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2010 Nevada governor election

Brian Sandoval (Republican) beat Rory Reid (Democrat) in Nevada in 2010, 53.4% to 41.6%, a margin of 11.7 points and 84,179 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2006, when James A. Gibbons won.

Republicans led in 17 of the 17 counties. The largest, Clark, cast 462,372 votes and went to the Republican by 1.7 points. The closest was Esmeralda, where 228 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
Brian Sandoval won Republican 382,350 53.4%
Rory Reid Democratic 298,171 41.6%
All other candidates 36,008 5.0%
Total716,529

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Clark 217,113 47.0% 224,751 48.6% 20,508 462,372 R+1.7
Washoe 52,730 37.5% 81,073 57.7% 6,665 140,468 R+20.2
Douglas 5,345 24.6% 15,001 69.1% 1,362 21,708 R+44.5
Carson City 6,676 34.2% 11,512 59.1% 1,304 19,492 R+24.8
Lyon 4,331 24.8% 11,937 68.5% 1,169 17,437 R+43.6
Nye 4,224 29.4% 8,829 61.5% 1,306 14,359 R+32.1
Elko 2,194 17.1% 9,489 74.0% 1,146 12,829 R+56.9
Churchill 1,697 19.1% 6,586 74.2% 594 8,877 R+55.1
Humboldt 994 20.0% 3,564 71.6% 419 4,977 R+51.6
White Pine 519 15.9% 2,261 69.4% 478 3,258 R+53.5
Storey 615 28.9% 1,355 63.7% 157 2,127 R+34.8
Lincoln 380 19.5% 1,381 70.9% 186 1,947 R+51.4
Mineral 556 29.3% 1,136 59.9% 205 1,897 R+30.6
Lander 277 14.6% 1,449 76.4% 170 1,896 R+61.8
Pershing 396 22.9% 1,140 65.9% 195 1,731 R+43.0
Eureka 76 10.1% 597 79.0% 83 756 R+68.9
Esmeralda 48 12.1% 289 72.6% 61 398 R+60.6

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