2014 Nevada elections

The Nevada general election, 2014 was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, throughout Nevada.

The active political parties participated in the 2014 election were the two major political parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party as well as the minor political parties of the Independent American Party of Nevada, the Nevada Green Party, and the Libertarian Party of Nevada. There are also unaffiliated, non-partisan candidates.

United States House of Representatives

Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada

All of Nevada's four seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.

Governor

Main article: 2014 Nevada gubernatorial election

Incumbent Republican governor Brian Sandoval ran for re-election to a second term in office and won.^[1] He was challenged by Democratic nominee Bob Goodman, a former State Economic Development Commissioner and Independent American nominee David Lory VanDerBeek, a family therapist.

Nevada gubernatorial election, 2014^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Sandoval (incumbent)	386,340	70.6
	Democratic	Bob Goodman	130,722	23.9
	n/a	None of These Candidates	15,751	2.9
	Independent American	David Lory VanDerBeek	14,536	2.7
Total votes			547,349	100.0
	Republican hold

Lieutenant governor

2014 Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 2018 →

Nominee Mark Hutchison Lucy Flores Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 324,443 183,571 Percentage 59.5% 33.6%

County results Hutchison:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%

Lieutenant Governor before election Brian Krolicki Republican Elected Lieutenant Governor Mark Hutchison Republican

Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Brian Krolicki was prevented from running for re-election to a third term in office due to constitutional lifetime term limits.^[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

• Chris Dyer
• Mark Hutchison, state senator^[1][3][4]
• Sue Lowden, former chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party, former state senator and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010^[5][6]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mark Hutchison	Sue Lowden	Other	Undecided
Precision Research[7]	March 3–5, 2014	443	± 4.66%	32%	46%	—	22%

Results

Republican primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Hutchison	62,939	53.76
	Republican	Sue Lowden	42,290	36.13
	Republican	Chris Dyer	6,824	5.83
	Republican	None of These Candidates	5,011	4.28
Total votes			117,064	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Lucy Flores, state assemblywoman^[8]
• Harley Kulkin

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucy Flores	52,324	71.47
	Democratic	None of These Candidates	11,515	15.73
	Democratic	Harley Zane Kulkin	9,368	12.80
Total votes			73,207	100.0

Independent American

Candidates

• Mike Little

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mark Hutchison (R)	Lucy Flores (D)	Other	Undecided
Precision Research[7]	March 3–5, 2014	216	± 6.67%	41%	34%	—	25%

Hypothetical polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Sue Lowden (R)	Lucy Flores (D)	Other	Undecided
Precision Research[7]	March 3–5, 2014	216	± 6.67%	44%	36%	—	20%

Results

Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Hutchison	324,443	59.5
	Democratic	Lucy Flores	183,571	33.6
	Independent American	Mike Little	21,221	3.9
	n/a	None of These Candidates	16,298	3.0
Total votes			545,533	100.0
	Republican hold

Attorney general

Main article: 2014 Nevada Attorney General election

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto was ineligible to run for re-election for a third term due to term limits from the Constitution of Nevada. Republican attorney Adam Laxalt defeated Democratic secretary of state Ross Miller with 46.2% of the vote.^[9]

Until the 2022 Nevada gubernatorial election, this was the most recent time a Republican won a Nevada statewide election while carrying neither Clark nor Washoe Counties.

General election

Results

2014 Nevada Attorney General election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Adam Laxalt	251,479	46.20%	+10.53%
	Democratic	Ross Miller	246,629	45.32%	−7.50%
	Independent American	Jonathan Hansen	30,513	5.61%	−2.20%
	None of These Candidates		15,629	2.87%	−0.83%
Total votes			544,150	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Secretary of State

2014 Nevada Secretary of State election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 2018 →

Nominee Barbara Cegavske Kate Marshall Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 273,720 250,612 Percentage 50.4% 46.1%

County results Cegavske:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Marshall:      40–50%

Secretary of State before election Ross Miller Democratic Elected Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske Republican

Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Ross Miller was prevented from running for re-election to a third term in office due to constitutional lifetime term limits.^[1] As of 2023, this is the most recent statewide election in which Mineral County was won by the Democratic candidate for public office.

