2022 Nevada Secretary of State election

2022 Nevada Secretary of State election
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Nominee Cisco Aguilar Jim Marchant
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 496,569 473,467
Percentage 48.95% 46.67%
Aguilar:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Marchant:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes
Secretary of State before election

Barbara Cegavske
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Cisco Aguilar
Democratic

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The 2022 Nevada Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next secretary of state of Nevada.

Incumbent Republican Barbara Cegavske was term-limited and could not seek a third term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Kristopher Dahir

Newspapers

Jim Marchant

U.S. Representatives

Statewide officials

Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Kristopher
Dahir 		John
Gerhardt 		Jesse
Haw 		Socorro
Keenan 		Jim
Marchant 		Gerard
Ramalho 		Richard
Scotti 		None of These
Candidates 		Undecided
OH Predictive Insights[13] June 6–7, 2022 525 (LV) ± 4.4% 3% 2% 21% 1% 21% 4% 8% 4% 42%
OH Predictive Insights[14] May 10–12, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 2% 2% 7% 1% 16% 3% 8% 26% 35%

Results

GOP primary first round results by county
  Marchant
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Haw
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
Republican primary results[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Marchant 82,843 37.62%
Republican Jesse Haw 44,778 20.33%
Republican Richard Scotti 34,984 15.89%
None of These Candidates 18,245 8.28%
Republican Kristopher Dahir 15,204 6.90%
Republican John Gerhardt 10,815 4.91%
Republican Gerard Ramalho 9,325 4.23%
Republican Socorro Keenan 4,025 1.83%
Total votes 220,219 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrew

Endorsements

Cisco Aguilar

Organizations

Labor unions

Independents and third-party candidates

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24] Tossup November 3, 2022
Elections Daily[25] Lean D (flip) November 7, 2022

Endorsements

Jim Marchant (R)

Executive Branch officials

U.S. Representatives

Statewide officials

Organizations

Cisco Aguilar (D)

Executive Branch officials

U.S. Representatives

Individuals

Newspapers

Organizations

Labor unions

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jim
Marchant (R) 		Cisco
Aguilar (D) 		None of These
Candidates 		Other Undecided
Emerson College[31] October 26–29, 2022 2,000 (LV) ± 2.1% 43% 41% – – 8%
OH Predictive Insights[32] October 24–27, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 38% 41% 1% 6%[b] 13%
Siena Research/NYT[33] October 19–24, 2022 885 (LV) ± 4.2% 41% 44% – <1%[c] 15%
University of Nevada, Reno[34] October 5–19, 2022 584 (LV) ± 4.0% 27% 29% – 5%[d] 40%
CNN/SSRS[35] September 26 – October 2, 2022 926 (RV) ± 4.7% 44% 44% 6% 4%[e] 2%
828 (LV) ± 5.0% 46% 43% 5% 4%[e] 2%
OH Predictive Insights[36] September 20–29, 2022 741 (LV) ± 3.6% 39% 31% 3% 6%[f] 21%
Suffolk University[37] August 14–17, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 31% 27% 7% 9%[g] 26%

Results

2022 Nevada Secretary of State election[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cisco Aguilar 496,569 48.95% +0.70%
Republican Jim Marchant 473,467 46.67% −2.24%
None of These Candidates 18,144 1.79% -1.05%
Independent American Janine Hansen 17,472 1.72% N/A
Libertarian Ross Crane 8,821 0.87% N/A
Total votes 1,014,473 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

By congressional district

Aguilar won 3 of 4 congressional districts.[39]

District Marchant Aguilar Representative
1st 44% 52% Dina Titus
2nd 52% 43% Mark Amodei
3rd 45% 52% Susie Lee
4th 45% 51% Steven Horsford

Notes

  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Hansen (IA) with 4%; Crane (L) with 2%
  3. ^ Crane (L) with <1%; Hansen (IA) with <1%
  4. ^ "Some other candidate" with 5%
  5. ^ a b "Other" with 4%
  6. ^ Hansen with 4%; Crane with 2%
  7. ^ Hansen (IA) with 7%; Crane (L) with 2%

References

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  31. ^ Emerson College
  32. ^ OH Predictive Insights
  33. ^ Siena Research/NYT
  34. ^ University of Nevada, Reno
  35. ^ CNN/SSRS
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  37. ^ Suffolk University
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