2018 Nevada Assembly election

The 2018 Nevada State Assembly election was held on November 6, 2018. The election coincided with elections for other offices including Governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and the Nevada Senate.

2018 Nevada Assembly election

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All 42 seats in the Nevada Assembly 22 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Jason Frierson Jim Wheeler Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 8th district 39th district Last election 27 15 Seats before 27 14 Seats won 29 13 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 462,309 417,116 Percentage 52.17% 47.03%
Results:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold
Speaker before election Jason Frierson Democratic Elected Speaker Jason Frierson Democratic

Primary elections were held on June 12.^[1] As of 2024, this is the last time Democrats won the majority of votes for the chamber.

Results summary

State House district	Incumbent	Party		Elected Representative	Party
1st	Daniele Monroe-Moreno		Dem	Daniele Monroe-Moreno		Dem
2nd	John Hambrick		Rep	John Hambrick		Rep
3rd	Nelson Araujo†		Dem	Selena Torres		Dem
4th	Richard McArthur		Rep	Connie Munk		Dem
5th	Brittney Miller		Dem	Brittney Miller		Dem
6th	William McCurdy II		Dem	William McCurdy II		Dem
7th	Dina Neal		Dem	Dina Neal		Dem
8th	Jason Frierson		Dem	Jason Frierson		Dem
9th	Steve Yeager		Dem	Steve Yeager		Dem
10th	Chris Brooks		Dem	Chris Brooks		Dem
11th	Olivia Diaz		Dem	Olivia Diaz		Dem
12th	James Ohrenschall†		Dem	Susie Martinez		Dem
13th	Vacant			Tom Roberts		Rep
14th	Maggie Carlton		Dem	Maggie Carlton		Dem
15th	Elliot Anderson†		Dem	Howard Watts III		Dem
16th	Heidi Swank		Dem	Heidi Swank		Dem
17th	Tyrone Thompson		Dem	Tyrone Thompson		Dem
18th	Richard Carrillo		Dem	Richard Carrillo		Dem
19th	Chris Edwards		Rep	Chris Edwards		Rep
20th	Ellen Spiegel		Dem	Ellen Spiegel		Dem
21st	Ozzie Fumo		Dem	Ozzie Fumo		Dem
22nd	Keith Pickard†		Rep	Melissa Hardy		Rep
23rd	Melissa Woodbury†		Rep	Glen Leavitt		Rep
24th	Amber Joiner†		Dem	Sarah Peters		Dem
25th	Jill Tolles		Rep	Jill Tolles		Rep
26th	Lisa Krasner		Rep	Lisa Krasner		Rep
27th	Teresa Benitez-Thompson		Dem	Teresa Benitez-Thompson		Dem
28th	Edgar Flores		Dem	Edgar Flores		Dem
29th	Lesley Cohen		Dem	Lesley Cohen		Dem
30th	Michael Sprinkle		Dem	Michael Sprinkle		Dem
31st	Skip Daly		Dem	Skip Daly		Dem
32nd	Ira Hansen†		Rep	Alexis Hansen		Rep
33rd	John Ellison		Rep	John Ellison		Rep
34th	Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod		Dem	Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod		Dem
35th	Justin Watkins†		Dem	Michelle Gorelow		Dem
36th	James Oscarson†		Rep	Gregory Hafen II[a]		Rep
37th	Jim Marchant		Rep	Shea Backus		Dem
38th	Robin Titus		Rep	Robin Titus		Rep
39th	Jim Wheeler		Rep	Jim Wheeler		Rep
40th	Al Kramer		Rep	Al Kramer		Rep
41st	Sandra Jauregui		Dem	Sandra Jauregui		Dem
42nd	Irene Adams†		Dem	Alexander Assefa		Dem

† - Incumbent not seeking reelection

Detailed results

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42

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District 1

2018 Nevada Assembly District 1 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Daniele Monroe-Moreno (incumbent)	18,958	100.00%
Total votes			18,958	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 2

2018 Nevada Assembly District 2 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Hambrick (incumbent)	14,597	51.87%
	Democratic	Jennie Sherwood	13,543	48.13%
Total votes			28,091	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 3

2018 Nevada Assembly District 3 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Selena Torres	10,138	66.47%
	Republican	Stephen Sedlmeyer	5,113	33.53%
Total votes			15,251	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 4

2018 Nevada Assembly District 4 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Connie Munk	14,530	49.07%
	Republican	Richard McArthur (incumbent)	14,410	48.66%
	Independent American	Bob Lystrup	671	2.27%
Total votes			29,611	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 5

2018 Nevada Assembly District 5 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brittney Miller (incumbent)	11,938	55.83%
	Republican	Jason Burke	9,446	44.17%
Total votes			21,384	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 6

2018 Nevada Assembly District 6 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William McCurdy II (incumbent)	10,390	100.00%
Total votes			10,390	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 7

2018 Nevada Assembly District 7 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Neal (incumbent)	15,032	100.00%
Total votes			15,032	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 8

2018 Nevada Assembly District 8 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jason Frierson (incumbent)	11,686	60.28%
	Republican	Tina Peetris	7,699	39.72%
Total votes			19,385	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 9

2018 Nevada Assembly District 9 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Yeager (incumbent)	15,484	57.77%
	Republican	Linda Cannon	11,317	42.23%
Total votes			26,801	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 10

2018 Nevada Assembly District 10 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Brooks (incumbent)	9,179	63.72%
	Republican	Chris Hisgen	4,757	33.02%
	Independent American	Jonathan Friedrich	469	3.26%
Total votes			14,405	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 11