Democratic

• Kate Marshall, Nevada State Treasurer^[11]

Republican

• Barbara Cegavske State Senator and former state assemblywoman^[12]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Kate Marshall (D)	Barbara Cegavske (R)	Other	Undecided
Precision Research[7]	March 3–5, 2014	216	± 6.67%	40%	31%	—	30%

Results

Nevada Secretary of State election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Cegavske	273,720	50.4
	Democratic	Kate Marshall	250,612	46.1
	n/a	None of These Candidates	18,778	3.5
Total votes			543,110	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

Treasurer

2014 Nevada State Treasurer election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 2018 →

Nominee Dan Schwartz Kim Wallin Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 277,450 223,750 Percentage 51.5% 41.5%

County results Schwartz:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

State Treasurer before election Kate Marshall Democratic Elected State Treasurer Dan Schwartz Republican

Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Kate Marshall was prevented from running for re-election to a third term in office due to constitutional lifetime term limits.^[1]

Democratic

• Kim Wallin, Nevada State Controller^[13]

Republican

• Dan Schwartz, businessman and candidate for Nevada's 4th congressional district in 2012^[14]

Independent American

• Kress Cave

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Kim Wallin (D)	Dan Schwartz (R)	Other	Undecided
Precision Research[7]	March 3–5, 2014	216	± 6.67%	33%	38%	—	28%

Results

Nevada State Treasurer election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Schwartz	277,450	51.5
	Democratic	Kim Wallin	223,750	41.5
	Independent American	Kress Cave	19,346	3.6
	n/a	None of These Candidates	18,668	3.5
Total votes			539,214	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

Controller

2014 Nevada State Controller election

← 2010 November 4, 2014 2018 →

Nominee Ron Knecht Andrew Martin Tom Jones Party Republican Democratic Independent American Popular vote 282,674 202,573 29,108 Percentage 52.5% 37.6% 5.4%

County results Knecht:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

State Controller before election Kim Wallin Democratic Elected State Controller Ron Knecht Republican

Incumbent Democratic Controller Kim Wallin was prevented from running for re-election to a third term in office due to constitutional lifetime term limits.^[1]

Democratic

Declared

• Andrew Martin, state assemblyman^[15]

Disqualified

• Michael Schaefer, perennial candidate and former San Diego, California City Councilman (disqualified by the Nevada Supreme Court because he did not meet the residency requirements)^[16]

Republican primary

Candidates

• Cort Arlint, licensed tax attorney, CPA and university accounting professor^[17][18]
• Barry Herr, CPA, former adjunct professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and nominee for Controller in 2010
• Ron Knecht, Regent of the University of Nevada, Reno and former state assemblyman

Results

Republican primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Knecht	56,497	52.57
	Republican	Barry Herr	20,820	19.37
	Republican	None of These Candidates	15,423	14.35
	Republican	Cort Arlint	14,736	13.71
Total votes			107,476	100

Independent American

• Tom Jones

General election

Results

Nevada State Controller election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Knecht	282,674	52.5
	Democratic	Andrew Martin	202,573	37.6
	Independent American	Tom Jones	29,108	5.4
	n/a	None of These Candidates	23,811	4.4
Total votes			538,166	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

State Legislature

Nevada Senate

Further information: Nevada Senate

Eleven out of twenty-one seats in the Nevada Senate were up for election in 2014. Six of the seats were currently held by Republicans and five were held by Democrats. Democrats held a one-seat majority in the state senate. Names appearing in bold were on the November general election ballot either through winning the June 10th primary or having no primary election.

Polling

District 8

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Patricia Farley (R)	Marilyn Dondero Loop (D)	Other	Undecided
GreenbergQuinlanRosner[19]	September 25–28, 2014	400	± 4.9%	46%	44%	—	10%
The Tarrance Group[20]	September 22–24, 2014	301	± ?	43%	36%	—	21%

District 9

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Justin Jones (D)	Becky Harris (R)	Other	Undecided
Momentum Analysis[21]	October 2–5, 2014	400	± 4.9%	46%	44%	—	10%
The Tarrance Group[20]	September 23–25, 2014	376	± ?	42%	45%	—	13%

