Nevada Legislative incumbents win most races

Incumbents dominated the day within the 2022 main for state legislative races. Of the 11 races the place incumbents had been challenged between the state Meeting and Senate, the incumbent received each time aside from one.

The lone loser was Republican Don Tatro of Senate District 16 in Carson Metropolis. Whereas technically an incumbent, Tatro was appointed to his seat in November 2021 and was by no means elected.

With nearly all ballots counted, solely two legislative races stay inside two proportion factors. They’re the Republican primaries for Meeting District 29, in Henderson, and Meeting District 5, in The Lakes neighborhood of Las Vegas. Each districts are represented by Democrats.

Since poll counting started, one county flipped within the U.S. Senate main: Republican Adam Laxalt accomplished his sweep of Nevada as he took the lead in Douglas County and now leads in each county within the state. He received his main in opposition to Sam Brown, taking 56 % of the vote. He’ll face incumbent Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in November.

Struggle the facility

Two shut legislative races pitted power-backed candidates in opposition to one another for open seats.

In Senate District 17, the agricultural space surrounding Reno and Carson Metropolis, two Republican legislature leaders confronted off. Longtime assemblywoman and present GOP caucus chief Robin Titus defeated former chief and Meeting colleague Jim Wheeler. Wheeler was the pinnacle of the Republican caucus within the Meeting beginning in 2017, however was ousted after poor election leads to 2019. Titus was his alternative, and received the state Senate race by simply over 3 %.

A Democratic Meeting race noticed one faculty board member tackle a candidate backed by a number of state training associations. In Meeting District 27, north of Reno, Washoe County Faculty District Trustee Angie Taylor defeated Brian Lee. The race was highlighted by mudslinging flyers which linked every candidate to Republicans.

Weak endorsements

The state Republican and Democratic events noticed various their endorsed candidates lose on election night time. Three of Republicans’ 5 endorsed candidates for Senate misplaced, as did two of the celebration’s seven endorsed Meeting candidates. The Democratic Occasion fared higher, with just one endorsed candidate shedding in an Meeting race upset.

Election outcomes had been middling for the Vegas Chamber, which noticed 13 of its 20 contested endorsed candidates win their races total. The chamber makes endorsements primarily based on candidate’s “data and understanding of enterprise points, voting file (when relevant), in addition to dedication to creating a superb setting for enterprise progress, job creation and financial improvement.”

The group endorsed a slate of Democrats and Republicans.

The chamber went 2-for-3 in contested Senate races, the place the endorsed Tatro misplaced to Assemblywoman Lisa Krasner. Within the Meeting, 4 of the chamber’s 10 contested candidates misplaced.

The Vegas Chamber additionally picked Tom Roberts over Kevin McMahill for Clark County Sheriff. McMahill took 58 % of the vote within the main and received the job outright.

The chamber had fewer wins in 2022 than within the final main in 2020, the place 9 of its 13 contested endorsed candidates received. That 12 months, the chamber’s endorsees had been 0-for-1 within the Senate and 8-for-10 within the Meeting in contested main races.

The Vegas Chamber didn’t reply to a request for remark.

Contact Nick Robertson at NRobertson@reviewjournal.com. Observe @NickRobertsonSU on Twitter.