2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada explained

Election Name:	2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada
Country:	Nevada
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada
Previous Year:	2010
Next Election:	2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 4 Nevada seats to the United States House of Representatives
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Last Election1:	2
Seats1:	2
Popular Vote1:	457,239
Percentage1:	46.96%
Swing1:	3.89%
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Last Election2:	1
Seats2:	2
Seat Change2:	1
Popular Vote2:	453,310
Percentage2:	46.55%
Swing2:	1.33%

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, and elected the four U.S. Representatives from Nevada, one from each of the state's four congressional districts, an increase of one seat in reapportionment following the 2010 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 112th Congress from January 2013 until January 2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and an election to the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on June 12, 2012.^[1]

Overview

Statewide

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candidates		%		+/–	%
	Republican	4	457,239^[2]	46.96	2		50.00
	Democratic	4	453,310	46.55	2	1	50.00
	Independent American	3	25,185	2.59	0		0.0
	Independent	2	24,022	2.47	0		0.0
	Libertarian	3	13,986	1.44	0		0.0
Total		16	973,742	100.0	4	1	100.0

By district

Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada by district:^[3]

scope=col rowspan=3	District	scope=col colspan=2	Republican	scope=col colspan=2	Democratic	scope=col colspan=2	Others	scope=col colspan=2	Total	scope=col rowspan=3	Result
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scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	%
	56,521	31.53%	113,967	63.57%	8,790	4.90%	179,278	100.0%	Democratic hold
	162,213	57.63%	103,019	36.60%	16,217	5.76%	281,449	100.0%	Republican hold
	137,244	50.36%	116,823	42.87%	18,456	7.79%	272,523	100.0%	Republican hold
District 4	101,261	42.11%	120,501	50.11%	18,730	6.49%	240,492	100.0%	Democratic win
Total	457,239	46.96%	453,310	46.55%	63,193	6.49%	973,742	100.0%

District 1

Election Name:	2010 Nevada's 1st congressional district election
Country:	Nevada
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 1
Previous Year:	2010
Next Election:	2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 1
Next Year:	2014
Image1:	File:Dina Titus official photo 2009 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Dina Titus
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	113,967
Percentage1:	63.6%
Nominee2:	Chris Edwards
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	56,521
Percentage2:	31.5%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Shelley Berkley
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Dina Titus
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

See also: Nevada's 1st congressional district. Democrat Shelley Berkley, who had represented Nevada's 1st congressional district since 1999, ran for the U.S. Senate.^[4]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Dina Titus, former U.S. Representative for the 3rd district^[5]

Withdrawn

Ruben Kihuen, state senator^[6]

Declined

Shelley Berkley, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Chris Edwards, security strategic planner and Navy officer^[7]

Eliminated in primary

Charmaine Guss, former real estate broker and anti-abortion activist
Brian Landsberger, retired mechanical engineer and former Air Force fighter pilot
Herb Peters, retired aerospace engineer and seven-time Libertarian candidate for Congress in California
Miguel "Mike" Rodrigues, elementary school principal^[8]

Primary results

Libertarian primary

Bill Pojunis ran as the nominee of the Libertarian Party of Nevada.^[7]

Independent American primary

Stan Vaughan ran as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada.

General election

Results

District 2

Election Name:	2012 Nevada's 2nd congressional district election
Country:	Nevada
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2011 Nevada's 2nd congressional district special election
Previous Year:	2011 (special)
Next Election:	2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 2
Next Year:	2014
Image1:	File:Mark Amodei, official portrait, 112th Congress (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Mark Amodei
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	162,213
Percentage1:	57.6%
Nominee2:	Samuel Koepnick
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	103,019
Percentage2:	36.6%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Mark Amodei
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Mark Amodei
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Nevada's 2nd congressional district. Republican Mark Amodei, who has represented Nevada's 2nd congressional district since being elected in a special election in September 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Mark Amodei, incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

Sharron Angle, former state assemblywoman and nominee for Senate in 2010^[9]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Samuel Koepnick, information technology employee for the state

Eliminated in primary

Sam Dehne, retired pilot
Xiomara Rodriguez, retired businesswoman^[10]

Primary results

Independent American primary

Russell Best, a real estate broker and Navy veteran, ran as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada.^[11]

General election

Results

District 3

Election Name:	2012 Nevada's 3rd congressional district election
Country:	Nevada
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 3
Previous Year:	2010
Next Election:	2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 3
Next Year:	2014
Image1:	File:Joe Heck (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Joe Heck
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	137,244
Percentage1:	50.4%
Nominee2:	John Oceguera
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	116,823
Percentage2:	42.9%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Joe Heck
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Joe Heck
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Nevada's 3rd congressional district. Republican Joe Heck, who has represented Nevada's 3rd congressional district since January 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Joe Heck, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Chris Dyer, food service employee and Army and Navy veteran^[12]

