+ Party registration as of May 1, 2026PartyTotal votersPercentageDemocratic666,03127.2% Republican656,50226.8% Nonpartisan965,01139.4% Independent American103,7884.2% Libertarian18,2410.7% Other parties41,1081.7%Total2,450,681100.00%
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Nevada: Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Attorney General State Treasurer State Controller
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate State Assembly State delegation to the U.S. Senate State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes as well as whether the nominees won the election.
1861–1982
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLt. GovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralTreasurerControllerSenateAssemblySenator(Class I)Senator(Class III)House1861James W. Nye Orion Clemens Benjamin B. BunkerJohn Henry Kinkead Perry G. ChildsJohn Cradlebaugh 1862Theodore D. Edwards1863Gordon Newell Mott 1864William W. RossHenry G. Blasdel John S. Crosman Chauncey N. Noteware George A. Nourse Eben Rhoades Alanson W. Nightingill Henry G. Worthington Lincoln/Johnson 186517R, 1D34R, 1DWilliam M. Stewart James W. Nye Delos R. Ashley 18661867James S. Slingerland Robert M. Clarke William K. Parkinson 18R, 1D37R, 1D1868Grant/Colfax 1869Lewis Doran 15R, 5D34R, 5DThomas Fitch 1870Christopher C. Batterman 1871Lewis R. Bradley Frank Denver James D. Minor Luther A. Buckner Jerry Schooling William W. Hobart 14R, 9D24R, 20D, 2IRCharles West Kendall 1872Grant/Wilson 187317R, 7D36R, 11D, 1IJohn P. Jones 18741875Jewett W. Adams John R. Kittrell 17R, 8D32R, 18DWilliam Sharon William Woodburn 1876Hayes/Wheeler 187713D, 12R35R, 15DThomas Wren 18781879John Henry Kinkead Jasper Babcock Michael A. Murphy Lyman L. Crockett James F. Hallock 17R, 7D, 139R, 8D, 3Rollin M. Daggett 1880Hancock/English 188114R, 10D, 144D, 6RJames G. Fair George W. Cassidy 18821883Jewett W. Adams Charles E. Laughton John M. Dormer William H. Davenport George Tufly 12D, 8R29R, 11D1884Blaine/Logan 188514R, 6D33R, 7DWilliam Woodburn 18861887Charles C. Stevenson Henry C. Davis John F. Alexander 32R, 8DWilliam M. Stewart 1888Harrison/Morton 1889Frank Bell 16R, 4D26R, 14DHorace F. Bartine 1890Frank Bell vacantGeorge W. Richards 1891Roswell K. Colcord Joseph Poujade Oscar H. Grey James D. Torreyson John F. Egan Robert L. Horton 18R, 2D35R, 5D1892Weaver/Field 18939R, 5Sv, 1Pop15Sv, 7Pop, 5D, 2R, 1IWilliam M. Stewart Francis G. Newlands 1894George W. Richards 1895John Edward Jones Reinhold Sadler Eugene Howell Robert M. Beatty William J. Westerfield C. A. LaGrave 5Sv, 5R, 2D, 2I, 1Pop14Sv, 11R, 3Pop, 2DJohn P. Jones 1896Reinhold Sadler vacantBryan/Sewall 1897James R. Judge 7Sv, 5R, 1D, 1I, 1Pop20Sv, 4D, 3Pop, 2R, 1I18981899James R. Judge William D. Jones David M. Ryan Sam P. Davis 8Sv, 5R, 1D, 1I18Sv, 10R, 1D, 1I1900Bryan/Stevenson 1901William Woodburn 9Sv, 3R, 2I, 1D13D, 12Sv, 5R, 1IWilliam M. Stewart John P. Jones 19021903John Sparks Lemuel Allen William "Gib" Douglass James G. Sweeney 7Sv, 5R, 3D, 2I13D, 12Sv, 5R, 2Fus, 2I-SvFrancis G. Newlands Clarence D. Van Duzer 1904Roosevelt/Fairbanks 19057R, 6Sv, 3D, 1I23R, 14D, 2SvGeorge S. Nixon 19061907Denver S. Dickerson Richard C. Stoddard Jacob Eggers 7R, 7D, 2Sv, 1I18D, 17R, 5SvGeorge A. Bartlett 1908Denver S. Dickerson vacantBryan/Kern 190912D, 6R, 1I34D, 14R19101911Tasker Oddie Gilbert C. Ross George Brodigan Cleveland H. Baker William McMillan 14D, 6R25R, 24DEdwin E. Roberts 1912William A. Massey Wilson/Marshall 1913George B. Thatcher 14D, 6R, 1IR, 1Sv30D, 18R, 2I, 1IR, 1Prog, 1SvKey Pittman 19141915Emmet D. Boyle Maurice J. Sullivan Edward C. Malley George A. Cole 9R, 9D, 2I, 1IR, 1Sv26R, 23D, 3I, 1Sv191619179R, 5D, 3I20D, 14R, 3I1918Charles Henderson 1919Leonard B. Fowler 8R, 6D, 2I16D, 15R, 6ICharles