2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada

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All 4 Nevada seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 3 1 Seats won 3 1 Seat change Popular vote 491,272 439,727 Percentage 51.13% 45.77% Swing 4.02% 0.42%
Election results by district Election results by county Democratic   40–50%   50–60%   60–70% Republican   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

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The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the four U.S. representatives from the State of Nevada, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the Nevada gubernatorial election, as well as other elections to the United States House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held on June 12, 2018.^[1]

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	4	491,272	51.13	3		75.00
	Republican	4	439,727	45.77	1		25.00
	Independent	5	11,830	1.23	0		0.0
	Independent American	3	9,115	0.95	0		0.0
	Libertarian	3	8,830	0.92	0		0.0
Total		19	960,774	100.0	4		100.0

Popular vote Democratic   51.13% Republican   45.77% Other   3.10%

House seats Democratic   75.00% Republican   25.00%

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada by district:^[2]

District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	100,707	66.17%	46,978	30.86%	4,516	2.97%	152,201	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 2	120,102	41.77%	167,435	58.23%	0	0.00%	287,537	100.0%	Republican Hold
District 3	148,501	51.89%	122,566	42.83%	15,101	5.28%	286,168	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 4	121,962	51.93%	102,748	43.75%	10,158	4.32%	234,868	100.0%	Democratic hold
Total	491,272	51.13%	439,727	45.77%	29,775	3.10%	960,774	100.0%

2018 Nevada's 1st congressional district election

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Nominee Dina Titus Joyce Bentley Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 100,707 46,978 Percentage 66.2% 30.9%

Precinct results Titus:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Bentley:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      >90%      No votes

U.S. Representative before election Dina Titus Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Dina Titus Democratic

Nevada's 1st congressional district occupies the southeastern half of Nevada's largest city, Las Vegas, as well as parts of North Las Vegas and parts of unincorporated Clark County. Incumbent Democrat Dina Titus, who had represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 3rd district from 2009 to 2011, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2016, and the district had a PVI of D+15.

• Dina Titus, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Reuben D'Silva, teacher, former U.S. Marine and Independent candidate for this seat in 2016

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Titus (incumbent)	20,897	78.7
	Democratic	Reuben D'Silva	5,659	21.3
Total votes			26,556	100.0

• Joyce Bentley, banker, realtor and small business owner

• Freddy Horne, educator, Vietnam veteran and candidate for this seat in 2016

• D'Nese Davis, artist, teacher and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joyce Bentley	6,444	55.2
	Republican	Fred Horne	5,235	44.8
Total votes			11,679	100.0

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dina Titus (D)	Joyce Bentley (R)	Other	Undecided
Emerson College[7]	November 1–4, 2018	238	± 6.6%	58%	28%	7%	7%
Emerson College[8]	October 10–12, 2018	121	± 9.2%	50%	20%	4%	26%

Nevada's 1st congressional district, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Titus (incumbent)	100,707	66.2
	Republican	Joyce Bentley	46,978	30.9
	Independent American	Dan Garfield	2,454	1.6
	Libertarian	Robert Van Strawder Jr.	2,062	1.3
Total votes			152,201	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018 Nevada's 2nd congressional district election

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Nominee Mark Amodei Clint Koble Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 167,435 120,102 Percentage 58.2% 41.8%

County results Amodei:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Precinct results Amodei:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Koble:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%      No votes

U.S. Representative before election Mark Amodei Republican Elected U.S. Representative Mark Amodei Republican

Nevada's 2nd congressional district includes the northern third of the state. It includes most of Douglas County and Lyon County, all of Churchill County, Elko County, Eureka County, Humboldt County, Pershing County and Washoe County, as well as the state capital, Carson City. The largest city in the district is Reno, the state's second largest city. Although the district appears rural, its politics are dominated by Reno and Carson City, which combined cast over 85 percent of the district's vote. Incumbent Republican Mark Amodei, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.^[9] He was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2016, and the district had a PVI of R+7.

Amodei faced a primary challenge from far-right former Senate nominee Sharron Angle.

