| Election Name: | 2016 Nevada Senate election |
| Country: | Nevada |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Nevada Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Nevada Senate election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | 11 of the 21 seats in the Nevada State Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 10 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Leader1: | Aaron D. Ford |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 11th |
| Last Election1: | 10 |
| Seats1: | 11 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 271,523 |
| Percentage1: | 51.32% |
| Leader2: | Michael Roberson |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat2: | 20th |
| Last Election2: | 11 |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 217,829 |
| Percentage2: | 41.17% |
| Map Size: | 301px |
| Leader of the Senate | |
| Before Party: | Republican |
| After Election: | Aaron D. Ford |
| After Party: | Democratic |
The 2016 Nevada Senate election took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nevada voters elected state senators in 11 of the state senate's 21 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Nevada Senate.
A primary election on June 14, 2016, determined which candidates appear on the November 8 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the State of Nevada's Secretary of State website.[1]
On election day 2016, there were 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats in the Nevada Senate; in the 2014 state senate elections, they had gained a one-seat majority. In the 2016 election Democrats flipped it back, winning 11 seats.
| Voter Registration by September 2016 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Democratic Active Voters | Republican Active Voters | Other Parties Active Voters | Nonpartisan Active Voters | Total Active Voters | Registration Edge Major Parties | |
| District 1 | 33,146 | 17,223 | 3,751 | 13,697 | 66,817 | D +14,923 | |
| District 3 | 25,650 | 12,039 | 3,108 | 11,146 | 51,943 | D +13,611 | |
| District 4 | 33,158 | 7,682 | 3,223 | 11,639 | 55,702 | D +25,476 | |
| District 5 | 26,886 | 23,143 | 4,107 | 13,915 | 68,048 | D +3,740 | |
| District 6 | 28,867 | 24,176 | 3,986 | 13,565 | 70,954 | D +4,691 | |
| District 7 | 28,629 | 15,156 | 3,918 | 14,155 | 61,858 | D +13,473 | |
| District 11 | 24,074 | 13,751 | 3,060 | 11,785 | 52,670 | D +10,323 | |
| District 13 | 28,018 | 17,474 | 4,912 | 13,829 | 64,233 | D +10,544 | |
| District 15 | 29,048 | 30,689 | 5,457 | 15,018 | 80,212 | R +1,641 | |
| District 18 | 27,031 | 28,948 | 4,442 | 14,454 | 74,875 | R +1,917 | |
| District 19 | 16,986 | 34,013 | 4,948 | 12,153 | 68,100 | R +17,027 | |
| State Senate District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patricia Spearman | Democratic | Patricia Spearman | Democratic | ||
| 3rd | Richard Segerblom | Democratic | Richard Segerblom | Democratic | ||
| 4th | Kelvin Atkinson | Democratic | Kelvin Atkinson | Democratic | ||
| 5th | Joyce Woodhouse | Democratic | Joyce Woodhouse | Democratic | ||
| 6th | Mark Hutchison | Republican | Nicole Cannizzaro | Democratic | ||
| 7th | David Parks | Democratic | David Parks | Democratic | ||
| 11th | Aaron Ford | Democratic | Aaron Ford | Democratic | ||
| 13th | Julia Ratti | Democratic | Julia Ratti | Democratic | ||
| 15th | Greg Brower | Republican | Heidi Gansert | Republican | ||
| 18th | Scott Hammond | Republican | Scott Hammond | Republican | ||
| 19th | Peter Goicoechea | Republican | Peter Goicoechea | Republican | ||
| General Election - November 8, 2016 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Party | Candidates | Votes | Percentage | Result | ||
| District 1 | Dem | Pat Spearman (incumbent) | 33,688 | 65.43% | Rowspan=2 | Spearman Reelected Democratic Hold | |
| Rep | Arsen Ter-Petrosyan [3] | 17,800 | 34.57% | ||||
| District 3 | Dem | Tick Segerblom (incumbent) | 21,195 | 60.31% | Rowspan=3 | Segerblom Reelected Democratic Hold | |
| Rep | Dennis Palmerston | 11,057 | 31.46% | ||||
| LPN | Jonathan Friedrich | 2,889 | 8.22% | ||||
| District 4 | Dem | Kelvin Atkinson (incumbent) | 29,912 | 100% | Rowspan=1 | Atkinson Reelected Democratic Hold | |
| District 5 | Dem | Joyce Woodhouse (incumbent) | 26,208 | 47.89% | Rowspan=3 | Woodhouse Reelected Democratic Hold | |
| Rep | Carrie Buck [4] | 25,739 | 47.03% | ||||
| LPN | Tim Hagan | 2,784 | 5.09% | ||||
| District 6 | Dem | Nicole Cannizzaro | 28,733 | 50.92% | Rowspan=2 | Cannizzaro Elected Democratic Change | |
| Rep | Victoria Seaman [5] | 27,697 | 49.08% | ||||
| District 7 | Dem | David Parks (incumbent) | 28,379 | 69.54% | Rowspan=2 | Parks Reelected Democratic Hold | |
| LPN | Kimberly Schjang | 12,432 | 30.46% | ||||
| District 11 | Dem | Aaron D. Ford (incumbent) | 22,439 | 57.7% | Rowspan=3 | Ford Reelected Democratic Hold | |
| Rep | Jon Frazier | 14,221 | 36.57% | ||||
| LPN | Lesley Chan | 2,229 | 5.73% | ||||
| District 13 | Dem | Julia Ratti (Incumbent) | 27,280 | 59.96% | Rowspan=3 | Ratti Elected Democratic Hold | |
| Rep | Kent Bailey | 15,811 | 34.75% | ||||
| LPN | Brandon Jacobs | 2,406 | 5.29% | ||||
| District 15 | Dem | Devon Reese [6] | 26,773 | 41.92% | Rowspan=3 | Gansert Elected Republican Hold | |
| Rep | Heidi Gansert | 33,822 | 52.96% | ||||
| LPN | David Colborne (Libertarian) | 3,266 | 5.11% | ||||
| District 18 | Dem | Alexander Marks[7] | 26,864 | 43.56% | Rowspan=2 | Hammond Reelected Republican Hold | |
| Rep | Scott Hammond (incumbent) | 34,805 | 56.44% | ||||
| District 19 | Rep | Pete Goicoechea (incumbent) | 36,876 | 72.96% | Rowspan=2 | Goicoechea Reelected Republican Hold | |
| IAPN | Janine Hansen | 13,664 | 27.04 | ||||