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2022 Nevada governor election

Joe Lombardo (Republican) beat Steve Sisolak (Democrat) in Nevada in 2022, 48.8% to 47.3%, a margin of 1.5 points and 15,386 votes.

Nevada changed party: in 2018 it went Democratic, for Steve Sisolak.

Republicans led in 15 of the 17 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Clark, cast 670,999 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.8 points. The closest was Esmeralda, where 274 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
Joe Lombardo won Republican 497,377 48.8%
Steve Sisolak Democratic 481,991 47.3%
All other candidates 39,703 3.9%
Total1,019,071

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Clark 347,330 51.8% 308,649 46.0% 15,020 670,999 D+5.8
Washoe 94,601 49.5% 91,770 48.0% 4,801 191,172 D+1.5
Douglas 9,014 31.4% 19,067 66.4% 630 28,711 R+35.0
Carson City 9,822 42.3% 12,721 54.7% 694 23,237 R+12.5
Lyon 5,960 25.8% 16,338 70.7% 825 23,123 R+44.9
Nye 5,812 28.5% 13,815 67.7% 769 20,396 R+39.2
Elko 2,921 18.4% 12,170 76.9% 743 15,834 R+58.4
Churchill 2,223 23.1% 7,020 73.0% 375 9,618 R+49.9
Humboldt 1,201 20.2% 4,488 75.4% 261 5,950 R+55.2
White Pine 612 18.4% 2,542 76.4% 173 3,327 R+58.0
Storey 678 27.0% 1,741 69.4% 89 2,508 R+42.4
Lander 316 14.8% 1,678 78.6% 140 2,134 R+63.8
Lincoln 264 12.6% 1,710 81.8% 116 2,090 R+69.2
Mineral 610 33.5% 1,136 62.5% 73 1,819 R+28.9
Pershing 384 22.2% 1,286 74.4% 59 1,729 R+52.2
Eureka 60 7.9% 678 88.7% 26 764 R+80.9
Esmeralda 64 14.8% 338 78.4% 29 431 R+63.6

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