2024 Nevada Senate election

Not to be confused with the 2024 United States Senate election in Nevada.

The 2024 Nevada Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Voters in 10 districts of the Nevada Senate elected their senators. The elections coincided with elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and the State Assembly. Republicans needed to gain three seats to win control of the chamber.

2024 Nevada Senate election

← 2022 November 5, 2024 2026 →
10 of 21 seats in the Nevada Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Nicole Cannizzaro Robin Titus Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 6th - Las Vegas 17th - Wellington Last election 13 8 Seats won 13 8 Seat change Popular vote 320,485 326,549 Percentage 49.22% 50.15% Swing 9.81% 9.84%
Results by gains and holds Results by winning party vote share Results:      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election Vote share:      50–60%      >90%      50–60%      >90%
Senate Majority Leader before election Nicole Cannizzaro Democratic Elected Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro Democratic

The primary elections were held on Tuesday, June 11, 2024.^[1]

Background

In the 2022 Nevada State Senate election, Democrats maintained control of the Nevada Senate by a 13–8 margin. Democrats have controlled the chamber since 2016.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
CNalysis[2]	Solid D	March 24, 2024

Outgoing incumbents

Democrats

1. District 1: Pat Spearman was term-limited.

Republicans

1. District 15: Heidi Gansert retired.
2. District 19: Pete Goicoechea was term-limited.

Incumbents who resigned before end of term

Republicans

1. District 18: Scott Hammond resigned October 26, 2023 to become Executive Director of the Nevada Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation.

Results summary

Summary of the November 8, 2022 Nevada Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Seats
					Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Democratic	9	320,485	49.22	13	6	6	13
	Republican	9	326,549	50.15	8	4	4	8
	Independent	1	2,078	0.32	0	0	0	0
	Independent American	1	2,017	0.31	0	0	0	0
Total			651,129	100.00	21	10	10	21
Source:

For districts not displayed, there is no election until 2026. † - Incumbent not seeking re-election

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Pat Spearman†		Dem	Michelee Crawford		Dem
3rd	Rochelle Nguyen		Dem	Rochelle Nguyen		Dem
4th	Dina Neal		Dem	Dina Neal		Dem
5th	Carrie Buck		Rep	Carrie Buck		Rep
6th	Nicole Cannizzaro		Dem	Nicole Cannizzaro		Dem
7th	Roberta Lange		Dem	Roberta Lange		Dem
11th	Dallas Harris		Dem	Lori Rogich		Rep
15th	Heidi Gansert†		Rep	Angie Taylor		Dem
18th	Vacant[a]			John Steinbeck		Rep
19th	Pete Goicoechea		Rep	John Ellison		Rep

Detailed results

Results by district

District 1 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 11 • District 15 • District 18 • District 19

Certified primary election results:^[3]

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Pat Spearman has represented the district since 2012.

Nevada State Senate 1st district Democratic primary election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelee Crawford	4,598	53.88%
	Democratic	Clara Thomas	3,936	46.12%
Total votes			8,534	100%

Nevada State Senate 1st district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelee Crawford	40,066	58.97%
	Republican	Patricia Brinkley	27,880	41.03%
Total votes			67,946	100%
	Democratic hold

District 3

Incumbent Democrat Rochelle Nguyen has represented the district since 2022.

Nevada State Senate 3rd district Democratic primary election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rochelle Nguyen (incumbent)	4,464	55.21%
	Democratic	Geoconda Hughes	3,622	44.79%
Total votes			8,086	100%

Nevada State Senate 3rd district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rochelle Nguyen (incumbent)	28,254	54.81%
	Republican	Brent Howard	21,215	41.16%
	Independent	Keya Jones	2,078	4.03%
Total votes			51,547	100%
	Democratic hold

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Dina Neal has represented the district since 2020.

Nevada State Senate 4th district Democratic primary election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Neal (incumbent)	4,671	72.25%
	Democratic	Laura Perkins	1,794	27.75%
Total votes			6,465	100%

Nevada State Senate 4th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Neal (incumbent)	37,149	100%
Total votes			37,149	100%
	Democratic hold

District 5

Incumbent Republican Carrie Buck has represented the district since 2020.

