2018 Nevada Attorney General election

2018 Nevada Attorney General election

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Nominee Aaron Ford Wesley Duncan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 456,225 451,692
Percentage 47.2% 46.8%

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

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

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 0.4%, this was the closest attorney general race of the 2018 election cycle.

  1. ^ "Nevada Attorney General election, 2018". Ballotpedia. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Rindels, Michelle (November 1, 2017). "Attorney General Adam Laxalt, a rising Republican favorite, officially enters 2018 gubernatorial race". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Nevada Election Results". The New York Times. May 15, 2019. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2021.