2018 Nevada Senate election

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11 of the 21 seats in theNevada State Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Aaron Ford Michael Roberson Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 11th 20th Last election 11 10 Seats before 11+1[a] 9 Seats won 13 8 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 255,036 227,371 Percentage 51.30% 45.73% Swing 0.02% 4.56%
Results:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold     Republican hold      No election
Leader of the Senate before election Aaron D. Ford Democratic Elected Leader of the Senate Kelvin Atkinson Democratic

The2018 Nevada Senate election took place as part of thebiennialUnited States elections.Nevada voters elected state senators in 11 of the state senate's 21 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in theNevada State Senate.

A primary election on June 12, 2018, determined which candidates appeared on the November 6general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the State of Nevada'sSecretary of State website.^[2]

Due to resignations and appointments, on election day 2018, there were 10 Democrats, one independent (caucusing with Democrats), eight Republicans, and two vacancies in theNevada Senate. To claim control of the chamber fromDemocrats, theRepublicans needed to net three Senate seats.

Following the 2016 state senate elections,Democrats flipped control of the Senate away from theRepublicans with a slim majority of 11 Democrats to 10 Republicans. On November 14, 2016, Sen.Patricia Farley switched from Republican tonon-partisan and began caucusing with the Democrats, increasing their majority to 12 seats. DemocratRuben Kihuen of District 10 resigned to become a member of the U.S. House, and he was replaced by DemocratYvanna Cancela on December 6, 2016. DemocratMark Manendo of District 21 resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment on July 19, 2017, and RepublicanBecky Harris of District 9 resigned in January 2018 to chair theNevada Gaming Control Board.

• For districts not displayed, there would be no election until 2020.

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Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

• Results are only shown for races that werecontested. In uncontested races (i.e., only one person ran); theNevada Secretary of State's website does not provide results.

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• Both primaries were uncontested.

• The Republican primary was uncontested.

• The general election was uncontested.

• Both primaries were uncontested.

• The Democratic primary was uncontested and Republicans did not contest this election.

• Both primaries were uncontested.

• The Democratic primary was uncontested.

• Both primaries were uncontested.

• The Republican primary was uncontested.

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