2020 Nevada elections

2020 Nevada elections

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Nevada on November 3, 2020.^[2] To vote by mail, registered Nevada voters must ensure each ballot is postmarked by November 3 and received by November 10, 2020.^[3]

Federal offices[edit]

President of the United States[edit]

Incumbent Republican President Donald Trump was challenged by Democratic nominee Joe Biden in 2020.^[2] Prior to election day, news outlets and polls predicted Nevada to have a slight lean towards Biden. Nevada has six electoral votes in the Electoral College.^[4]

U.S. House of Representatives[edit]

Nevada has four congressional districts that elect four delegates to the U.S. House of Representatives.^[2] Since the 2016 elections, three representatives have been Democratic.

State offices[edit]

State senate[edit]

10 of the 21 seats of the Nevada Senate were up for election.^[2] Democrats have retained a majority control of the senate since 2017.

State Assembly[edit]

All 42 seats of the Nevada Assembly were up for election.^[2] Democrats have retained a majority control of the assembly since 2017.

Judiciary[edit]

Supreme Court[edit]

Two seats on the Nevada Supreme Court were up for election.

Seat B[edit]

2020 Nevada Supreme Court Seat B election

← 2014 2026 →

Candidate Kristina Pickering None of these candidates Party Nonpartisan Popular vote 905,541 263,976 Percentage 77.43% 22.57%

Pickering:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Nevada Supreme Court Justice before election Kristina Pickering Nonpartisan Elected Nevada Supreme Court Justice Kristina Pickering Nonpartisan

Incumbent justice Kristina Pickering ran for re-election. Justice Pickering was the only candidate to receive over 50% in the primary election, making her the only candidate to move onto the general election, where she was re-elected unopposed.

Candidates[edit]

• Thomas Christensen, lawyer^[5]
• Kristina Pickering, incumbent chief justice of the Nevada Supreme Court^[5]
• Esther Rodriguez, private attorney^[5]

Results[edit]

Seat D[edit]

2020 Nevada Supreme Court Seat D election

← 2014 2026 →

Candidate Douglas W. Herndon Ozzie Fumo None of these candidates Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 557,584 445,871 225,623 Percentage 45.37% 36.28% 18.36%

Herndon:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Nevada Supreme Court Justice before election Mark Gibbons Nonpartisan Elected Nevada Supreme Court Justice Douglas W. Herndon Nonpartisan

Incumbent justice Mark Gibbons chose to retire and not run for re-election.^[8]

Candidates[edit]

• Ozzie Fumo, state assemblyman^[9]
• Douglas Herndon, Judge of the Eight Judicial District Court (Civil/Criminal Division, Department 3)^[10]
• Erv Nelson, former state assemblyman (2014–2016)^[11]

Results[edit]

Court of Appeals[edit]

One seat on the Nevada Court of Appeals was up for election.

Department 3[edit]

Incumbent Judge Bonnie Bulla was appointed by Governor Steve Sisolak in 2019 to replace Abbi Silver, who was elected to the Nevada Supreme Court in 2018.^[12] Judge Bulla ran for re-election to serve out the remainder of Justice Silver's term, ending in 2022.

Candidates[edit]

• Bonnie A. Bulla, incumbent Judge of the Nevada Court of Appeals^[13]
• Susan Bush, criminal defense attorney^[13]

Results[edit]

Ballot Initiatives[edit]

On the ballot were five statewide questions for Nevada Constitution amendments. The first one appears to be rejected while the four other questions are approved.^[14]

Question 2 repeals the struck-down same-sex marriage ban, replacing it with a gender-neutral formulation.

State Question 1[edit]

• "Remove provisions governing the election and duties of the Board of Regents and its control and management of the affairs and funds of the State University and require the Legislature to provide by law for the governance, control, and management of the State University."
• "Require the Legislature to provide by law for the reasonable protection of individual academic freedom for students, employees, and contractors of Nevada’s public higher education institutions."
• "Revise provisions governing the administration of certain funding derived under federal law and dedicated for the benefit of certain departments of the State University."

State Question No. 1

Choice	Votes	%
No	630,023	50.15
Yes	626,146	49.85
Total votes	1,256,169	100.00

State Question 2[edit]

• "Remove an existing provision that only a marriage between a male person and a female person may be recognized and given effect in Nevada."
• "Require that the State of Nevada and its political subdivisions must recognize marriages of and issue marriage licenses to couples regardless of gender, and that all legally valid marriages must be treated equally under the law."
• "Provide that religious organizations and members of the clergy have the right to refuse to perform a marriage, and that no person has the right to make any claim against a religious organization or member of the clergy for refusing to perform a marriage."

State Question No. 2

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	821,050	62.43
No	494,186	37.57
Total votes	1,315,236	100.00

State Question 3[edit]

• "Require the State Board of Pardons Commissioners—whose members are the Governor, the justices of the Nevada Supreme Court, and the Nevada Attorney General—to meet at least quarterly."
• "Authorize each member of the Board to submit matters for consideration by the Board."
• "Authorize the Board to grant pardons and make other clemency decisions by a majority vote of its members without requiring the Governor to be part of the majority of the Board that votes in favor of such decisions."

State Question No. 3

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	782,015	61.18
No	496,287	38.82
Total votes	1,278,302	100.00

State Question 4[edit]

"Guarantee specific voting rights to all qualified and registered voters in the State."

State Question No. 4

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	826,719	64.12
No	462,544	35.88
Total votes	1,289,263	100.00

State Question 6[edit]

"Require, beginning in calendar year 2022, that all providers of electric utility services who sell electricity to retail customers for consumption in Nevada generate or acquire incrementally larger percentages of electricity from renewable energy resources so that by calendar year 2030 not less than 50 percent of the total amount of electricity sold by each provider to its retail customers in Nevada comes from renewable energy resources."

State Question No. 6

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	747,581	57.94
No	542,654	42.06
Total votes	1,290,235	100.00

Polling[edit]

State Question 2

Notes[edit]

See also[edit]

• Elections in Nevada
• Politics of Nevada
• Political party strength in Nevada

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• "League of Women Voters of Nevada". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Nevada", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Nevada: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• Nevada 2019 & 2020 Elections, OpenSecrets
• "State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020