2018 Nevada Attorney General election

The 2018 Nevada Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Nevada.^[1]

2018 Nevada Attorney General election

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Nominee Aaron Ford Wesley Duncan Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 456,225 451,692 Percentage 47.24% 46.77%

County results Congressional district results Ford:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Duncan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Attorney General before election Adam Laxalt Republican Elected Attorney General Aaron Ford Democratic

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor.^[2] Nevada Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford won the Democratic nomination and defeated Republican nominee and former Nevada Assembly member Wesley Duncan in the general election.^[3] With a margin of 0.47%, this was the closest attorney general race of the 2018 election cycle.

Republican primary

Duncan won the Republican primary, defeating attorney Craig Mueller.^[4]

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wesley Duncan	82,427	59.78
	Republican	Craig Mueller	43,346	31.44
	Republican	None of These Candidates	12,103	8.78
Total votes			137,876	100.0

Democratic primary

Ford won the Democratic primary, defeating attorney Stuart MacKie.^[5]

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Aaron Ford	94,664	68.01
	Democratic	Stuart MacKie	26,610	19.12
	Democratic	None of These Candidates	17,922	12.88
Total votes			139,196	100.0

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Wesley Duncan (R)	Aaron Ford (D)	Other	Undecided
Suffolk University/Reno Gazette Journal[6]	September 5–10, 2018	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	28%	30%	13%[b]	29%
The Mellman Group (D)[7][A]	April 12–19, 2018	600 (V)	± 4.0%	27%	36%	–	37%

Results

Ford won the election by a 0.47% margin.^[8][9]

General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Aaron Ford	456,225	47.24
	Republican	Wesley Duncan	451,692	46.77
	Independent American	Joel Hansen	32,259	3.34
	n/a	None of These Candidates	25,577	2.65
Total votes			965,753	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

By congressional district

Ford won 2 of 4 congressional districts, with the remaining 2 going to Duncan, including one that elected a Democrat.^[10]

District	Duncan	Ford	Representative
1st	33%	61%	Dina Titus
2nd	54%	38%	Mark Amodei
3rd	48%	47%	Susie Lee
4th	45%	49%	Steven Horsford

See also

• 2018 United States attorney general elections
• 2018 Nevada elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Joel Hansen (IAPN) with 10%; None of these candidates with 2%; Refused with 1%

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by The Nevada Independent