• Mark Amodei, incumbent U.S. Representative

• Sharron Angle, former state assembly member, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010, candidate in 2016 and candidate for this seat in 2006^[10]
• Joel Beck, commercial pilot
• Ian Luetkehans

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Amodei (incumbent)	42,335	71.7
	Republican	Sharron Angle	10,829	18.3
	Republican	Joel Beck	5,002	8.5
	Republican	Ian Luetkehans	881	1.5
Total votes			59,047	100.0

Clint Koble, former Nevada State Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency of the USDA, announced he was running for the Democratic nomination in November 2017.^[11]

• Clint Koble, former Nevada State Executive Director of the Farm Service Agency of the USDA^[12]

• Vance Alm, physician and candidate for this seat in 2014 & 2016
• Patrick Fogarty, entrepreneur
• Jesse Hurley
• Jack Schofield Jr.
• Rick Shepherd, small business owner and candidate for this seat in 2016

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clint Koble	9,451	26.1
	Democratic	Patrick Fogarty	8,614	23.8
	Democratic	Rick Shepherd	7,696	21.3
	Democratic	Vance Alm	4,781	13.2
	Democratic	Jesse Hurley	2,907	8.0
	Democratic	Jack Schofield Jr.	2,711	7.5
Total votes			36,160	100.0

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mark Amodei (R)	Clint Koble (D)	Undecided
Emerson College[7]	November 1–4, 2018	365	± 5.3%	58%	37%	6%
Emerson College[8]	October 10–12, 2018	169	± 7.8%	23%	16%	61%

Nevada's 2nd congressional district, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Amodei (incumbent)	167,435	58.2
	Democratic	Clint Koble	120,102	41.8
Total votes			287,537	100.0
	Republican hold

2018 Nevada's 3rd congressional district election

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Nominee Susie Lee Danny Tarkanian Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 148,501 122,566 Percentage 51.9% 42.8%

Precinct results Lee:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90% Tarkanian:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes

U.S. Representative before election Jacky Rosen Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Susie Lee Democratic

The 3rd congressional district occupies the area south of Las Vegas, including Henderson, and most of unincorporated Clark County and was created after the 2000 United States census. Incumbent Democrat Jacky Rosen, who had represented the district since 2017, did not run for re-election; instead she ran against Dean Heller in the U.S. Senate election. She was elected with 47% of the vote in 2016, and the district had a PVI of R+2.

• Susie Lee, philanthropist, president of the board of the Communities In Schools of Nevada and candidate for the 4th district in 2016^[13]

• Richard Hart
• Jack Love, insurance agent
• Guy Pinjuv
• Steve Schiffman, attorney, former USAID Foreign Service Officer and chair of the Partnership for Judicial Progress
• Eric Stoltz
• Michael Weiss, database administrator and reports developer

• Hermon Farahi

• Nicole Cannizzaro, state senator^[14]
• Teresa Lowry, former Clark County assistant district attorney and candidate for state senate in 2014^[14]
• Jacky Rosen, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for the U.S. Senate)^[15]
• Joyce Woodhouse, state senator^[14]

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susie Lee	25,474	66.9
	Democratic	Michael Weiss	3,115	8.2
	Democratic	Eric Stoltz	2,758	7.2
	Democratic	Jack Love	2,208	5.8
	Democratic	Richard Hart	1,847	4.9
	Democratic	Steve Schiffman	1,338	3.5
	Democratic	Guy Pinjuv	1,331	3.5
Total votes			38,071	100.0

• Danny Tarkanian, businessman, former attorney and perennial candidate^[16]

• Patrick Carter, member of the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents
• Eddie Hamilton, retired auto executive and perennial candidate
• Scott Hammond, state senator^[14]
• Stephanie Jones
• Thomas Mark La Croix, publisher, author and lecturer
• David McKeon, former chair of the Clark County Republican Party^[17]
• Michelle Mortenson, former KLAS-TV, Channel 8 consumer reporter^[18]
• Annette Teijeiro, physician, nominee for the 1st district in 2014 and candidate for this seat in 2016