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

John Oceguera, Speaker of the Nevada Assembly

Eliminated in primary

Stephen Frye, psychiatrist
James F. Haning II, businessman
Jesse "Jake" Holder, former Navy officer and Political Science student at UNLV
Barry Michaels, businessman
Gerald "Jerry" Sakura, retired business executive.^[12] ^[13] ^[14]

Declined

Dina Titus, former U.S. Representative^[5]

Primary results

Independent American primary

Tom Jones, a retired businessman, ran as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada.^[15]

Independents

James Murphy, a retired airline captain, ran as an Independent.^[16]

General election

Debates

Complete video of debate' C-SPAN, October 11, 2012

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Heck (R)	John Oceguera (D)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA^[17]	October 21–23, 2012	502	±4.5%	align=center	50%	40%	5%	5%
WPA Opinion Research (R-Heck)^[18]	October 7–8, 2012	400	±4.9%	align=center	48%	37%	4%	12%
Benenson (D-Oceguera)^[19]	October 1–3, 2012	400	±4.9%	align=center	45%	40%	10%	5%
Global Strategy (D-DCCC)^[20]	September 27–30, 2012	405	±4.9%	align=center	42%	38%	—	20%
SurveyUSA^[21]	September 10–12, 2012	663	±3.9%	align=center	53%	40%	4%	4%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report^[22]		November 5, 2012
align=left	Rothenberg^[23]		November 2, 2012
align=left	Roll Call^[24]		November 4, 2012
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball^[25]		November 5, 2012
align=left	NY Times^[26]		November 4, 2012
RCP^[27]		November 4, 2012
align=left	The Hill^[28]		November 4, 2012

Results

District 4

Election Name:	2012 Nevada's 4th congressional district election
Country:	Nevada
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada#District 4
Next Year:	2014
Image1:	File:Steven Horsford, Official Portrait, 113th Congress (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Steven Horsford
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	120,501
Percentage1:	50.1%
Nominee2:	Danny Tarkanian
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	101,261
Percentage2:	42.1%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	None (New district)
After Election:	Steven Horsford
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

See also: Nevada's 4th congressional district. Nevada's 4th congressional district was created for the 2012 elections as a result of reapportionment following the 2010 United States census. It consists of most of Central Nevada and Northern Clark County, the latter of which contains the bulk of the district's population.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Steven Horsford, majority leader of the Nevada Senate^[29]

Withdrawn

John Lee, state senator^[30] ^[31]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Danny Tarkanian, businessman, nominee for Secretary of State in 2006 and candidate for Senate in 2010^[7]

Eliminated in primary

Diana Anderson, retired clerical worker
Barbara Cegavske, state senator
Mike Delarosa, detention officer
Kiran Hill, translator for the State Department
Robert Leeds, author and former Merchant Marine
Dan Schwartz, businessman
Kenneth Wegner, retired Army veteran and nominee for the 1st district in 2006, 2008 and 2010
Sid Zeller, retired Marine intelligence officer^[32] ^[33] ^[34]

Primary results

Libertarian primary

Joseph Silvestri, a teacher and chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada, also ran.^[35]

Independent American primary

Floyd Fitzgibbons, an insurance agent, ran as the nominee of the Independent American Party of Nevada.^[36]

General election

Debates

Complete video of debate' C-SPAN, October 11, 2012

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Danny Tarkanian (R)	Steven Horsford (D)	Other	Undecided
SurveyUSA^[37]	October 26–28, 2012	648	±3.9%	align=center	47%	42%	6%	5%
Tarrance	Tarrance (R-Tarkanian)^[38]	October 9–11, 2012	422	±5.0%	align=center	50%	40%	—	10%
SurveyUSA^[39]	September 18–20, 2012	646	±3.9%	align=center	45%	42%	6%	8%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Tarkanian)^[40]	August 7–9, 2012	400	±4.9%	align=center	46%	35%	—	19%
Tarrance	Tarrance (R-Tarkanian)^[41]	June 26–28, 2012	400	±5.0%	align=center	47%	41%	–	12%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report		November 5, 2012
align=left	Rothenberg		November 2, 2012
align=left	Roll Call		November 4, 2012
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 5, 2012
align=left	NY Times		November 4, 2012
RCP		November 4, 2012
align=left	The Hill		November 4, 2012

Results

External links

Election Center at the Nevada Secretary of State
United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, 2012 at Ballotpedia
Nevada U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Nevada from OpenSecrets
Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation

Notes and References

Web site: Election Information Guide . August 17, 2011 . State of Nevada.
Web site: Nevada Primary Election 2014 - U.S. Congress . 2012-11-20 . 2012-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121111071454/http://www.silverstateelection.com/USCongress/ . dead .
Web site: Haas. Karen L.. Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2014. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. October 28, 2019. March 9, 2015.
Web site: Rep. Berkley to run for the Senate . April 14, 2011 . July 20, 2011 . . Shane . D'Aprile.
Web site: Titus to announce new bid for Congress . October 31, 2011 . November 2, 2011 . . Laura . Myers.
Web site: Nevada: Kihuen Drops Out of House Race . February 7, 2012 . June 11, 2012 . . Kyle . Trygstad . June 9, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120609153258/http://atr.rollcall.com/nevada-kihuen-drops-out-of-house-race/ . dead .
Web site: Tarkanian Wins GOP Congressional Primary . June 13, 2012 . September 15, 2012 . . Steve . Kanigher . August 31, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120831132927/http://www.8newsnow.com/story/18773239/tarkanian-wins-gop-congressional-primary . dead .
Web site: 2012 PRIMARY ELECTION: 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT . June 3, 2012 . June 11, 2012 . . Laura . Myers.
Web site: Angle won't run for office in 2012 . March 16, 2012 . June 11, 2012 . . Ed . Vogel.
Web site: 2012 PRIMARY ELECTION: 2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT . June 3, 2012 . June 11, 2012 . . Ed . Vogel.
Web site: Meet the Candidates: Russell Best . June 11, 2012 . .
Web site: 2012 PRIMARY ELECTION: 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT . June 3, 2012 . June 11, 2012 . . Laura . Myers.
Web site: Tearing down Heck . August 10, 2011 . August 14, 2011 . . Arnold . Knightly .
Web site: Oceguera slams Heck for voting against 2-month payroll tax cut extension . December 20, 2011 . January 30, 2012 . . Laura . Myers.
Web site: Meet the Candidates: Tom Jones . June 11, 2012 . Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Web site: Meet the Candidates: James Murphy . June 11, 2012 . Las Vegas Review-Journal.
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=b941ce89-27d9-47a4-93ee-d1b56ed2af4f SurveyUSA
https://web.archive.org/web/20150919203221/https://www.ralstonreports.com/sites/default/files/HfC_October%20Brushfire_MQ_121011.pdf WPA Opinion Research (R-Heck)
https://www.scribd.com/document/109491338/NV-03-Benenson-Strategy-Group-for-John-Oceguera-Oct-2012 Benenson (D-Oceguera)
https://www.scribd.com/doc/108857922/NV-03-Global-Strategy-Group-for-DCCC-Sept-2012 Global Strategy (D-DCCC)
https://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=9de6e3cb-3bec-4e21-9638-75b35c3ac04b&c=210 SurveyUSA
Web site: The Cook Political Report — Charts – 2012 House Competitive Races . Cookpolitical.com . November 5, 2012 . November 6, 2012.
Web site: House Ratings . Rothenbergpoliticalreport.com . November 2, 2012 . November 4, 2012.
http://www.rollcall.com/politics/race-ratings-chart-2012-house-elections.html
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/category/2012-house/ Crystal Ball
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/ratings/house House Race Ratings
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/house/2012_elections_house_map.html
Web site: House Ratings . The Hill . November 4, 2012. November 3, 2012 .
Web site: Democrat Steven Horsford announces bid for U.S. House in Nevada . October 12, 2011 . October 13, 2011 . . Cristina . Silva.
Web site: Lee to challenge Horsford in Democratic primary . October 17, 2011 . November 12, 2011 . . Ed . Vogel.
Web site: State Sen. John Lee not running for Congress . November 21, 2011 . November 23, 2011 . . David . McGrath Schwartz.
Web site: GOP's Cegavske joins battle for 4th Congressional seat . November 10, 2011 . November 12, 2011 . . Laura . Myers.
Web site: Danny Tarkanian to join race for new district seat . January 4, 2012 . January 30, 2012 . . Laura . Myers.
Web site: 2012 PRIMARY ELECTION: 4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT . June 3, 2012 . June 11, 2012 . . Laura . Myers.
Web site: Meet the Candidates: Joseph P. Silvestri . June 11, 2012 . Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Web site: Meet the Candidates: Floyd Fitzgibbons . June 11, 2012 . Las Vegas Review-Journal.
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=1028fb62-ff4a-4f44-aaa1-f8093e463df4 SurveyUSA
http://www.scribd.com/doc/110350281/NV-04-Tarrance-Group-for-Danny-Tarkanian-Oct-2012 Tarrance (R-Tarkanian)
http://media.lvrj.com/documents/sept_2012_polls_CD4.pdf SurveyUSA
https://www.scribd.com/doc/103372987/NV-04-POS-for-Danny-Tarkanian-Aug-2012 Public Opinion Strategies (R-Tarkanian)
https://media.lasvegassun.com/media/pdfs/blogs/documents/2012/07/12/tarrancepoll.pdf Tarrance (R-Tarkanian)