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Nevada's 4th Congressional District election, 2022

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Elections in Nevada, 2022

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Nevada's 4th Congressional District
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Democratic primary Republican primary General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 18, 2022
Primary: June 14, 2022 General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Nevada
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): D+3 Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic Inside Elections: Lean Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
See also
Nevada's 4th Congressional District U.S. Senate •1st •2nd •3rd •4th Nevada elections, 2022 U.S. Congress elections, 2022 U.S. Senate elections, 2022 U.S. House elections, 2022

AllU.S. House districts, including the4th Congressional District of Nevada, held elections in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for June 14, 2022. The filing deadline was March 18, 2022.

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of theU.S. House of Representatives in the118th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

Republicans won a 222-213 majority in theU.S. House in 2022.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the2020 presidential election in this district would have been followingredistricting.Joe Biden (D) would have received 53.0% of the vote in this district andDonald Trump (R) would have received 44.8%.^[1]

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Nevada District 4

IncumbentSteven Horsford defeatedSam Peters in the general election for U.S. House Nevada District 4 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Steven Horsford (D)	52.4	116,617
	Sam Peters (R)	47.6	105,870

	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 222,487
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

John Johnson (Independent)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. IncumbentSteven Horsford advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Nevada District 4.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jennifer Eason (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 4

Sam Peters defeatedAnnie Black andChance Bonaventura in the Republican primary for U.S. House Nevada District 4 on June 14, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sam Peters	47.7	20,956
	Annie Black	41.5	18,249
	Chance Bonaventura	10.8	4,748

	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,953
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jessie Vargas (R)
Tony Lane (R)

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from theFederal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.^[2] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or onspending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.^[3] Clickhere to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report	Close of books	Filing deadline
Year-end 2021	12/31/2021	1/31/2022
April quarterly	3/31/2022	4/15/2022
July quarterly	6/30/2022	7/15/2022
October quarterly	9/30/2022	10/15/2022
Pre-general	10/19/2022	10/27/2022
Post-general	11/28/2022	12/08/2022
Year-end 2022	12/31/2022	1/31/2023

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Steven Horsford	Democratic Party	$4,956,048	$5,389,863	$62,102	As of December 31, 2022
Sam Peters	Republican Party	$1,964,060	$1,930,638	$36,958	As of December 31, 2022
Source:Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." *According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

Name

Party

Receipts*

Disbursements**

Cash on hand

Date

Steven Horsford

Democratic Party

$4,956,048

$5,389,863

$62,102

As of December 31, 2022

Sam Peters

Republican Party

$1,964,060

$1,930,638

$36,958

As of December 31, 2022

Source:Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

*According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
**According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

General election race ratings

See also:Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets:The Cook Political Report,Inside Elections,Sabato's Crystal Ball, andDDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe andSolid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[4]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Race ratings: Nevada's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 8, 2022	November 1, 2022	October 25, 2022	October 18, 2022
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic	Lean Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Nevada in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Nevada, clickhere.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Nevada	U.S. House	All candidates	N/A	$300.00	3/18/2022	Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

Nevada District 4
until January 2, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Nevada District 4
starting January 3, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Effect of redistricting

See also:Redistricting in Nevada after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.^[8] This data was compiled byDaily Kos Elections.^[9]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Nevada
District	2022 district		Political predecessor district
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
Nevada's 1st	53.2%	44.7%	61.5%	36.4%
Nevada's 2nd	43.1%	54.1%	43.6%	53.6%
Nevada's 3rd	52.4%	45.7%	49.1%	48.9%
Nevada's 4th	53.0%	44.8%	50.9%	47.0%

Competitiveness

See also:Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Nevada.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Nevada in 2022. Information below was calculated on April 6, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

In 2022, 38 candidates filed to run in Nevada’s four U.S. House districts, including 21 Republicans, 12 Democrats, and five independent or third party candidates. That’s 9.5 candidates per district, less than the 10.0 candidates per district in 2020 and 10.5 candidates per district in 2018.

This was the first candidate filing deadline under new district lines following Nevada's decennialredistricting process. Nevada was apportioned four congressional districts, the same number it had after the 2010 census. Since Democrats and Republicans filed to run in every district, none were guaranteed to one party or the other at the time of the filing deadline.

All four incumbents filed for re-election and, of that total, three drew primary challengers leaving Rep.Steven Horsford (D) as the only incumbent uncontested in a primary. In Nevada, uncontested primaries are canceled, meaning Horsford was guaranteed to advance to the general election.

With all four incumbents seeking re-election, this left no open districts. The last time Nevada had an open U.S. House district was in 2018 with two.

The2nd district drew the most candidate filings with 14 candidates running. This included five Republicans, including incumbent Rep.Mark Amodei, seven Democrats, and two third party candidates.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also:The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, theCook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Nevada's 4th the 191st most Democratic district nationally.^[10]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled byDaily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Nevada's 4th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
53.0%	44.8%

Presidential voting history

See also:Presidential election in Nevada, 2020

Nevada presidential election results (1900-2020)

17Democratic wins
14Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	D	R	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Nevada and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Nevada
	Nevada	United States
Population	2,700,551	308,745,538
Land area (sq mi)	109,859	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	65.6%	72.5%
Black/African American	9.1%	12.7%
Asian	8.2%	5.5%
Native American	1.3%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.2%
Other (single race)	10.3%	4.9%
Multiple	4.9%	3.3%
Hispanic/Latino	28.7%	18%
Education
High school graduation rate	86.7%	88%
College graduation rate	24.7%	32.1%
Income
Median household income	$60,365	$62,843
Persons below poverty level	13.1%	13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere.

State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Nevada's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Nevada, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	3	5
Republican	0	1	1
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	4	6

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Nevada's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Nevada, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Steve Sisolak
Lieutenant Governor	Lisa Cano Burkhead
Secretary of State	Barbara K. Cegavske
Attorney General	Aaron D. Ford

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of theNevada State Legislature as of November 2022.

Nevada State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	12
	Republican Party	9
	Vacancies	0
Total		21

Nevada State Assembly

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	25
	Republican Party	16
	Vacancies	1
Total		42

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Nevada was aDemocratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Nevada Party Control: 1992-2022
Five years of Democratic trifectas • Two years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D
Senate	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D
House	D	D	D	S	S	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D

District history