2022 Nevada Secretary of State election

The 2022 Nevada Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next secretary of state of Nevada.

2022 Nevada Secretary of State election

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Nominee Cisco Aguilar Jim Marchant Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 496,569 473,467 Percentage 48.95% 46.67%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Aguilar:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Marchant:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes

Secretary of State before election Barbara Cegavske Republican Elected Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar Democratic

Incumbent Republican Barbara Cegavske was term-limited and could not seek a third term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jim Marchant, former member of the Nevada Assembly for the 37th district (2016–2018) and nominee for Nevada's 4th congressional district in 2020^[1]

Eliminated in primary

• Kristopher Dahir, Sparks city councilman^[2]
• John Gerhardt^[3]
• Jesse Haw, former state senator (2016)^[4]
• Socorro Keenan^[5][6]
• Gerard Ramalho, former news anchor^[7]
• Richard Scotti, former 8th Nevada judicial court judge^[8]

Endorsements

Kristopher Dahir

Newspapers

• Las Vegas Sun^[9]

Jim Marchant

U.S. Representatives

• Andy Biggs, U.S. Representative from Arizona's 5th congressional district (2017–present)^[10]
• Paul Gosar, U.S. Representative from Arizona's 4th congressional district (2013–2023)^[10]
• Mark Meadows, U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 11th congressional district (2013–2020) and White House Chief of Staff (2020–2021)^[10]

Statewide officials

• Adam Laxalt, Nevada Attorney General (2015–2019) and candidate for 2022 United States Senate election in Nevada.^[11]

Organizations

• America First Secretary of State Coalition^[12]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Kristopher Dahir	John Gerhardt	Jesse Haw	Socorro Keenan	Jim Marchant	Gerard Ramalho	Richard Scotti	None of These Candidates	Undecided
OH Predictive Insights[13]	June 6–7, 2022	525 (LV)	± 4.4%	3%	2%	21%	1%	21%	4%	8%	4%	42%
OH Predictive Insights[14]	May 10–12, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	2%	2%	7%	1%	16%	3%	8%	26%	35%

Results

GOP primary first round results by county

  Marchant

•   20–30%
•   30–40%
•   40–50%

  Haw

•   20–30%
•   30–40%

Republican primary results^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Marchant	82,843	37.62%
	Republican	Jesse Haw	44,778	20.33%
	Republican	Richard Scotti	34,984	15.89%
	None of These Candidates		18,245	8.28%
	Republican	Kristopher Dahir	15,204	6.90%
	Republican	John Gerhardt	10,815	4.91%
	Republican	Gerard Ramalho	9,325	4.23%
	Republican	Socorro Keenan	4,025	1.83%
Total votes			220,219	100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Cisco Aguilar, counsel for De Castroverde Law Group; former staffer for then–U.S. Senator Harry Reid^[16]

Withdrew

• Ellen Spiegel, former state assemblywoman from the 20th district (2012–2020)^[17][18] (ran for state controller)

Endorsements

Cisco Aguilar

Organizations

• Democratic Association of Secretaries of State^[19]
• End Citizens United^[20]

Labor unions

• Nevada AFL–CIO^[21]
• United Auto Workers^[22]

Independents and third-party candidates

Candidates

Declared

• Ross Crane (Libertarian), sales manager^[6]
• Janine Hansen (Independent American), executive director of the Independent American Party of Nevada and perennial candidate^[23][5][6]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24]	Tossup	November 3, 2022
Elections Daily[25]	Lean D (flip)	November 7, 2022

Post-primary endorsements

Jim Marchant (R)

Executive Branch officials

• Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States (2017–2021)^[26]

Cisco Aguilar (D)

Executive Branch officials

• Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (2009–2017)^[27]

U.S. Representatives

• Adam Kinzinger, U.S. Representative from Illinois's 16th congressional district (2011–2023) (Republican)^[28]

Individuals

• Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor and singer^[29]

Newspapers

• Las Vegas Review-Journal^[30]

Organizations

• Let America Vote^[20]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Jim Marchant (R)	Cisco Aguilar (D)	None of These Candidates	Other	Undecided
Emerson College[31]	October 26–29, 2022	2,000 (LV)	± 2.1%	43%	41%	–	–	8%
OH Predictive Insights[32]	October 24–27, 2022	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	38%	41%	1%	6%[b]	13%
Siena Research/NYT[33]	October 19–24, 2022	885 (LV)	± 4.2%	41%	44%	–	<1%[c]	15%
University of Nevada, Reno[34]	October 5–19, 2022	584 (LV)	± 4.0%	27%	29%	–	5%[d]	40%
CNN/SSRS[35]	September 26 – October 2, 2022	926 (RV)	± 4.7%	44%	44%	6%	4%[e]	2%
		828 (LV)	± 5.0%	46%	43%	5%	4%[e]	2%
OH Predictive Insights[36]	September 20–29, 2022	741 (LV)	± 3.6%	39%	31%	3%	6%[f]	21%
Suffolk University[37]	August 14–17, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	31%	27%	7%	9%[g]	26%

Results

2022 Nevada Secretary of State election^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Cisco Aguilar	496,569	48.95%	+0.70%
	Republican	Jim Marchant	473,467	46.67%	−2.24%
	None of These Candidates		18,144	1.79%	-1.05%
	Independent American	Janine Hansen	17,472	1.72%	N/A
	Libertarian	Ross Crane	8,821	0.87%	N/A
Total votes			1,014,473	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

By congressional district

Aguilar won 3 of 4 congressional districts.^[39]

District	Marchant	Aguilar	Representative
1st	44%	52%	Dina Titus
2nd	52%	43%	Mark Amodei
3rd	45%	52%	Susie Lee
4th	45%	51%	Steven Horsford

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Hansen (IA) with 4%; Crane (L) with 2%
3. Crane (L) with <1%; Hansen (IA) with <1%
4. "Some other candidate" with 5%
5. "Other" with 4%
6. Hansen with 4%; Crane with 2%
7. Hansen (IA) with 7%; Crane (L) with 2%