2016 Nevada Senate election

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2016 Nevada Senate election
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11 of the 21 seats in the Nevada State Senate
10 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Aaron D. Ford Michael Roberson
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 11th 20th
Last election1011
Seats won1110
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote271,523217,829
Percentage51.32%41.17%
Nevada Senate Election 2016 - Results by District.svg
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold     Republican hold
     No election
Leader of the Senate before election

Michael Roberson
Republican

Elected Leader of the Senate

Aaron D. Ford
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.

Contents

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.

Party registration advantage by district

Voter Registration by September 2016
DistrictDemocratic
Active Voters		Republican
Active Voters		Other Parties
Active Voters		Nonpartisan
Active Voters		Total
Active Voters		Registration Edge
Major Parties
District 133,14617,2233,75113,69766,817D +14,923
District 325,65012,0393,10811,14651,943D +13,611
District 433,1587,6823,22311,63955,702D +25,476
District 526,88623,1434,10713,91568,048D +3,740
District 628,86724,1763,98613,56570,954D +4,691
District 728,62915,1563,91814,15561,858D +13,473
District 1124,07413,7513,06011,78552,670D +10,323
District 1328,01817,4744,91213,82964,233D +10,544
District 1529,04830,6895,45715,01880,212R +1,641
District 1827,03128,9484,44214,45474,875R +1,917
District 1916,98634,0134,94812,15368,100R +17,027

Results

Summary of results by State Senate district

State Senate District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
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

Source: [2]

Detailed results by State Senate district

General Election - November 8, 2016
DistrictPartyCandidatesVotesPercentageResult
District 1DemPat Spearman (incumbent)33,68865.43%Spearman Reelected
Democratic Hold
RepArsen Ter-Petrosyan [3] 17,80034.57%
District 3DemTick Segerblom (incumbent)21,19560.31%Segerblom Reelected
Democratic Hold
RepDennis Palmerston11,05731.46%
LPN Jonathan Friedrich2,8898.22%
District 4DemKelvin Atkinson (incumbent)29,912100%Atkinson Reelected
Democratic Hold
District 5DemJoyce Woodhouse (incumbent)26,20847.89%Woodhouse Reelected
Democratic Hold
RepCarrie Buck [4] 25,73947.03%
LPN Tim Hagan2,7845.09%
District 6DemNicole Cannizzaro [4] 28,73350.92%Cannizzaro Elected
Democratic Change
RepVictoria Seaman [5] 27,69749.08%
District 7DemDavid Parks (incumbent)28,37969.54%Parks Reelected
Democratic Hold
LPN Kimberly Schjang12,43230.46%
District 11DemAaron D. Ford (incumbent)22,43957.7%Ford Reelected
Democratic Hold
RepJon Frazier14,22136.57%
LPN Lesley Chan2,2295.73%
District 13DemJulia Ratti (Incumbent)27,28059.96%Ratti Elected
Democratic Hold
RepKent Bailey15,81134.75%
LPN Brandon Jacobs2,4065.29%
District 15DemDevon Reese [6] 26,77341.92%Gansert Elected
Republican Hold
RepHeidi Gansert [4] 33,82252.96%
LPN David Colborne (Libertarian)3,2665.11%
District 18DemAlexander Marks [7] 26,86443.56%Hammond Reelected
Republican Hold
RepScott Hammond (incumbent)34,80556.44%
District 19RepPete Goicoechea (incumbent)36,87672.96%Goicoechea Reelected
Republican Hold
IAPN Janine Hansen13,66427.04

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