Election results

District		Incumbent				Election 2014
District	Primary Election Close of Registration	Senator	Party	First Elected	Last Eligible Election	Incumbent	Challengers	Result
District 2	D +48.59%	Mo Denis	Democratic	2010	2022	Ran for re-election and won	Louis J. Baker (Independent American Party of Nevada)	Democratic hold
District 8	D +0.06%	Barbara Cegavske	Republican	2002	2010	Term limited Ran for Nevada Secretary of State and won	Garrett Leduff (Democrat) Marilyn Dondero Loop (Democrat) Jon Kamerath (Independent American Party of Nevada) Patricia Farley (Republican) Clayton Kelly Hurst (Republican) Lisa Myers (Republican)	Republican win (new seat)
District 9	D +6.78%	Justin Jones	Democratic	2014	2024	Ran for re-election and lost	Vick Gill (Republican) Becky Harris (Republican) Ron Q. Quilang (Republican) David J. Schoen (Republican)	Republican gain from Democratic
District 10	D +31.96%	Ruben Kihuen	Democratic	2010	2022	Ran for re-election and won	Ed Uehling (Libertarian)	Democratic hold
District 12	R +8.87%	Joe Hardy	Republican	2010	2022	Ran for re-election unopposed	No filed candidate	Republican hold
District 13	D +17.22%	Debbie Smith	Democratic	2012	2026	Ran for re-election and won	Thomas Koziol (Republican)	Democratic hold
District 14	R +12.20%	Don Gustavson	Republican	2010	2022	Ran for re-election and won	Keith "KC" Harrison (Democratic) Joe Hunt (Democratic)	Republican hold
District 16	R +14.62%	Ben Kieckhefer	Republican	2010	2022	Ran for re-election and won	Michael Kelley (Democratic) John Everhart (Independent American Party of Nevada) Gary Schmidt (Republican)	Republican hold
District 17	R +25.60%	James Settelmeyer	Republican	2010	2022	Ran for re-election unopposed	No filed candidate	Republican hold
District 20	R +0.64%	Michael Roberson	Republican	2010	2022	Ran for re-election and won	Carl Bunce (Republican) Teresa Lowry (Democrat)	Republican hold
District 21	D +24.38%	Mark Manendo	Democratic	2010	2022	Ran for re-election and won	Ron L. McGinnis (Republican)	Democratic hold

Nevada Assembly

Further information: Nevada Assembly

All 42 seats in the Nevada Assembly were up for election in 2014. Democrats held 26 seats, Republicans held 15 seats and there was one vacancy.