• Jim Murphy, Independent candidate for this seat in 2012
• Victoria Seaman, former state assembly member and candidate for state senate in 2016 (dropped out after Danny Tarkanian entered race)^[19]

• Cresent Hardy, former U.S. Representative^[20][14][21] (ran in the 4th district)
• Michael Roberson, Minority Leader of the Nevada Senate and candidate for this seat in 2016^[22]

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Danny Tarkanian	15,257	44.1
	Republican	Michelle Mortensen	8,491	24.6
	Republican	Scott Hammond	5,804	16.8
	Republican	David McKeon	1,698	4.9
	Republican	Annette Teijeiro	1,225	3.5
	Republican	Patrick Carter	942	2.7
	Republican	Stephanie Jones	450	1.3
	Republican	Eddie Hamilton	360	1.0
	Republican	Thomas La Croix	345	1.0
Total votes			34,572	100.0

2018 Nevada's 3rd congressional district debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Susie Lee	Danny Tarkanian
1	Sep. 29, 2018	KLAS-TV	Steve Sebelius Patrick Walker	[32]	P	P

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Susie Lee (D)	Danny Tarkanian (R)	Undecided
Emerson College[7]	November 1–4, 2018	332	± 5.6%	51%	44%	3%
Emerson College[8]	October 10–12, 2018	178	± 7.6%	41%	39%	18%

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[33]	Lean D	November 5, 2018
Inside Elections[34]	Tilt D	November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[35]	Lean D	November 5, 2018
RCP[36]	Tossup	November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[37]	Lean D	November 5, 2018
538[38]	Likely D	November 7, 2018
CNN[39]	Lean D	October 31, 2018
Politico[40]	Likely D	November 2, 2018

Nevada's 3rd congressional district, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susie Lee	148,501	51.9
	Republican	Danny Tarkanian	122,566	42.8
	Libertarian	Steve Brown	4,555	1.6
	Independent	David Goossen	3,627	1.3
	Independent American	Harry Vickers	3,481	1.2
	Independent	Gil Eisner	1,887	0.7
	Independent	Tony Gumina	1,551	0.5
Total votes			286,168	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018 Nevada's 4th congressional district election

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Nominee Steven Horsford Cresent Hardy Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 121,962 102,748 Percentage 51.9% 43.8%

County results Horsford:      50–60% Hardy:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Precinct results Horsford:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Hardy:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      No votes

U.S. Representative before election Ruben Kihuen Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Steven Horsford Democratic

The 4th congressional district was created as a result of the 2010 United States census.^[41] Located in the central portion of the state, it includes most of northern Clark County, parts of Lyon County, and all of Esmeralda County, Lincoln County, Mineral County, Nye County and White Pine County. More than four-fifths of the district's population lives in Clark County. Incumbent Democrat Ruben Kihuen, who had represented the district since 2017, did not run for re-election. He was elected with 49% of the vote in 2016, and the district had a PVI of D+3.

In December 2017, Kihuen announced that he would not seek re-election in 2018 following allegations of sexual harassment.^[42] At the time, the only candidate who filed to run against him in the primaries was Amy Vilela.

Former U.S. Representative for this district Steven Horsford, who was defeated in the 2014 election, as well as Nevada Legislator Pat Spearman, later announced their plans to run for the Democratic nomination for the seat several months later, following Kihuen's retirement announcement.

