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2018 US Senate election in Nevada

Jacky Rosen (Democrat) beat Dean Heller (Republican) in Nevada in 2018, 50.4% to 45.4%, a margin of 5.0 points and 48,869 votes.

Nevada changed party: in 2012 it went Republican, for Dean Heller.

Republicans led in 15 of the 17 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Clark, cast 652,044 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.2 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jacky Rosen won Democratic 490,071 50.4%
Dean Heller Republican 441,202 45.4%
All other candidates 40,859 4.2%
Total972,132

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Clark 359,028 55.1% 266,675 40.9% 26,341 652,044 D+14.2
Washoe 93,828 49.8% 86,988 46.2% 7,411 188,227 D+3.6
Douglas 8,303 31.9% 16,742 64.3% 1,012 26,057 R+32.4
Carson City 9,321 41.1% 12,328 54.3% 1,045 22,694 R+13.3
Lyon 5,526 26.4% 14,296 68.3% 1,102 20,924 R+41.9
Nye 4,888 27.9% 11,397 65.1% 1,218 17,503 R+37.2
Elko 2,904 19.1% 11,491 75.7% 779 15,174 R+56.6
Churchill 1,999 20.8% 7,042 73.3% 571 9,612 R+52.5
Humboldt 1,188 21.4% 4,022 72.5% 339 5,549 R+51.1
White Pine 635 19.6% 2,351 72.5% 256 3,242 R+52.9
Storey 724 30.7% 1,495 63.3% 141 2,360 R+32.7
Lander 350 16.7% 1,588 75.9% 155 2,093 R+59.1
Lincoln 283 14.5% 1,547 79.3% 120 1,950 R+64.8
Mineral 570 31.5% 1,056 58.3% 184 1,810 R+26.9
Pershing 398 22.6% 1,271 72.1% 95 1,764 R+49.5
Eureka 74 9.8% 633 83.5% 51 758 R+73.7
Esmeralda 52 14.0% 280 75.5% 39 371 R+61.5

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

Nevada Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Jacky S. Rosen (D) D+1.6
2022 Catherine Cortez Masto (D) D+0.8
2018 Jacky Rosen (D) D+5.0
2016 Catherine Cortez Masto (D) D+2.4
2012 Dean Heller (R) R+1.2
2010 Harry Reid (D) D+5.7
2006 John Ensign (R) R+14.4
2004 Harry Reid (D) D+25.9
2000 John Ensign (R) R+15.4
1998 Harry Reid (D) D+0.1
1994 Richard H. Bryan (D) D+9.9
1992 Harry Reid (D) D+10.8
1988 Richard Bryan (D) D+4.1
1986 Harry Reid (D) D+5.5
1982 Chic Hecht (R) R+2.4
1980 Paul Laxalt (R) R+21.1
1976 Howard W. Cannon (D) D+31.6
1974 Paul Laxalt (R) R+0.4
1970 Howard Cannon (D) D+16.5
1968 Alan Bible (D) D+9.5
1964 Howard Cannon (D) level
1962 Alan Bible (D) D+30.6
1958 Howard Cannon (D) D+15.4
1956 Alan Bible (D) D+5.2
1952 George Malone (R) R+3.4
1950 Pat McCarran (D) D+16.0
1946 George Malone (R) R+10.4
1944 Pat McCarran (D) D+16.8
1940 Key Pittman (D) D+21.0
1938 Pat McCarran (D) D+17.9
1934 Key Pittman (D) D+31.1
1932 Pat McCarran (D) D+4.1
1928 Key Pittman (D) D+18.5
1926 Tasker L. Oddie (R) R+13.3
1922 Key Pittman (D) D+25.6
1920 Tasker L. Oddie (R) R+4.2
1916 Key Pittman (D) D+6.5
1914 Francis Newlands (D) D+0.2