District		Incumbent				Election 2014
District	Primary Election Close of Registration	Representative	Party	First Elected	Last Eligible Election	Incumbent	Challengers	Result
District 1	D +20.32%	Marilyn Kirkpatrick	Democratic	2004	2014	Ran for re-election and won	Roger "OZ" Baum (Republican)	Democratic hold
District 2	R +5.02%	John Hambrick	Republican	2008	2018	Ran for re-election and won	Alice Jean "A.J." Maimbourg (Independent American Party of Nevada)' Mark Slotta (Republican)	Republican hold
District 3	D +28.35%	Vacant	Vacant	2014	2024	Incumbent Peggy Pierce died of cancer on October 10, 2013, at the age of 59	Danny Alires (Democrat) Nelson Araujo Jr. (Democrat) Chris Barry (Democrat) Felipe Ignacio Rodriguez (Democrat) Matthew Tramp (Democrat) Nakia Woodson (Democrat) Jesus Marquez (Republican)	Democratic win (new seat)
District 4	D +1.14%	Michele Fiore	Republican	2012	2022	Ran for re-election and won	Jeff Hinton (Democrat) John-Nicholas W. White (Democrat) Melissa D. Laughter (Republican)	Republican hold
District 5	D +5.97%	Marilyn Dondero Loop	Democratic	2008	n/a	Ran for Nevada Senate District 8 and lost	Jerri Strasser (Democrat) Troy W. Archer (Republican) Barry Keller (Republican) Max Miller-Hooks (Republican) Erv Nelson (Republican) Stuart Blake Tener (Republican)	Republican win (new seat)
District 6	D +65.18%	Harvey Munford	Democratic	2004	2014	Ran for re-election and won	Arrick Foster (Democrat) Anthony D. Snowden (Democrat)	Democratic hold
District 7	D +39.55%	Dina Neal	Democratic	2010	2020	Ran for re-election and won	Stephen "Steph" Taylor (Democrat) Brent Leavitt (Republican)	Democratic hold
District 8	D +15.12%	Jason Frierson	Democratic	2010	2020	Ran for re-election and lost	John Moore (Republican)	Republican gain from Democratic
District 9	D +8.11%	Andrew Martin	Democratic	2012	2022	Ran for Nevada State Controller and lost	Kelly Mercer (Democrat) Joe Tinio (Democrat) Steve Yeager (Democrat) David M. Gardner (Republican)	Republican win (new seat)
District 10	D +24.22%	Joseph Hogan	Democratic	2004	Retired	Retired	J.T. Creedon (Democrat) Jonathan Friedrich (Democrat) Jesse "Jake" Holder (Democrat) Shelly M. Shelton (Republican)	Republican win (new seat)
District 11	D +49.90%	Olivia Diaz	Democratic	2010	2020	Ran for re-election unopposed	No filed candidate	Democratic hold
District 12	D +15.44%	James Ohrenschall	Democratic	2006	2016	Ran for re-election and won	Troy Warren (Independent American Party of Nevada)	Democratic hold
District 13	R +3.85%	Paul Anderson	Republican	2012	2022	Ran for re-election and won	Christine Lynn Kramer (Democrat)	Republican hold
District 14	D +37.31%	Maggie Carlton	Democratic	2010	2020	Ran for re-election and won	Jack Brooks (Democrat) Matthew Yarbrough (Republican)	Democratic hold
District 15	D +33.34%	Elliot Anderson	Democratic	2010	2020	Ran for re-election and won	Benjamin Donlon (Republican) Roberto S. Juarez (Libertarian)	Democratic hold
District 16	D +30.31%	Heidi Swank	Democratic	2012	2022	Ran for re-election unopposed	No filed candidate	Democratic hold
District 17	D +28.37%	Tyrone Thompson	Democratic	Appointed 2013	2024	Ran for re-election and won	Patricia "Pat" Little (Independent American Party of Nevada) Patrick Mendez (Republican)	Democratic hold
District 18	D +26.84%	Richard Carrillo	Democratic	2010	2020	Ran for re-election and won	Amy Beaulieu (Democrat)	Democratic hold
District 19	R +2.89%	Cresent Hardy	Republican	2010	n/a	Ran for Nevada's 4th Congressional District and won	James Zygadlo (Democrat) Donald Wayne Hendon (Libertarian) Laura Bledsoe (Republican) Chris Edwards (Republican) Frank Tavares (Republican)	Republican win (new seat)
District 20	D +17.55%	Ellen Spiegel	Democratic	2008	2020	Ran for re-election and won	Carol Linton (Republican)	Democratic hold
District 21	D +7.5%	Andy Eisen	Democratic	2012	2022	Ran for re-election and lost	Adam-John Sanacore (Libertarian) Derek Armstrong (Republican) Andrew W. Coates (Republican)	Republican gain from Democratic
District 22	R +6.33%	Lynn Stewart	Republican	2006	2016	Ran for re-election and won	Leroy T. Lalley (Independent American Party of Nevada) Richard Bunce (Republican)	Republican hold
District 23	R +13.2%	Melissa Woodbury	Republican	2008	2018	Ran for re-election unopposed	No filed candidate	Republican hold
District 24	D +21.67%	David Bobzien	Democratic	2006	2016	Ran for re-election unopposed	No filed candidate	Democratic hold
District 25	R +10.56%	Pat Hickey	Republican	2010	2020	Ran for re-election and won	Rick Fineberg (Republican) Niklas Putnam (independent)	Republican hold
District 26	R +15.78%	Randy Kirner	Republican	2010	2020	Ran for re-election and won	Rob Archie (Republican) Lisa Krasner (Republican)	Republican hold
District 27	D +7.77%	Teresa Benitez-Thompson	Democratic	2010	2020	Ran for re-election and won	Rodney Bloom (Republican) Rex Crouch (Republican)	Democratic hold
District 28	D +47.37%	Lucy Flores	Democratic	2010	n/a	Ran for Nevada Lieutenant Governor and lost	Edgar Flores (Democrat)	Democratic win (new seat)
District 29	D +2.7%	Lesley Cohen	Democratic	Appointed 2012	2022	Appointed ran for election and lost	Amy L. Groves (Republican) Stephen Silberkraus (Republican)	Republican gain from Democratic
District 30	D +12.89%	Michael Sprinkle	Democratic	2012	2022	Ran for re-election and won	Adam Khan (Republican) Lauren Scott (Republican)	Democratic hold
District 31	R +4.66%	Skip Daly	Democratic	2010	2020	Ran for re-election and lost	Jill Dickman (Republican) Ron Schmitt (Republican)	Republican gain from Democratic
District 32	R +20.7%	Ira Hansen	Republican	2010	2020	Ran for re-election and won	John Sharp Sampaga (Democratic) Louis "Wedge" Gabriel (Libertarian)	Republican hold
District 33	R +32.99%	John Ellison	Republican	2010	2020	Ran for re-election unopposed	No filed candidate	Republican hold
District 34	D +13.14%	William Horne	Democratic	2002	2012	Term Limited	Gary Fisher (Democrat) Fayyaz Raja (Democrat) Sanje Sedera (Democrat) Meghan Smith (Democrat) Victoria Seaman (Republican)	Republican win (new seat)
District 35	D +5.56%	James Healey	Democratic	2012	2022	Ran for re-election and lost	Charles J. Clark Jr. (Democrat) Michael "Mike" Bajorek (Republican) Brent A. Jones (Republican)	Republican gain from Democratic
District 36	R +13.23%	James Oscarson	Republican	2012	2022	Ran for re-election unopposed	No filed candidate	Republican hold
District 37	R +0.43%	Wesley Duncan	Republican	2012	2022	Ran for re-election and won	Gerald Mackin (Democratic) Lou Pombo (Libertarian)	Republican hold
District 38	R +25.75%	Tom Grady	Republican	2002	2012	Term Limited	Timothy Fasano (Independent American Party of Nevada) John O'Connor (Libertarian) Norm Frey (Republican) Robin L. Titus (Republican)	Republican win (new seat)
District 39	R +25.48%	Jim Wheeler	Republican	2012	2022	Ran for re-election and won	Al Giodano (Independent American Party of Nevada) Robin Reedy (Republican)	Republican hold
District 40	R +13.11%	Pete Livermore	Republican	2010	n/a	Retired	Dave Cook (Democratic) John Wagner (Independent American Party of Nevada) John "Jed" Block (Republican) Philip "PK" O'Neill (Republican)	Republican win (new seat)
District 41	D +6.76%	Paul Aizley	Democratic	2008	2018	Ran for re-election and lost	Vicki Dooling (Republican)	Republican gain from Democratic
District 42	D +24.04%	Irene Bustamante Adams	Democratic	2010	2020	Ran for re-election and won	Howard Scheff (Independent American Party of Nevada)	Democratic hold

