Nevada 2007 Off Year Election

The Green Papers: Nevada 2007 Off Year Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2007. Find 2008 elections here.

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Nevada
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	5	(0.93% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	3	(0.69% of 435)
2000 Census:	2,002,032	(0.71% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	1,390,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	898,347
Capital:	Carson City

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Nevada State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Republican	Senator John Eric Ensign • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1994, 1996] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 3		Democratic	Senator Harry Reid • First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Republican	Governor James Arthur "Jim" Gibbons • First elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
	15 February 2007: Media reports state that Governor Gibbons is the target of an FBI investigation. There are allegations that Governor Gibbons received payments, while he served in Congress, from a company awarded military contracts.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Brian K. Krolicki • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

110^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined); 2 Republican (2 Undetermined)

CD 1 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Shelley Berkley • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 2 {map}		Republican	Congressman Dean Heller • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 3 {map}		Republican	Congressman Jon C. Porter, Sr. • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Secretary of State Ross Miller • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Treasurer Kate Marshall • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Controller 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Controller Kim Wallin • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Controller is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 6 incumbents
	• Republican: 5 incumbents
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.