2016 Nevada Senate election

2016 Nevada Senate election

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11 of the 21 seats in the Nevada State Senate
10 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Aaron D. Ford Michael Roberson
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 11th 20th
Last election 10 11
Seats won 11 10
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 271,523 217,829
Percentage 51.32% 41.17%

Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election

Leader of the Senate before election

Michael Roberson
Republican

Elected Leader of the Senate

Aaron D. Ford
Democratic

The 2016 Nevada Senate election took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Nevada voters elected state senators in 11 of the state senate's 21 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Nevada Senate.

A primary election on June 14, 2016, determined which candidates appear on the November 8 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the State of Nevada's Secretary of State website.[1]

On election day 2016, there were 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats in the Nevada Senate; in the 2014 state senate elections, they had gained a one-seat majority. In the 2016 election Democrats flipped it back, winning 11 seats.

  1. ^ "Nevada Primary Elections 2016 - State Senate Results". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved August 8, 2020.