2022 Nevada Senate election

2022 Nevada Senate election

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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 - Las Vegas 17th - Gardnerville
Seats before 12 9
Seats won 7 4
Seats after 13 8
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 201,014 305,964
Percentage 39.41% 59.99%
Swing Decrease16.75% Increase19.02%

Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election
Vote share:
     50–60%      60–70%
     60–70%      >90%

Majority Leader before election

Nicole Cannizzaro
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

Nicole Cannizzaro
Democratic

The 2022 Nevada Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Voters in 11 districts of the Nevada Senate elected their senators. The elections coincided with elections for other offices, including for governor, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House and the Nevada Assembly. The primary elections were held on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.[1]

Democrats gained one seat, increasing their majority to 13 out of 21 seats, one seat shy of a two-thirds supermajority.[2]

  1. ^ "2022 Election Information". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "Democrats win majority in Nevada State Assembly, Senate races". KTNV 13 Action News Las Vegas. November 13, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2023.