2022 Nevada Attorney General election

2022 Nevada Attorney General election
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Nominee Aaron Ford Sigal Chattah
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 511,263 434,084
Percentage 52.2% 44.4%
Ford:      40–50%      50–60%
Chattah:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Attorney General before election

Aaron D. Ford
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Aaron D. Ford
Democratic

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The 2022 Nevada Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Nevada. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford won re-election to a second term in office. As Ford narrowly won Carson City, this was the first time since 2014 that a Democrat has won a county or county-equivalent outside of Clark or Washoe County.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Disqualified[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Aaron Ford
Organizations
Newspapers
Labor unions

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

  • Sigal Chattah, defense attorney and former member of the Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of Nevada[14]

Eliminated in primary[edit]

  • Tisha Black, attorney and former president of the Nevada Cannabis Association[15]

Debate[edit]

2022 Nevada Attorney General Republican primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Republican Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Sigal Chattah Tisha Black
1 May 5, 2022 Nevada Newsmakers Victor Joecks
Sam Shad 		YouTube P P

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Tisha
Black 		Sigal
Chattah 		None of These
Candidates 		Undecided
OH Predictive Insights May 10–12, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 18% 15% 29% 37%

Results[edit]

Results by county:
  Chattah
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Black
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sigal Chattah 112,941 50.99%
Republican Tisha Black 88,019 39.74%
None of These Candidates 20,545 9.28%
Total votes 221,505 100.0%

Libertarian primary[edit]

Kennedy was disqualified from running after he did not meet the requirement for candidates to be members of the State Bar of Nevada. As Kennedy was disqualified after general election ballots had already been printed, Kennedy remained on the ballot, but any votes Kennedy received did not count.[17]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

General election[edit]

Endorsements[edit]

Aaron Ford (D)
U.S. Representatives
State officials
Individuals
Organizations
Newspapers
Labor unions

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[23] Tossup November 3, 2022
Elections Daily[24] Leans D November 7, 2022

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Aaron
Ford (D) 		Sigal
Chattah (R) 		None of These
Candidates 		Other Undecided
Emerson College October 26–29, 2022 2,000 (LV) ± 2.1% 45% 40% – – 6%
OH Predictive Insights October 24–27, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 43% 35% 3% 5%[b] 15%
Susquehanna Polling and Research (R)[c] October 24–27, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.3% 44% 41% 1% 10%[d] 4%
University of Nevada, Reno October 5–19, 2022 576 (LV) ± 4.0% 37% 25% – 5%[e] 32%
OH Predictive Insights September 20–29, 2022 741 (LV) ± 3.6% 37% 39% 3% 4%[f] 17%
Suffolk University August 14–17, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 33% 28% 4% 12%[g] 23%

Results[edit]

2022 Nevada Attorney General election[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Aaron D. Ford (incumbent) 511,263 52.25% +5.01%
Republican Sigal Chattah 434,084 44.36% -2.41%
None of These Candidates 33,135 3.39% +0.74%
Total votes 978,482 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district[edit]

Ford won 3 of 4 congressional districts.[26]

District Ford Chattah Representative
1st 53.1% 40.6% Dina Titus
2nd 47.5% 48.3% Mark Amodei
3rd 52.7% 42.0% Susie Lee
4th 52.6% 41.6% Steven Horsford

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Kennedy (L) with 4%; "Refused" with 1%
  3. ^ Poll conducted for BUSR, an online gambling website.
  4. ^ Kennedy (L) with 9%; "Refuse" with 1%
  5. ^ "Some other candidate" with 5%
  6. ^ Kennedy (L) with 4%
  7. ^ Kennedy (L) with 12%

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2022 Candidate Filings". Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "March 10 update: Carson city residents declare candidacy for elections". www.nevadaappeal.com. Nevada Appeal. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 Candidate Filings". Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Brady PAC Endorses Aaron Ford for Reelection as Nevada Attorney General". bradypac.org. Brady Campaign. January 25, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "End Citizens United // Let America Vote Endorses Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford for Reelection as Part of First Ever "Democracy Defender" Program". June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Giffords Endorses Five Gun Safety Champion Attorneys General". Giffords. May 13, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  7. ^ a b Luneau, Delphine (April 13, 2022). "Human Rights Campaign Endorses Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford for Reelection". Human Rights Campaign. Human Rights Campaign.
  8. ^ a b "NARAL Pro-Choice Nevada Endorses Attorney General Aaron Ford for Reelection". www.prochoiceamerica.org. November 10, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Planned Parenthood Votes Nevada Endorses Gov. Steve Sisolak and Attorney General Aaron Ford". www.plannedparenthoodaction.org. January 28, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Democratic incumbents have earned our trust". lasvegassun.com. Las Vegas Sun. June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Our 2022 Nevada modern primary election endorsements". lasvegasweekly.com. Las Vegas Weekly. June 9, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  12. ^ a b "2022 Primary Endorsements". Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Nevada - UAW Endorsements". United Auto Workers.
  14. ^ "Republican Sigal Chattah announces candidacy for Nevada Attorney General". March 5, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  15. ^ Rindels, Michelle; Snyder, Riley (February 7, 2022). "Vegas attorney, Republican Tisha Black to run for attorney general". thenevadaindependent.com. The Nevada Independent. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  16. ^ "Statewide - 2022 Primary Election Results". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  17. ^ a b Golonka, Sean (September 7, 2022). "Libertarian attorney general candidate doesn't want to run, will be left on ballot". Nevada Independent.
  18. ^ "2022 Candidate Filings". Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  19. ^ a b c "Nevada GOP coalition endorses Democrat Attorney General Aaron Ford". The Associated Press. July 26, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  20. ^ "PARTY LINES: Republicans for Ford boost AG's re-election". Review Journal. July 30, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  21. ^ "Former Nevada GOP chair in hot water for endorsing Democrats". Las Vegas Sun. August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  22. ^ "Review-Journal endorsements: Attorney general, other constitutional offices". Las Vegas Review-Journal. October 17, 2022. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  23. ^ "Secretary of State and Attorney General: What to Watch for Next Week in Key Statewide Contests". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  24. ^ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  25. ^ "Silver State 2022 - General Election Results - Statewide". Nevada Secretary of State.
  26. ^ Savicki, Drew [@DrewSav] (January 15, 2023). "Had Churchill County assigned to CD4 rather than CD2. So Ford ended up falling 2k votes short in CD2. https://t.co/cjtEVAOh8Y" (Tweet). Retrieved March 25, 2023 – via Twitter.

External links[edit]

Official campaign websites
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