State Judicial Branch

Supreme Court Seat B

Incumbent justice Kristina Pickering has filed to run for re-election without any opposition.^[22][23]

Supreme Court Seat D

Incumbent justice Mark Gibbons has filed to run for re-election without any opposition.^[22][24]

Ballot Initiatives

Intermediate Appellate Court

Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 of the 76th Session creates an intermediate appellate court between the District Court level and the Nevada Supreme Court. After passing through the 76th Session in 2011 with a vote of 48 in favor, 13 against and two excused,^[25][26] and the 77th Session in 2013 with a vote of 61 in favor, none against and two excused,^[27][28] Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 will be placed on the 2014 general election ballot for popular vote to amend the Constitution of Nevada.

The Education Initiative

The Education Initiative was on the 2014 ballot in the state of Nevada as an indirect initiated state statute. The measure seeks to implement a 2 percent margins tax on businesses in the state and requires that the proceeds of the tax be used to fund the operation of public schools in Nevada for kindergarten through grade 12. Initiative Petition No. 1 was forwarded to the Nevada Legislature from the Secretary of State's office after qualifying for the ballot for legislative action. The Legislature did not act on IP No. 1 within the framework pursuant to Article 19, section 2 of the Nevada Constitution and automatically went on the ballot in 2014.^[29]

Mining Tax

Senate Joint Resolution No. 15 of the 76th Session proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to remove the separate tax rate and manner of assessing and distributing the tax on mines and the proceeds of mines. After passing through the 76th Session in 2011 with a vote of 40 in favor and 23 against,^[30][31] and the 77th Session in 2013 with a vote of 43 in favor, 19 against and one excused,^[32][33] Senate Joint Resolution No. 15 will be placed on the 2014 general election ballot for popular vote to amend the Constitution of Nevada.

Margin Tax for Public Schools

Results by county

No:

•   80–90%
•   70–80%