2020 Nevada Senate election

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10 of 21 seats in theNevada Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Nicole Cannizzaro James Settelmeyer Party Democratic Republican Leader since March 5, 2018 November 7, 2018 Leader's seat 6th 17th Seats before 13 8 Seats after 12 9 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 321,290 234,367 Percentage 56.16% 40.97% Swing 4.86% 4.76%
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic hold     Republican hold      No election
Majority Leader before election Nicole Cannizzaro Democratic Elected Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro Democratic

The2020 Nevada Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Voters in 10 districts of theNevada Senate elected senators. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including forU.S. President,U.S. House and theNevada Assembly. Republicans needed to gain three seats to win control of the chamber.

The primary elections were held on June 9, 2020.

In the2018 Nevada State Senate election, Democrats maintained control of the Nevada Senate by a 13–8 margin. Democrats had controlled the chamber since2016.

Summary of the November 3, 2020Nevada Senate election results

Party		Candidates	Votes	%	Seats
					Before	Up	Won	After	+/–
	Democratic	9	321,290	56.16	13	7	6	12	1
	Republican	7	234,367	40.97	8	3	4	9	1
	Independent American	1	14,387	2.51	0	0	0	0
	Libertarian	1	2,007	0.35	0	0	0	0
Total			572,051	100.00	21	10	10	21
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Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

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