2018 Nevada Assembly District 11 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Olivia Diaz (incumbent)	6,759	81.28%
	Republican	Gianna Miceli	1,557	18.72%
Total votes			8,316	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 12

2018 Nevada Assembly District 12 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susie Martinez (incumbent)	12,708	53.81%
	Republican	Richard Fletcher	10,172	43.07%
	Independent American	Mary Martinez	736	3.12%
Total votes			23,616	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 13

2018 Nevada Assembly District 13 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Roberts (incumbent)	17,010	64.83%
	Independent American	Leonard Foster	9,228	35.17%
Total votes			26,238	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 14

2018 Nevada Assembly District 14 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maggie Carlton (incumbent)	10,365	100.00%
Total votes			10,365	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 15

2018 Nevada Assembly District 15 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Watts III	9,347	66.45%
	Republican	Stan Vaughan	4,719	33.55%
Total votes			14,066	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 16

2018 Nevada Assembly District 16 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Heidi Swank (incumbent)	9,106	65.35%
Total votes			9,106	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 17

2018 Nevada Assembly District 17 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tyrone Thompson (incumbent)	13,798	66.00%
	Republican	Patricia Little	6,586	31.50%
	Libertarian	Ronald Newsome	522	2.50%
Total votes			20,906	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 18

2018 Nevada Assembly District 18 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Carrillo (incumbent)	11,373	65.32%
	Republican	Matt Sadler	6,037	34.68%
Total votes			17,410	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 19

2018 Nevada Assembly District 19 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Edwards (incumbent)	18,328	100.00%
Total votes			18,328	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 20

2018 Nevada Assembly District 20 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Spiegel (incumbent)	12,029	62.10%
	Republican	Michael L. McDonald	7,342	37.90%
Total votes			19,371	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 21

2018 Nevada Assembly District 21 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ozzie Fumo (incumbent)	12,569	56.26%
	Republican	Cherlyn Arrington	9,773	43.74%
Total votes			22,342	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 22

2018 Nevada Assembly District 22 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Melissa Hardy	17,100	54.33%
	Democratic	Kristee Watson	14,372	45.67%
Total votes			31,472	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 23

2018 Nevada Assembly District 23 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Glen Leavitt	24,100	71.42%
	Independent American	Ralph Preta	9,643	28.58%
Total votes			33,743	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 24

2018 Nevada Assembly District 24 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah Peters (incumbent)	16,630	100.00%
Total votes			16,630	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 25

2018 Nevada Assembly District 25 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jill Tolles (incumbent)	20,383	59.01%
	Democratic	Gregory Shorts	14,157	40.99%
Total votes			34,540	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 26

2020 Nevada Assembly District 26 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Krasner (incumbent)	20,931	57.35%
	Democratic	June Joseph	15,581	42.65%
Total votes			36,462	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 27

2018 Nevada Assembly District 27 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Teresa Benitez-Thompson (incumbent)	18,410	100.00%
Total votes			18,410	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 28

2018 Nevada Assembly District 28 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edgar Flores (incumbent)	7,843	100.00%
Total votes			7,843	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 29

2018 Nevada Assembly District 29 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lesley Cohen (incumbent)	18,489	51.44%
	Republican	Stephen H. Silberkraus	12,171	46.35%
	Libertarian	Bruce James-Newman	582	2.22%
Total votes			31,242	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 30

2018 Nevada Assembly District 30 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Sprinkle (incumbent)	16,205	100.00%
Total votes			28,585	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 31

2020 Nevada Assembly District 31 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Skip Daly (incumbent)	15,054	51.90%
	Republican	Jill Ann Dickman	13,949	48.10%
Total votes			29,003	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 32

2018 Nevada Assembly District 32 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alexis Hansen	17,924	70.64%
	Democratic	Paula Povilaitis	7,451	29.36%
Total votes			23,375	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 33

2018 Nevada Assembly District 33 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Ellison (incumbent)	18,319	100.00%
Total votes			18,319	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 34

2018 Nevada Assembly District 34 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod (incumbent)	12,878	59.18%
	Republican	Janice Wesen	8,883	40.82%
Total votes			21,761	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 35

2018 Nevada Assembly District 35 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Gorelow	14,332	49.90%
	Republican	David Schoen	11,485	39.99%
	Independent	Daniel Hofstein	2,905	10.11%
Total votes			28,722	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 36

2018 Nevada Assembly District 36 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Hof[a]	17,179	63.07%
	Democratic	Lesia Romanov	10,058	36.93%
Total votes			27,237	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 37

2018 Nevada Assembly District 37 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shea Backus	14,222	50.24%
	Republican	Jim Marchant (incumbent)	14,087	49.76%
Total votes			28,309	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 38

2018 Nevada Assembly District 38 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robin L. Titus (incumbent)	21,681	100.00%
Total votes			21,681	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 39

2018 Nevada Assembly District 39 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Wheeler (incumbent)	22,266	65.36%
	Democratic	Patricia Ackerman	11,159	32.76%
	Libertarian	Paul Cwalina	642	1.88%
Total votes			34,067	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 40

2018 Nevada Assembly District 40 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Al Kramer (incumbent)	16,963	59.39%
	Democratic	Autumn Zemke	11,600	40.61%
Total votes			28,563	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 41

2018 Nevada Assembly District 41 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandra Jauregui (incumbent)	12,932	54.46%
	Republican	Paris Wade	10,812	45.63%
Total votes			23,744	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 42

2018 Nevada Assembly District 42 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alexander Assefa	11,093	100.00%
Total votes			11,093	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2018 Nevada elections
• List of Nevada state legislatures

Notes

1. Republican nominee Dennis Hof died before the election, but still appeared on the ballot and won. Gregory Hafen was appointed in his place.^[2]