2011 Nevada's 2nd congressional district special election

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2011 Nevada's 2nd congressional district special election
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Nominee Mark Amodei Kate Marshall
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote75,18046,818
Percentage57.92%36.07%
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County results
Amodei:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Representative before election

Dean Heller
Republican

Elected Representative

Mark Amodei
Republican

On September 13, 2011, a special election was held in Nevada's 2nd congressional district to fill the vacancy [1] created by the resignation of Republican Dean Heller, who was appointed to the United States Senate. [2]

Contents

The race was called for Mark Amodei by the Associated Press just after 10 p.m. local time with 44% of precincts reporting and Amodei leading Marshall 57% to 37%. [3] Amodei easily won the election by a margin of 58% to 36%.

Rules

On May 2, 2011, Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller announced the election, held under an untested 2003 law for replacing House members, would be open to any and all qualified candidates, without primary elections or nominations made by parties' central committees. [4]

The Republican Party filed suit challenging Miller's plan, preferring instead that each party be required to nominate a single candidate. The party's complaint stated that "A fundamental principle of Nevada's electoral statutes is that, in a partisan election, there shall be only one nominee from each political party." [5] On May 19, District Judge Todd Russell sided with the Republican Party and ruling that the major parties would hold conventions in order to each nominate a single candidate. [6] Miller asked the office of the Nevada Attorney General to appeal the case to the Supreme Court of Nevada, [7] which on May 31 issued an order instructing Miller and the state's political parties to address whether the election can be rescheduled due to concerns that the ongoing dispute over its rules may necessitate a delay. [8]

Democratic nomination

Nominee

Declared candidates

Declined to run

Republican nomination

The central committee of the Nevada Republican Party voted to decide the Republican nominee in June 2011. Any Republican who receives at least two votes from members of the central committee can compete in the nomination process, which will be held under a two-round system. [13]

Nominee

Declared candidates

Declined to run

Independent American Party nomination

Declared candidates

Independent candidates

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Mark
Amodei (R)		Kate
Marshall (D)		Timothy
Fasano (IAP)		Helmuth
Lehmann (I)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [19] September 9–11, 2011629± 3.9%50%37%4%4%5%
Public Policy Polling [20]  •August 18–21, 2011600± 4.0%43%42%3%3%8%

Results

Nevada's 2nd congressional district special election, 2011 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Amodei75,18057.92
Democratic Kate Marshall46,81836.07
Independent Helmuth Lehmann5,3724.14
Independent American Timothy Fasano2,4211.87
Total votes129,791
Republican hold

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References

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  2. ↑ Demirjian, Karoun (April 27, 2011). "Sandoval chooses Dean Heller for John Ensign replacement". Las Vegas Sun . Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  3. ↑ Elections 2011 ap.org Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Trygstad, Kyle (May 2, 2011). "Nevada Special Election to Be Open to All Candidates". Roll Call . Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  5. ↑ Dornan, Geoff (May 5, 2011). "GOP challenges Heller seat election plan". Lahontan Valley News. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
  6. ↑ Ryan, Cy (May 19, 2011). "Judge sides with GOP, rules against free-for-all special election". Las Vegas Sun . Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  7. ↑ Hagar, Ray (May 21, 2011). "Appeal sought in Nevada's vacant U.S. House seat ruling". Reno Gazette Journal . Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Court suggests delay for Nevada House election". My News 3. May 31, 2011. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Nevada Treasurer Kate Marshall announces run for Nevada CD2". Reno Gazette-Journal . May 4, 2011.
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  12. ↑ Myers, Laura (May 26, 2011). "Derby announces she will not seek U.S. House seat". Las Vegas Review-Journal . Retrieved May 31, 2011.
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  19. ↑ Public Policy Polling
  20. ↑ Public Policy Polling
  21. ↑ "2011 Official Special Election Results September 13, 2011". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
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