2022 Nevada Senate election

Nevada Senate elections, 2022

November 8, 2022
11 of 21 seats in the Nevada Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Nicole Cannizzaro James Settelmeyer (term-limited) Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 6th 17th Seats before 12 9 Seats won 13 8 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 201,014 305,964 Percentage 39.41% 59.99% Swing 16.75% 19.02%
Majority Leader before election Nicole Cannizzaro Democratic Elected Majority Leader TBD

The 2022 Nevada Senate election were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Voters in 11 districts of the Nevada Senate elected their senators. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Nevada Assembly. Republicans needed to gain two seats to win control of the chamber.

The primary elections were held on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.

Background

In the 2020 Nevada State Senate election, Democrats maintained control of the Nevada Senate by a 12–9 margin. Democrats have controlled the chamber since 2016.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean D	May 19, 2022

Results

Overview

Summary of the November 8, 2022 Nevada Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Seats
					Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Democratic	9	201,014	39.41	12	6	7	13	1
	Republican	11	305,964	59.99	9	5	4	8	1
	Libertarian	2	3,064	0.60	0	0	0	0
Total			510,042	100.00	21	10	10	21
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Summary of results by State Senate district

• For districts not displayed, there is no election until 2024.

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
2nd	Mo Denis (retiring)		Democratic	Edgar Flores		Democratic
8th	Marilyn Dondero Loop		Democratic	Marilyn Dondero Loop		Democratic
9th	Melanie Scheible		Democratic	Melanie Scheible		Democratic
10th	Fabian Doñate		Democratic	Fabian Doñate		Democratic
12th	Joe Hardy (retiring)		Republican	Julie Pazina		Democratic
13th	Vacant		Democratic	Richard Daly		Democratic
14th	Ira Hansen		Republican	Ira Hansen		Republican
16th	Don Tatro (lost re-nomination)		Republican	Lisa Krasner		Republican
17th	James Settelmeyer (retiring)		Republican	Robin Titus		Republican
20th	Keith Pickard (retiring)		Republican	Jeff Stone		Republican
21st	James Ohrenschall		Democratic	James Ohrenschall		Democratic

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. State Senate district 8, 1.44%
2. State Senate district 12, 4.94% (gain)
3. State Senate district 9, 6.9%

Results by District

District 2

2022 Nevada State Senate election, District 2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edgar Flores	12,442	69.93
	Republican	Leo Henderson	5,350	30.07
Total votes			17,792	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 8

2022 Nevada State Senate election, District 8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marilyn Dondero Loop (incumbent)	26,698	50.72
	Republican	Joey Paulos	25,944	49.28
Total votes			52,642	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 9

2022 Nevada Senate election, District 9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melanie Scheible (incumbent)	22,823	53.45
	Republican	Tina Brown	19,875	46.55
Total votes			42,698	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 10

2022 Nevada Senate election, District 10

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fabian Doñate (incumbent)	16,714	55.54
	Republican	Philip Graviet	12,284	40.82
	Libertarian	Chris Cunningham	1,096	3.64
Total votes			30,094	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 12

2022 Nevada Senate election, District 12

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julie Ann Pazina	26,609	52.47
	Republican	Cheryln Arrington	24,104	47.53
Total votes			50,713	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 13

2022 Nevada Senate election, District 13

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Daly	23,416	61.57
	Republican	Matthew Buehler	14,618	38.43
Total votes			38,034	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 14

2022 Nevada Senate election, District 14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ira Hansen (incumbent)	47,925	100.00%
Total votes			47,925	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 16

2022 Nevada State Senate election, District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lisa Krasner	42,871	60.35
	Democratic	Aaron Sims	28,172	39.65
Total votes			71,043	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 17

2022 Nevada Senate election, District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robin Titus	53,823	100.00%
Total votes			53,823	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 20

2022 Nevada Senate election, District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Stone	44,567	61.69
	Democratic	Brent Foutz	25,712	35.59
	Libertarian	Brandon Mills	1,968	2.72
Total votes			72,247	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 21

2022 Nevada Senate election, District 21

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Ohrenschall (incumbent)	18,428	55.79
	Republican	April Larsen	14,603	44.21
Total votes			33,031	100.00%
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2022 Nevada elections