2022 Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:2022 Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election
Country:Nevada
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 Nevada elections#Lieutenant governor
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2026 Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election
Next Year:2026
Election Date:November 8, 2022
Nominee2:Lisa Cano Burkhead
Party2:Nevada Democratic Party
Popular Vote2:463,871
Percentage2:45.75%
Nominee1:Stavros Anthony
Party1:Nevada Republican Party
Popular Vote1:500,994
Percentage1:49.41%
Map Size:230px
Lieutenant Governor
Before Election:Lisa Cano Burkhead
Before Party:Nevada Democratic Party
After Election:Stavros Anthony
After Party:Nevada Republican Party

The 2022 Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election occurred on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Nevada. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for Governor of Nevada. Primary elections were held on June 14. Nevada is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.

Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lisa Cano Burkhead was appointed by Governor Steve Sisolak on December 16, 2021, to succeed Kate Marshall, who resigned to join the Biden administration.[1] She lost in her bid for a full term to Republican candidate Stavros Anthony.

Background

Kate Marshall was first elected as lieutenant governor in 2018 with 50.4% of the vote against Michael Roberson, who was minority leader of the Nevada State Senate at the time.[2] On September 17, 2021, she resigned from the position to work in the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.[3] After roughly three months of the seat being vacant, school teacher, principal, and former candidate for the Nevada Assembly Lisa Cano Burkhead was appointed in December 2021.[4]

Democratic primary

Background

Kimi Cole, the Chair of the Nevada Rural Democratic Caucus, was the first Democratic candidate to announce their candidacy on November 12, 2021.[5] She gained attention by some due to the fact that she is transgender, and, if elected, would be the first statewide elected transgender official in the United States. Henderson mayor Debra March would announce her candidacy a few weeks later, on November 24, 2021, being the only one to have been elected to public office.[6] Lisa Cano Burkhead, the appointed Lieutenant Governor, announced her candidacy on December 16, 2021.[7] By the end of the year, March led with a sizable lead in terms of fundraising, raising over $380,000 by the end of 2021, with Burkhead in second at nearly $78,000, and Cole in a distant third at just under $34,000.[8]

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

Independents and third-party candidates

Candidates

Nominees

General election

Results

By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Cano Burkhead won 3 of 4 congressional districts.[16]

DistrictCano BurkheadAnthonyRepresentative
49.2%45.9%Dina Titus
39.3%55.2%Mark Amodei
48.6%47.5%Susie Lee
47.9%47.1%Steven Horsford

Notes

Partisan clients

External links

Official campaign websites

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lisa Cano Burkhead, Former Spanish and English Teacher, Sworn In as Nevada's Lt. Governor. Newsweek. December 16, 2021.
  2. Web site: Silver State 2018 General Election Results - Statewide. Nevada Secretary of State.
  3. Web site: Nevada Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall to resign for White House job. August 19, 2021. August 26, 2021. Sam. Metz. Associated Press.
  4. Web site: Sisolak picks Clark County educator for lieutenant governor. Las Vegas Review-Journal. December 17, 2021.
  5. Web site: Nevada Democrat aims to be 1st trans politician to win a statewide race. nbcnews.com. November 12, 2021.
  6. Web site: Henderson Mayor Debra March announces 2022 run for lieutenant governor. 8newsnow.com. November 24, 2021.
  7. Web site: Sisolak to appoint former principal, political newcomer as lieutenant governor. thenevadaindependent.com. December 16, 2021.
  8. Web site: 2022 hopefuls raised big sums in year before election. thenevadaindependent.com. January 19, 2022.
  9. Web site: Candidate filing live blog: Lee makes re-election bid official, Fumo challenges Wolfson. thenevadaindependent.com/. March 14, 2022.
  10. Web site: November 4, 2021. Las Vegas Councilman to Run for Nevada Lieutenant Governor. live. usnews.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20211218065515/https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/nevada/articles/2021-11-04/las-vegas-councilman-to-run-for-nevada-lieutenant-governor . December 18, 2021 .
  11. Web site: February 2, 2022. M. Kameron Hawkins for Lieutenant Governor. live. leadersandcandidates.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202000642/https://www.leadersandcandidates.com/index.php/lieutenant-governor-of-nevada-in-2022/ . February 2, 2022 .
  12. Web site: September 22, 2021. Mack Miller, Nevada Lt. Governor Candidate, Forcibly Thrown Out of Meeting. live. newsweek.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210922152215/https://www.newsweek.com/mack-miller-nevada-covid-meeting-thrown-out-1631506 . September 22, 2021 .
  13. Web site: November 4, 2021. Bank executive announces campaign for lieutenant governor in Nevada. live. lasvegassun.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20211201115346/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2021/nov/30/bank-executive-launches-campaign-for-lieutenant-go/ . December 1, 2021 .
  14. News: Price . Michelle . Former Nevada state Treasurer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Schwartz to run for Congress . July 9, 2019 . The Nevada Appeal . July 9, 2019 . July 9, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190709222240/https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/government/former-nevada-state-treasurer-and-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-dan-schwartz-to-run-for-congress/ . dead.
  15. Web site: 2022 Statewide and Multi-County Candidate Filing - By Office . March 18, 2022 . March 21, 2022 . .
  16. Savicki . Drew . DrewSav . 1621714690580652033 . February 4, 2023 . Democrats lost the Nevada Governor and Lieutenant Governor races last year but still carried 3/4 CDs in both races. The gerrymander was a big risk but it held up impressively well. https://t.co/W2qU3Kf7GU . en . March 25, 2023.