• Steven Horsford, former U.S. Representative^[43][44]

• John Anzalone, high school principal
• Pat Spearman, state senator^[45]
• Amy Vilela, universal healthcare activist and Justice Democrats member^[46]
• Sid Zeller, retired Marine intelligence officer candidate for this seat in 2014 and Republican candidate for this seat in 2012

• Lucy Flores, former state assembly member, nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2014 and candidate for this seat in 2016^[47]
• Ruben Kihuen, incumbent U.S. Representative^[42]

2018 Nevada's 4th congressional district democratic primary debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					John Anzalone	Steven Horsford	Pat Spearman	Allison Stephens	Amy Vilela	Sid Zeller
1	May 25, 2018	KTNV-TV	Todd Quinones Jon Ralston	[50]	P	P	P	P	P	N

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven Horsford	22,698	61.7
	Democratic	Pat Spearman	5,607	15.2
	Democratic	Amy Vilela	3,388	9.2
	Democratic	Allison Stephens	2,215	6.0
	Democratic	John Anzalone	2,132	5.8
	Democratic	Sid Zeller	734	2.0
Total votes			36,774	100.0

The Republican primary featured six candidates. The early frontrunner was Cresent Hardy, who faced questions about his hiring of Benjamin Sparks, a Las Vegas political adviser who allegedly sexually enslaved and battered his ex-fiancée.^[51]

• Cresent Hardy, former U.S. Representative^[52]

• Dave Gibbs, program director of Battlespace, Inc.
• Jeff Miller, businessman and candidate for this seat in 2016^[45]
• Mike Monroe, candidate for this seat in 2016
• Allison Stephens
• Bill Townsend, entrepreneur^[53]
• Kenneth Wegner, retired Army veteran, nominee for the 1st district in 2006, 2008 & 2010 and candidate for this seat in 2012

• Stavros Anthony, Las Vegas council member (dropped out for health reasons)^[54]

• Scott Hammond, state senator^[55][14]

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cresent Hardy	15,252	47.4
	Republican	David Gibbs	6,098	19.0
	Republican	Bill Townsend	3,659	11.4
	Republican	Kenneth Wegner	3,625	11.3
	Republican	Jeff Miller	2,560	8.0
	Republican	Mike Monroe	971	3.0
Total votes			32,165	100.0

• Greg Luckner

• Steve Brown, nominee for this seat in 2014 and 2016 and candidate for the U.S. Senate in Nevada in 2012

This was a rematch of the 2014 election where Hardy upset Horsford to win, by just over 3,500 votes, in what was a strong year for Republicans nationally.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Steven Horsford (D)	Cresent Hardy (R)	Other	Undecided
Emerson College[7]	November 1–4, 2018	263	± 6.3%	48%	44%	5%	3%
Emerson College[8]	October 10–12, 2018	157	± 8.1%	36%	34%	7%	23%
Moore Information (R)[58]	October 3–8, 2018	400	± 5.0%	37%	41%	10%[59]	13%
Moore Information (R-Hardy)[60]	August 4–7, 2018	400	± 5.0%	41%	41%	1%	17%
Global Strategy Group (D-Horsford)[61]	July 17–22, 2018	500	± 4.4%	49%	40%	–	11%
DCCC (D)[62]	January 5–9, 2018	400	–	42%	37%	–	21%

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[33]	Lean D	November 5, 2018
Inside Elections[34]	Lean D	November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[35]	Likely D	November 5, 2018
RCP[36]	Tossup	November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[37]	Lean D	November 5, 2018
538[38]	Likely D	November 7, 2018
CNN[39]	Lean D	October 31, 2018
Politico[40]	Lean D	November 2, 2018

Nevada's 4th congressional district, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steven Horsford	121,962	51.9
	Republican	Cresent Hardy	102,748	43.8
	Independent American	Warren Markowitz	3,180	1.3
	Independent	Rodney Smith	2,733	1.2
	Libertarian	Greg Luckner	2,213	0.9
	Independent	Dean McGonigle	2,032	0.9
Total votes			234,868	100.0
	Democratic hold

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Official campaign websites of first district candidates

• Dina Titus (D) for Congress
• Joyce Bentley (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites of second district candidates

• Mark Amodei (R) for Congress
• Clint Koble (D) for Congress

Official campaign websites of third district candidates

• Susie Lee (D) for Congress
• Danny Tarkanian (R) for Congress

Official campaign websites of fourth district candidates

• Cresent Hardy (R) for Congress Archived April 29, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
• Steven Horsford (D) for Congress