Election Name: | 2020 Nevada Senate election |
Country: | Nevada |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2018 Nevada Senate election |
Previous Year: | 2018 |
Next Election: | 2022 Nevada Senate election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Seats For Election: | 10 of 21 seats in the Nevada Senate |
Majority Seats: | 11 |
Election Date: | November 3, 2020 |
Leader1: | Nicole Cannizzaro |
Party1: | Nevada Democratic Party |
Leader Since1: | March 5, 2018 |
Leaders Seat1: | 6th |
Seats Before1: | 13 |
Seats After1: | 12 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 321,290 |
Percentage1: | 56.16% |
Swing1: | 4.86% |
Leader2: | James Settelmeyer |
Party2: | Nevada Republican Party |
Leader Since2: | November 7, 2018 |
Leaders Seat2: | 17th |
Seats Before2: | 8 |
Seats After2: | 9 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 234,367 |
Percentage2: | 40.97% |
Swing2: | 4.76% |
Map Size: | 301px |
Majority Leader | |
Before Election: | Nicole Cannizzaro |
Before Party: | Democratic |
After Election: | Nicole Cannizzaro |
After Party: | Democratic |
The 2020 Nevada Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Voters in 10 districts of the Nevada Senate elected senators. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. House and the Nevada Assembly. Republicans needed to gain three seats to win control of the chamber.
The primary elections were held on June 9, 2020.
In the 2018 Nevada State Senate election, Democrats maintained control of the Nevada Senate by a 13–8 margin. Democrats had controlled the chamber since 2016.
Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | ||||||
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Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | ||||||
Democratic | 9 | 321,290 | 56.16 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 1 | ||
Republican | 7 | 234,367 | 40.97 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | ||
Independent American | 1 | 14,387 | 2.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Libertarian | 1 | 2,007 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 572,051 | 100.00 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 21 | ||||
Source: https://silverstateelection.nv.gov/NVSenate/ |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
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