R. Evans 1920Harding/Coolidge 19217D, 6R, 4I28R, 7D, 2ITasker Oddie Samuel S. Arentz 19221923James G. Scrugham William G. Greathouse Michael A. Diskin 10R, 5D, 2I26R, 9D, 2ICharles L. Richards 1924Coolidge/Dawes 19259R, 8D23R, 13D, 1ISamuel S. Arentz 19261927Fred B. Balzar Morley Griswold George B. Russell Edward C. Peterson 8R, 8D, 1I17R, 17D, 3I1928Hoover/Curtis 192912R, 4D, 1I21R, 14D, 2I19301931Gray Mashburn 13R, 4D19D, 16R, 2I1932Roosevelt/Garner 19339R, 7D, 1I25D, 12R, 3IPat McCarran James G. Scrugham 1934Morley Griswold vacant1935Richard Kirman Sr. Fred S. Alward Dan W. Franks Henry C. Schmidt 10D, 5R, 2I29D, 9R, 2I19361937Malcolm McEachin 11D, 3R, 3I30D, 10R19381939Edward P. Carville Maurice J. Sullivan 7D, 7R, 3I27D, 11R, 2I1940Roosevelt/Wallace 194110R, 6D, 1I26D, 13R, 1IBerkeley L. Bunker 19421943Vail Pittman Alan Bible 10R, 7D23D, 17RJames G. Scrugham Maurice J. Sullivan 1944Roosevelt/Truman 1945Vail Pittman Clifford A. Jones 9R, 8D27D, 13REdward P. Carville Berkeley L. Bunker 19461947John Koontz Jerome P. Donovan 10R, 7D22D, 18R, 1IGeorge W. Malone Charles H. Russell 1948Truman/Barkley 194911R, 6D25D, 18RWalter S. Baring Jr. 19501951Charles H. Russell William T. Mathews Peter Merialdo 23D, 20R1952Eisenhower/Nixon 195312R, 5D29D, 18RClarence Clifton Young 1954Ernest S. Brown 1955Rex Bell Harvey Dickerson 13R, 4D30D, 17RAlan Bible 1956195712R, 5D31D, 16RWalter S. Baring Jr. 19581959Grant Sawyer Roger D. Foley Keith L. Lee 10R, 7D33D, 14RHoward Cannon 1960Kennedy/Johnson 19611962Maude Frazier Charles E. Springer 1963Paul Laxalt Harvey Dickerson Michael Mirabelli 32D, 15R1964Johnson/Humphrey 19659R, 7D, 1I25D, 12R19661967Paul Laxalt Edward Fike Wilson McGowan 11D, 9R21D, 19R1968Nixon/Agnew 196922R, 18D19701971Mike O'Callaghan Harry Reid Robert List 13D, 7R21R, 19D19721973William D. Swackhamer 14D, 6R25D, 15RDavid Towell 19741975Robert E. Rose 17D, 3R31D, 9RPaul Laxalt James David Santini 1976Ford/Dole 197735D, 5R19781979Robert List Myron E. Leavitt Richard Bryan Stanton Colton 15D, 5R26D, 14R1980Reagan/Bush 19811982
1983–present
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLt. GovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralTreasurerControllerSenateAssemblySenator(Class I)Senator(Class III)House1983Richard Bryan Bob Cashell William D.Swackhamer Brian McKay Patricia Cafferata Darrel R. Daines 17D, 4R22D, 20RChic Hecht Paul Laxalt 1D, 1RReagan/Bush 1984198513D, 8R25R, 17D19861987Bob Miller Frankie Sue Del Papa Kenneth F. Santor 12R, 9D29D, 13RHarry Reid 1988Bush/Quayle 1989Bob Miller vacant13R, 8D32D, 10RRichard Bryan 19901991Sue Wagner Cheryl Lau Frankie Sue Del Papa Bob Seale 11D, 10R22D, 20R1992Clinton/Gore 199311R, 10D29D, 13R19941995Lonnie Hammargren Dean Heller 13R, 8D21R, 21D2R1996199712R, 9D25D, 17R19981999Kenny Guinn Lorraine Hunt Brian Krolicki Kathy Augustine 28D, 14R1R, 1D2000Bush/Cheney 200127D, 15RJohn Ensign 20022003Brian Sandoval 13R, 8D23D, 19R2R, 1D2004200512R, 9D26D, 16RGeorge Chanos 2006Steve Martin 2007Jim Gibbons Brian Krolicki Ross Miller Catherine CortezMasto Kate Marshall Kim Wallin 11R, 10D27D, 15R2008Obama/Biden 200912D, 9R28D, 14R2D, 1R20102011Brian Sandoval 11D, 10R26D, 16RDean Heller 2R, 1D2012201327D, 15R2R, 2D20142015Mark Hutchison Barbara Cegavske Adam Laxalt Dan Schwartz Ron Knecht 11R, 10D25R, 17D3R, 1D201624R, 17D, 1LClinton/Kaine 201711D, 9R, 1I27D, 15RCatherine CortezMasto 3D, 1R20182019Steve Sisolak Kate Marshall Aaron D. Ford Zach Conine Catherine Byrne 13D, 8R29D, 13RJacky Rosen 2020Biden/Harris 202112D, 9R26D, 16Rvacant2022Lisa Cano Burkhead 2023Joe Lombardo Stavros Anthony Cisco Aguilar Andy Matthews 13D, 8R28D, 14R2024Trump/Vance 202527D, 15R2026
See also Politics in Nevada Elections in Nevada List of Nevada state legislatures
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