Nevada State Senate 5th district Democratic primary election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jennifer Atlas	5,618	66.57%
	Democratic	Christian Bishop	2,821	33.43%
Total votes			8,439	100%

Nevada State Senate 5th district Republican primary election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carrie Buck (incumbent)	6,085	77.50%
	Republican	Richard Auchmoody	1,767	22.50%
Total votes			7,852	100%

Nevada State Senate 5th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carrie Buck (incumbent)	42,275	53.46%
	Democratic	Jennifer Atlas	36,802	46.54%
	Republican hold
Total votes			79,077	100%

District 6

Incumbent Democrat Nicole Cannizzaro has represented the district since 2016.

Nevada State Senate 6th district Republican primary election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jill Douglass	5,508	71.98%
	Republican	Joshua Stacy	2,144	28.02%
Total votes			7,652	100%

Nevada State Senate 6th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicole Cannizzaro (incumbent)	37,171	51.69%
	Republican	Jill Douglass	32,730	45.51%
	Independent American	Brad Lee Barnhill	2,017	2.80%
Total votes			71,918	100%
	Democratic hold

District 7

Incumbent Democrat Roberta Lange has represented the district since 2020.

Nevada State Senate 7th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roberta Lange (incumbent)	29,581	58.38%
	Republican	Leonel Henderson Jr	21,093	41.62%
Total votes			50,674	100%
	Democratic hold

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Dallas Harris has represented the district since 2018.

Nevada State Senate 11th district Republican primary election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lori Rogich	2,746	63.13%
	Republican	Brian Martin Paonessa	1,604	36.87%
Total votes			4,350	100%

Nevada State Senate 11th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lori Rogich	37,668	50.71%
	Democratic	Dallas Harris (incumbent)	36,615	49.29%
Total votes			74,283	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 15

Incumbent Republican Heidi Gansert has represented the district since 2018.

Nevada State Senate 15th district Democratic primary election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angie Taylor	7,216	63.93%
	Democratic	Naomi Duerr	3,795	33.62%
	Democratic	Johnny Kerns	276	2.45%
Total votes			11,287	100%

Nevada State Senate 15th district Republican primary election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Ginsburg	4,218	50.76%
	Republican	Sharron Angle	3,480	41.88%
	Republican	Mark Neumann	611	7.35%
Total votes			8,309	100%

Nevada State Senate 15th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angie Taylor	39,755	54.94%
	Republican	Mike Ginsburg	32,607	45.06%
Total votes			72,362	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 18

This seat has been vacant since October 2023, following the resignation of Republican Scott Hammond to become executive director of the Nevada Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation.

Nevada State Senate 18th district Democratic primary election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald Bioldeau	3,058	43.04%
	Democratic	Iman Joseph	2,448	34.45%
	Democratic	Donald Conners	1,599	22.51%
Total votes			7,105	100%

Nevada State Senate 18th district Republican primary election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Steinbeck	5,458	59.58%
	Republican	Joshua Leavitt	2,131	23.26%
	Republican	Richard McArthur	1,572	17.16%
Total votes			9,161	100%

Nevada State Senate 18th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Steinbeck	46,354	56.91%
	Democratic	Ronald Bioldeau	35,092	43.09%
Total votes			81,446	100%
	Republican hold

District 19

Incumbent Republican Pete Goicoechea has represented the district since 2012.

Nevada State Senate 19th district Republican primary election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Ellison	8,273	59.60%
	Republican	William Hockstedler	3,906	28.14%
	Republican	Chelsy Fischer	1,702	12.26%
Total votes			13,881	100%

Nevada State Senate 19th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Ellison	64,727	100%
Total votes			64,727	100%
	Republican hold

See also

• 2024 Nevada elections
• List of Nevada state legislatures

Notes

1. Republican Senator Scott Hammond resigned on October 26, 2023 to become Executive Director of the Nevada Governor's Office of Workforce Innovation.