan Popular vote 651,496 222,899 Percentage 74.5% 25.5%

Parraguirre:      60–70%      70–80%

Nevada Supreme Court Justice before election Ron Parraguirre Nonpartisan Elected Nevada Supreme Court Justice Ron Parraguirre Nonpartisan

Justice Ron Parraguirre ran for re-election to another six-year term, and was reelected unopposed.^[4]

2022 Nevada Supreme Court election (Seat E)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Ron D. Parraguirre (incumbent)	651,496	74.51%
	None of These Candidates		222,899	25.49%
Total votes			874,395	100.0%

Court of Appeals

All three seats on the Nevada Court of Appeals were up for election. Judges serve six-year terms.

Department 1

Incumbent Judge Jerome Tao declined to seek re-election.^[6]

Candidates

• Rhonda Forsberg, Judge of the Eight Judicial District Court (Family Division, Department G)^[7]
• Deborah Westbrook, chief public defender of the Clark County Public Defender's Office^[7]

Results

2022 Nevada Court of Appeals election (Department 1)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Deborah Westbrook	459,818	51.44%
	Nonpartisan	Rhonda Forsberg	222,586	24.90%
	None of These Candidates		211,499	23.66%
Total votes			893,903	100.0%

Department 2

Incumbent Judge Michael Gibbons was reelected unopposed.^[4]

2022 Nevada Court of Appeals election (Department 2)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Michael Gibbons (incumbent)	651,985	74.72%
	None of These Candidates		220,597	25.49%
Total votes			872,582	100.0%

Department 3

Incumbent Judge Bonnie Bulla was reelected unopposed.^[4]

2022 Nevada Court of Appeals election (Department 3)^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Bonnie Bulla (incumbent)	639,507	73.54%
	None of These Candidates		230,071	26.46%
Total votes			869,578	100.0%

Ballot measures

Two ballot measures which would increase gaming and sales taxes and dedicate revenue to education were placed on the ballot after the Nevada Legislature chose to not act on them during the session. A Nevada Equal Rights Amendment which would prohibit discrimination based on an individual's race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, ancestry or national origin was also placed on the ballot.^[8][9] The third ballot measure would replace both the primary and voting systems with top-five-based Ranked-choice voting system.^{[10][11][12][13]}

Equal Rights Amendment

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	For amendment	Against amendment	Undecided
OH Predictive Insights[14]	September 20–29, 2022	741 (LV)	± 3.6%	62%	23%	15%
OH Predictive Insights[15]	July 8–19, 2022	924 (RV)	± 3.2%	72%	13%	15%

Results

State Question 1

November 8, 2022

Equal Rights Amendment

County results Precinct results Yes   90–100%   80–90%   70–80%   60–70%   50–60% No   90–100%   80–90%   70–80%   60–70%   50–60% Other   Tie   No data

State Question 1^[16]

Candidate		Votes	%
Yes		580,022	58.63%
No		409,228	41.37%
Total votes		989,250	100.00%

Minimum Wage Amendment

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	For amendment	Against amendment	Undecided
OH Predictive Insights[14]	September 20–29, 2022	741 (LV)	± 3.6%	63%	29%	7%

Results

State Question 2

November 8, 2022

Minimum Wage Amendment

County results Precinct results Yes   90–100%   80–90%   70–80%   60–70%   50–60% No   90–100%   80–90%   70–80%   60–70%   50–60% Other   Tie   No data

State Question 2^[16]

Candidate		Votes	%
Yes		545,828	55.18%
No		443,318	44.82%
Total votes		989,146	100.00%

Top-Five Ranked Choice Voting Initiative

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	For initiative	Against initiative	Undecided
OH Predictive Insights[14]	September 20–29, 2022	741 (LV)	± 3.6%	38%	40%	20%
OH Predictive Insights[15]	July 8–19, 2022	924 (RV)	± 3.2%	42%	27%	32%

Results

State Question 3

November 8, 2022

Top Five Ranked Choice Voting Initiative

County results Precinct results Yes   90–100%   80–90%   70–80%   60–70%   50–60% No   90–100%   80–90%   70–80%   60–70%   50–60% Other   Tie   No data

State Question 3^[16]

Candidate		Votes	%
Yes		524,868	52.94%
No		466,635	47.06%
Total votes		991,503	100.00%

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

References

1. Edmondson, Catie (November 13, 2022). "Cortez Masto Defends Nevada Seat, Securing Democrats' Hold on the Senate". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
2. Tang, Stanton (November 2, 2021). "Nevada Chief Justice James Hardesty to retire". KOLO News 8.
3. Newberg, Katelyn (January 20, 2022). "District Judge Linda Bell announces bid for Nevada Supreme Court". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
4. Gentry, Dana (October 11, 2022). "Four of five statewide appeals court races unopposed". Nevada Current. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
5. "Silver State 2022 - General Election Results - Judicial". Nevada Secretary of State.
6. "Crowded races, some surprises at close of Nevada candidate filing". Nevada Independent. March 22, 2022.
7. Newberg, Katelyn (October 6, 2022). "Family Court judge, public defender contend for seat on Court of Appeals". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
8. "Nevada Equal Rights Amendment (2022)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
9. Russell, Terri (March 26, 2021). "Equal Rights Amendment to appear on 2022 Nevada Ballot". www.kolotv.com. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
10. Golonka, Sean (October 25, 2022). "Question 3 backers promote ranked-choice voting with major out-of-state money". Nevadan Independent. p. 1. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
11. Richardson, Katelynn (November 10, 2022). "All three Nevada ballot questions seem to have majority support as vote count continues". The Center Square. p. 1. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
12. Meyers, David (November 9, 2022). "Ballot measures will change how democracy is practiced in many states". The Fulcrum.
13. "Nevada Question 3, Top-Five Ranked Choice Voting Initiative (2022)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
14. OH Predictive Insights
15. OH Predictive Insights
16. "2022 Unofficial Statewide General Election Coverage and Reports". Secretary of State of Nevada. November 8, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2023.