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Election 2002 Results

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2002 Nevada governor election

Kenny Guinn (Republican) beat Joe Neal (Democrat) in Nevada in 2002, 68.2% to 22.0%, a margin of 46.2 points and 233,066 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1998, when Kenny Guinn also won.

Republicans led in 17 of the 17 counties. The largest, Clark, cast 307,003 votes and went to the Republican by 41.0 points. The closest was Esmeralda, where 199 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kenny Guinn won Republican 344,001 68.2%
Joe Neal Democratic 110,935 22.0%
All other candidates 49,143 9.7%
Total504,079

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Clark 74,378 24.2% 200,157 65.2% 32,468 307,003 R+41.0
Washoe 21,244 20.1% 76,059 72.1% 8,257 105,560 R+51.9
Carson City 3,448 20.0% 12,051 69.8% 1,773 17,272 R+49.8
Douglas 2,520 15.0% 12,977 77.4% 1,261 16,758 R+62.4
Elko 1,386 12.6% 8,568 77.6% 1,084 11,038 R+65.1
Lyon 1,796 16.5% 8,169 75.0% 927 10,892 R+58.5
Nye 2,226 20.7% 7,349 68.2% 1,204 10,779 R+47.5
Churchill 952 12.9% 5,867 79.5% 557 7,376 R+66.6
Humboldt 522 12.1% 3,446 80.0% 339 4,307 R+67.9
White Pine 737 24.4% 2,036 67.3% 252 3,025 R+42.9
Mineral 508 25.0% 1,290 63.5% 234 2,032 R+38.5
Lander 231 12.4% 1,503 80.7% 129 1,863 R+68.3
Lincoln 279 16.1% 1,266 73.1% 187 1,732 R+57.0
Pershing 236 14.1% 1,254 75.2% 178 1,668 R+61.0
Storey 300 18.2% 1,198 72.7% 150 1,648 R+54.5
Eureka 85 12.4% 525 76.4% 77 687 R+64.0
Esmeralda 87 19.8% 286 65.1% 66 439 R+45.3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Nevada governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Joe Lombardo (R) R+1.5
2018 Steve Sisolak (D) D+4.1
2014 Brian Sandoval (R) R+46.7
2010 Brian Sandoval (R) R+11.7
2006 James A. Gibbons (R) R+4.0
2002 Kenny Guinn (R) R+46.2
1998 Kenny Guinn (R) R+9.6
1994 Robert J. Miller (D) D+11.4
1990 Robert J. Miller (D) D+34.9
1986 Richard H. Bryan (D) D+46.9
1982 Richard H. Bryan (D) D+11.7
1978 Robert F. List (R) R+16.5
1974 Mike O'Callaghan (D) D+50.3
1970 Mike O'Callaghan (D) D+4.3
1966 Paul Laxalt (R) R+4.3
1962 Grant Sawyer (D) D+33.7
1958 Grant Sawyer (D) D+19.8
1954 Charles H. Russell (R) R+6.2
1950 Charles H. Russell (R) R+15.3
1946 Vail Pittman (D) D+14.8
1942 Edward P. Carville (D) D+20.5
1938 Edward P. Carville (D) D+23.7
1934 Richard Kirman Sr. (D) D+19.4
1930 Fred B. Balzar (R) R+6.5
1926 Fred B. Balzar (R) R+6.0
1922 James G. Scrugham (D) D+7.8
1918 Emmet D. Boyle (D) D+4.2
1914 Emmet D. Boyle (D) D+5.0
1910 Tasker Oddie (R) R+7.9
1906 John Sparks (D) D+22.6
1902 John Sparks (D) D+15.6
1898 Reinhold Sadler (other)
1894 John Edward Jones (other)
1890 Roswell K. Colcord (R) R+6.5
1886 Charles C. Stevenson (R) R+4.8
1882 Jewett W. Adams (D) D+8.6
1878 John H. Kinkead (R) R+2.6
1874 Lewis R. Bradley (D) D+14.3
1870 Lewis R. Bradley (D) D+7.9
1866 Henry G. Blasdel (R) R+11.1