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Nevada State Board of Regents
Election details
Filing deadline:March 16, 2018
Primary: June 12, 2018 General: November 6, 2018 Pre-election incumbent(s): Anthony Williams (District 1) Allison Stephens (District 4) Carol Del Carlo (District 9) Andrea Anderson (District 12)
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Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Nevada
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Nevada held an election for four of the 13 seats on thestate board of regents onNovember 6, 2018. The primary election was June 12, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was March 16, 2018.

The seats up for election included District 1, held byAnthony Williams (Nevada), District 4, held byAllison Stephens, District 9, held byCarol Del Carlo, and District 12, held byAndrea Anderson.^[1]

Candidates and election results

District 1

General election

General election for Nevada Board of Regents District 1

Laura Perkins defeatedJo Cato in the general election for Nevada Board of Regents District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Laura Perkins (Nonpartisan)	62.1	33,090
		Jo Cato (Nonpartisan)	37.9	20,170

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 53,260
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 1

Laura Perkins andJo Cato defeatedJack Mallory,David Olson, andEddie Ramirez in the primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 1 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Laura Perkins (Nonpartisan)	32.5	5,651
✔		Jo Cato (Nonpartisan)	20.9	3,626
	Submit photo	Jack Mallory (Nonpartisan)	18.2	3,168
	Submit photo	David Olson (Nonpartisan)	16.5	2,861
	Submit photo	Eddie Ramirez (Nonpartisan)	11.9	2,076

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 17,382
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District 4

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 4

Donald Sylvantee McMichael Sr. won election outright in the primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 4 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Donald Sylvantee McMichael Sr. (Nonpartisan)	100.0	8,305

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 8,305
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District 9

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 9

IncumbentCarol Del Carlo won election outright in the primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 9 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Carol Del Carlo (Nonpartisan)	100.0	35,552

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 35,552
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District 12

General election

General election for Nevada Board of Regents District 12

Amy Carvalho defeatedAndrew Coates in the general election for Nevada Board of Regents District 12 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Carvalho (Nonpartisan)	61.0	40,398
		Andrew Coates (Nonpartisan)	39.0	25,867

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 66,265
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 12

Amy Carvalho andAndrew Coates defeatedBob Gutschick andT. Rao Coca in the primary for Nevada Board of Regents District 12 on June 12, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Carvalho (Nonpartisan)	46.8	10,504
✔		Andrew Coates (Nonpartisan)	33.7	7,566
	Submit photo	Bob Gutschick (Nonpartisan)	11.6	2,597
	Submit photo	T. Rao Coca (Nonpartisan)	7.9	1,763

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 22,430
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State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in Nevada heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

• Following the2016 elections, a Democrat and a Republican each held one U.S. Senate seat in Nevada.
• Democrats held three of fourU.S. House seats in Nevada, and a Republican held one.

State executives

• As of September 2018, Republicans held six of 13state executive positions, and the remaining positions were officially nonpartisan.
• The governor of Nevada was RepublicanBrian Sandoval. The state held elections forgovernor andlieutenant governor onNovember 6, 2018.

State legislature

• Democrats controlled both chambers of theNevada State Legislature. They had a 27-14 majority in the state Assembly and a 10-8 majority in the state Senate.

Trifecta status

• Nevada was underdivided government, meaning that the two parties shared control of the state government.Brian Sandoval (R) served as governor, while Democrats controlled the state legislature.

2018 elections

See also:Nevada elections, 2018

Nevada held elections for the following positions in 2018:

• 1 U.S. Senate seat
• 4 U.S. House seats
• Governor
• Lieutenant governor
• 5 lower state executive positions
• 11 of 21 state Senate seats
• All 42 state Assembly seats
• 3 state supreme court seats
• Municipal elections in Clark County, Washoe County, Las Vegas, and Reno

Demographics

As of July 2016, Nevada's three largest cities were Las Vegas (pop. est. 640,000), Henderson (pop. est. 300,000), and Reno (pop. est. 250,000).^[2]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Nevada from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from theNevada Secretary of State.

Historical elections

Presidential elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Nevada every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), Nevada 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Hillary Clinton	47.9%	Donald Trump	45.5%	2.4%
2012	Barack Obama	52.4%	Mitt Romney	45.7%	6.7%
2008	Barack Obama	55.1%	John McCain	42.7%	12.4%
2004	George W. Bush	50.5%	John Kerry	47.9%	2.6%
2000	George W. Bush	49.5%	Al Gore	45.9%	3.6%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results ofU.S. Senate races in Nevada from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Nevada 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Catherine Cortez Masto	47.1%	Joe Heck	44.7%	2.4%
2012	Dean Heller	45.9%	Shelley Berkley	44.7%	1.2%
2010	Harry Reid	50.3%	Sharron Angle	44.6%	5.7%
2006	John Ensign	55.4%	Jack Carter	41.0%	14.4%
2004	Harry Reid	61.1%	Richard Ziser	35.1%	26.0%
2000	John Ensign	55.0%	Ed Bernstein	39.7%	15.3%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in Nevada.

Election results (Governor), Nevada 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2014	Brian Sandoval	70.6%	Bob Goodman	23.9%	46.7%
2010	Brian Sandoval	53.4%	Rory Reid	41.6%	11.8%
2006	Jim Gibbons	47.9%	Dina Titus	43.9%	4.0%
2002	Kenny Guinn	68.1%	Joe Neal	22.0%	46.1%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent Nevada in theU.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

Congressional delegation, Nevada 2000-2016
Year	Republicans	Republicans (%)	Democrats	Democrats (%)	Balance of power
2016	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	D+2
2014	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	R+2
2012[3]	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	Even
2010	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	R+1
2008	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	D+1
2006	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	R+1
2004	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	R+1
2002[4]	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	R+1
2000	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	Even

Trifectas, 1992-2017

Astate government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.

See also

External links

Suggest a link

• Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents

Footnotes

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