Nevada 2012 General Election

The Green Papers: Nevada 2012 General Election

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Nevada
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 12 June 2012
General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	2,709,432	(0.87% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	6	(1.12% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	4	(0.92% of 435)
2000 Census:	2,002,032	(0.71% of 281,998,273)
2004, 2008 Electoral Votes:	5	(0.93% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:	3	(0.69% of 435)
Capital:	Carson City
Tuesday 12 June 2012 polling hours 7:00a PDT (1400 UTC) to 7:00p PDT (0200 UTC).
Tuesday 6 November 2012 polling hours 7:00a PST (1500 UTC) to 7:00p PST (0300 UTC).

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Nevada State and Local Government

Nevada 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

6 November 2012 candidates from the Clark County Election Department and candidates from the Eureka County Clerk Treasurer.

6 November 2012 General Election returns from an official source.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 6 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.


		Democratic	531,373	52.36%	President Barack Hussein Obama (6 Electoral Votes) • Vice President: Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • FEC P80003338; 26 Nov 12; Tot $732,741,988; Dsb $729,647,987

		Republican	463,567	45.68%	former Massachusetts Governor Willard "Mitt" Romney • Vice President: Wisconsin Congressman Paul D. Ryan • FEC P80003353; 26 Nov 12; Tot $478,704,347; Dsb $465,787,141

		Libertarian	10,968	1.08%	former New Mexico Governor Gary Earl Johnson • Vice President: James P. "Jim" Gray • FEC P20002671; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,575,529; Dsb $2,572,585

		None of these candidates	5,770	0.57%	None of these candidates

		Independent American	3,240	0.32%	former Congressman Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. • FEC P20004685; 26 Nov 12; Tot $202,258; Dsb $202,253
Total			1,014,918	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 112^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Republican	Senator Dean Heller • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First appointed: 3 May 2011. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 12 June 2012 Primary

		Republican	457,656	45.87%	Senator Dean Heller • Congressman from Congressional District 2. 10 March 2011: Media reports state that Congressman Heller will run for the Class 1 Senate seat in 2012. The congressman made it official on 15 March. 23 April 2011: Likely appointee once Senator John Ensign resigns. 27 April 2011: Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (Republican) announced today that he will appoint Congressman Dean Heller (Republican) to fill the seat of Senator John Eric Ensign (Republican) upon Senator Ensign's 3 May resignation. • FEC S2NV00183; 26 Nov 12; Tot $9,341,391; Dsb $9,101,891

		Democratic	446,080	44.71%	Congressman Shelley Berkley • 14 April 2011: Announced she is running for the Senate Class 1 seat in 2012. • FEC S2NV00209; 26 Nov 12; Tot $10,538,708; Dsb $11,590,088

		Independent American	48,792	4.89%	David Lory VanderBeek • FEC S2NV00274

		None of these candidates	45,277	4.54%	None of these candidates
Total			997,805	100.00%
	Senator John Eric Ensign (Republican) resigned on 3 May 2011. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000 and re-elected in 2006. He also served in U.S. House being elected in 1994 and re-elected in 1996. On 7 March 2011, the Senator announced his retirement at the end of his current term. On 21 April 2011, he announced his resignation effective 3 May 2011-- "While I stand behind my firm belief that I have not violated any law, rule, or standard of conduct of the Senate, and I have fought to prove this publicly, I will not continue to subject my family, my constituents, or the Senate to any further rounds of investigation, depositions, drawn out proceedings, or especially public hearings. For my family and me, this continued personal cost is simply too great." On 27 April 2011, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (Republican) announced that he would appoint Congressman Dean Heller (Republican, CD 2) to fill the seat of Senator John Eric Ensign (Republican) upon Senator Ensign's 3 May resignation. The next regular election for this seat is on Tuesday 6 November 2012.

Class 3		Democratic	Senator Harry Mason Reid • First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Republican	Governor Brian E. Sandoval • First elected: 2010 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Brian K. Krolicki • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 • The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

112^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Open); 2 Republican (2 Renominated)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 1 Open		Democratic	Congressman Shelley Berkley • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Open Seat - 14 April 2011: Announced she is running for the Senate Class 1 seat in 2012.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Democratic	113,967	63.57%	former Congressman Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus • FEC H8NV03036; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,205,545; Dsb $1,152,044

		Republican	56,521	31.53%	Christopher Thomas "Chris" Edwards • FEC H2NV01207; 26 Nov 12; Tot $183,671; Dsb $90,026

		Libertarian	4,645	2.59%	William G. "Bill" Pojunis • FEC H2NV01231

		Independent American	4,145	2.31%	Stan Brian Vaughan • FEC H2NV01256; 12 Nov 12; Tot $12,800; Dsb $19,200
Total			179,278	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 2		Republican	Congressman Mark Eugene Amodei • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected in a Special Election: 13 September 2011 re: appointment of Congressman Dean Heller (Republican) to the U.S. Senate • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 12 June 2012 Primary
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	162,213	57.63%	Congressman Mark Eugene Amodei • FEC H2NV02395; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,314,808; Dsb $1,104,962

		Democratic	102,019	36.25%	Samuel "Sam" Koepnick • FEC H2NV02478

		Independent	11,166	3.97%	Michael L. Haines • FEC H2NV02452

		Independent American	6,051	2.15%	Russell Best • FEC H0NV02167; 09 Nov 12; Tot $7,617; Dsb $7,617
Total			281,449	100.00%

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 3		Republican	Congressman Joseph John "Joe" Heck • Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 • Renominated - 12 June 2012 Primary
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Republican	137,244	50.36%	Congressman Joseph John "Joe" Heck • FEC H0NV03058; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,422,058; Dsb $2,281,573

		Democratic	116,823	42.87%	state Assemblyman John Oceguera • FEC H2NV00035; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,531,053; Dsb $1,526,030

		Independent	12,856	4.72%	James Thomas "Jim" Murphy, Sr. • FEC H2NV03138

		Independent American	5,600	2.05%	Tom Jones • FEC H2NV03120
Total			272,523	100.00%

No Incumbent - New Seat in 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment - First election in 2012
CD 4			• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

		Democratic	120,501	50.11%	state Senator Steven Alexzander Horsford • FEC H2NV04011; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,686,785; Dsb $1,673,711

		Republican	101,261	42.11%	Danny Tarkanian • FEC S0NV00203; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,564,260; Dsb $1,531,112

		Independent American	9,389	3.90%	Floyd Fitzgibbons • FEC H8NV03085

		Libertarian	9,341	3.88%	Joseph P. "Joe" Silvestri • FEC H4NV03076
Total			240,492	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Secretary of State Ross Miller • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 • The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 • The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Treasurer Kate Marshall • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 • The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Controller 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

		Democratic	Controller Kim R. Wallin • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 • 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, 6 candidates
	• Republican: 5 incumbents, 6 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Libertarian: 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Independent American (affiliate of Constitution): 6 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• None of these candidates: 2 candidates
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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.