Nevada State Democratic Party | |
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| Chairwoman | Daniele Monroe-Moreno |
| Senate Majority Leader | Nicole Cannizzaro |
| Speaker of the Nevada Assembly | Steve Yeager |
| Headquarters | 2320 Paseo del Prado Las Vegas,Nevada |
| Membership(October 2025) |  663,222[1] |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Colors | Blue |
| Statewide Executive Offices | 3 / 6 |
| Nevada Senate | 13 / 21 |
| Nevada Assembly | 28 / 42 |
| United States Senate | 2 / 2 |
| United States House of Representatives | 3 / 4 |
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| Website | |
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TheNevada State Democratic Party is the affiliate of theDemocratic Party in theU.S. state ofNevada. It has been chaired byDaniele Monroe-Moreno since March 2023.
It is currently the state's favored party, controlling all but one of Nevada's fourUnited States House of Representatives seats, bothUnited States Senate seats, three out of six statewide offices, and both houses of theNevada Legislature. However, the party does not control the statewide offices of theGovernor of Nevada,Lieutenant governor of Nevada, andNevada State Controller, which are currently held by theNevada Republican PartyJoe Lombardo,Stavros Anthony, andAndy Matthews, respectively.
The state of Nevada has had 22 political parties over the years.[2] Only six of these parties lasted up until the 2004 elections. The Democratic Party and the Republican Party remain as the top two in the state.
With the help ofAbraham Lincoln in 1864, Nevada became the 36th state in America. Lincoln's Republican influence was considerable among the Nevada state citizens during his presidency. The first two general elections in Nevada, held in 1864 and 1867, were dominated by the Republican Party. In 1871, the Democratic Party started to gain momentum and won four of the six constitutional offices: governor, lieutenant governor, state treasurer and attorney general.
Towards the beginning of the 1900s, theSilver Party was formed, bringing many Republicans and Democrats together from the western states. The party was so-named because of the federal government's shortage of silver coins in 1873. The Silver Party played a prominent role in Nevada's politics in the 1894 and 1898 elections. The Silver Party later formed the Silver Democratic Party. The Silver Democratic Party was prominent in Nevada until the election of 1906. After the election of 1906, the Democratic and Republican parties became the two primary parties in Nevada.
During theGreat Depression of 1929, the two primary parties split many constitutional and federal offices. After the Great Depression, the citizens of Nevada preferred the Democratic Party over the Republican Party. Democrats were well received by Nevada and won most of the statewide and federal races from 1932 until 1995.
In March 2021,The Intercept reported on a five-year intra-party conflict in the Nevada Democratic Party, waged between supporters of former Senate Majority LeaderHarry Reid and members of the party's progressive wing since the2016 Democratic presidential primaries. Following sweeping gains of leadership positions by progressive candidates backed by the localDemocratic Socialists of America chapter on March 6, the entire Nevada Democratic Party staff resigned, taking severance for themselves and diverting the rest of the party's coffers to the reelection of SenatorCatherine Cortez Masto.[3] On March 4, 2023, a "unity" slate of candidates were elected, ending the era of DSA dominance.[4]
The current platform for the party was ratified in 2020. The topics that are covered include the military, veterans, healthcare, civil rights, education, elections and government, voting rights, environment and energy, foreign policy, jobs and the economy, and working Nevadans.[5]
A priority for Nevada Democrats in the 2010s and 2020s has been increasing theminimum wage. In 2019, Democratic governorSteve Sisolak signed a bill passed by a Democratic legislature to raise Nevada's minimum wage to $12 an hour.[6][7][8][9][10]
The party has a formal set of by-laws that form the party structure. These by-laws contain nine articles with many sections in each article.[11]
The Nevada Democratic Party controls three of the state's six statewide offices, a majority in theNevada Senate, and a majority in theNevada Assembly. Democrats also hold both of the state'sU.S. Senate seats and three of the state's fourU.S. House of Representatives seats.
Democrats have controlled both of Nevada's seats in theU.S. Senate since2018:
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Out of the four seats Nevada is apportioned in theU.S. House of Representatives, three are held by Democrats:
| District | Member | Photo |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dina Titus | .jpg) |
| 3rd | Susie Lee |  |
| 4th | Steven Horsford |  |
Democrats control three of the six elected statewide offices:
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The party has affiliate groups in localities throughout the state:[14]
| Election | Gubernatorial candidate | Votes | Vote % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1864 | ||||
| 1870 | Lewis R. Bradley | Won Y | ||
| 1874 | ||||
| 1878 | ||||
| 1882 | Jewett W. Adams | 7,770 | 54.32% | WonY |
| 1886 | Jewett W. Adams | 5,869 | 47.59% | Lost N |
| 1890 | Theodore Winters | 5,791 | 46.73% | LostN |
| 1894 | Theodore Winters | 678 | 6.47% | LostN |
| 1898 | George Russell | 2,057 | 20.55% | LostN |
| 1902 | EndorsedJohn Sparks (Silver) | N/A | N/A | Did not run |
| 1906 | EndorsedJohn Sparks (Silver) | N/A | N/A | Did not run |
| 1910 | Denver S. Dickerson | 8,798 | 42.66% | LostN |
| 1914 | Emmet D. Boyle | 9,623 | 44.65% | WonY |
| 1918 | Emmet D. Boyle | 12,875 | 52.08% | WonY |
| 1922 | James G. Scrugham | 15,437 | 53.88% | WonY |
| 1926 | James G. Scrugham | 14,521 | 47.00% | LostN |
| 1930 | Charles L. Richards | 16,192 | 46.75% | LostN |
| 1934 | Richard Kirman Sr. | 23,088 | 53.94% | WonY |
| 1938 | Edward P. Carville | 28,528 | 61.86% | WonY |
| 1942 | Edward P. Carville | 24,505 | 60.26% | WonY |
| 1946 | Vail Pittman | 28,655 | 57.42% | WonY |
| 1950 | Vail Pittman | 26,164 | 42.36% | LostN |
| 1954 | Vail Pittman | 36,797 | 46.90% | LostN |
| 1958 | Grant Sawyer | 50,864 | 59.92% | WonY |
| 1962 | Grant Sawyer | 64,784 | 66.84% | WonY |
| 1966 | Grant Sawyer | 65,870 | 47.84% | LostN |
| 1970 | Mike O'Callaghan | 70,697 | 48.10% | WonY |
| 1974 | Mike O'Callaghan | 114,114 | 67.38% | WonY |
| 1978 | Robert E. Rose | 76,361 | 39.68% | LostN |
| 1982 | Richard Bryan | 128,132 | 53.30% | WonY |
| 1986 | Richard Bryan | 187,268 | 71.92% | WonY |
| 1990 | Bob Miller | 207,878 | 64.81% | WonY |
| 1994 | Bob Miller | 200,026 | 52.68% | WonY |
| 1998 | Jan Laverty Jones | 182,281 | 42.04% | LostN |
| 2002 | Joe Neal | 110,935 | 22.01% | LostN |
| 2006 | Dina Titus | 255,684 | 43.92% | LostN |
| 2010 | Rory Reid | 298,171 | 41.61% | LostN |
| 2014 | Bob Goodman | 130,722 | 23.88% | LostN |
| 2018 | Steve Sisolak | 480,007 | 49.39% | WonY |
| 2022 | Steve Sisolak | 481,991 | 47.30% | LostN |
