2022 Nevada Secretary of State election

2022 Nevada Secretary of State election
	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

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

Jim Marchant, former member of the Nevada Assembly for the 37th district (2016–2018) and nominee for Nevada's 4th congressional district in 2020^[1]

Eliminated in primary

Kristopher Dahir, Sparks city councilman^[2]
John Gerhardt^[3]
Jesse Haw, former state senator (2016)^[4]
Socorro Keenan^[5]^[6]
Gerard Ramalho, former news anchor^[7]
Richard Scotti, former 8th Nevada judicial court judge^[8]

Endorsements

Kristopher Dahir

Newspapers

Las Vegas Sun^[9]

Jim Marchant

U.S. Representatives

Andy Biggs, U.S. Representative from Arizona's 5th congressional district (2017–present)^[10]
Paul Gosar, U.S. Representative from Arizona's 4th congressional district (2013–2023)^[10]
Mark Meadows, U.S. Representative from North Carolina's 11th congressional district (2013–2020) and White House Chief of Staff (2020–2021)^[10]

Statewide officials

Adam Laxalt, Nevada Attorney General (2015–2019) and candidate for 2022 United States Senate election in Nevada.^[11]

Organizations

America First Secretary of State Coalition^[12]

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

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

Cisco Aguilar, counsel for De Castroverde Law Group; former staffer for then–U.S. Senator Harry Reid^[16]

Withdrew

Ellen Spiegel, former state assemblywoman from the 20th district (2012–2020)^[17]^[18] (ran for state controller)

Endorsements

Cisco Aguilar

Organizations

Labor unions

Independents and third-party candidates

Candidates

Declared

Ross Crane (Libertarian), sales manager^[6]
Janine Hansen (Independent American), executive director of the Independent American Party of Nevada and perennial candidate^[23]^[5]^[6]

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

Post-primary endorsements

Jim Marchant (R)

Executive Branch officials

Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States (2017–2021)^[26]

Cisco Aguilar (D)

Executive Branch officials

Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (2009–2017)^[27]

U.S. Representatives

Adam Kinzinger, U.S. Representative from Illinois's 16th congressional district (2011–2023) (Republican)^[28]

Individuals

Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor and singer^[29]

Newspapers

Las Vegas Review-Journal^[30]

Organizations

Let America Vote^[20]

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%
CNN/SSRS^[35]	September 26 – October 2, 2022	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

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

References

^ Appleton, Rory (April 23, 2021). "Jim Marchant running for secretary of state in Nevada". www.reviewjournal.com. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^ Appleton, Rory (April 29, 2021). "Sparks Councilman Kristopher Dahir running for Nevada secretary of state". www.reviewjournal.com. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ "John Cardiff Gerhardt".
^ Snyder, Riley (January 21, 2022). "Reno developer, former state Sen. Jesse Haw to run for secretary of state". thenevadaindependent.com. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "March 10 update: Carson city residents declare candidacy for elections". www.nevadaappeal.com. Nevada Appeal. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2022 Candidate Filings". Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ Charns, David (September 22, 2021). "Former Las Vegas news anchor announces run for Nevada secretary of state". www.8newsnow.com. KLAS-TV. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ Dentzer, Bill (August 25, 2021). "Scotti joins race for secretary of state in 2022". www.reviewjournal.com. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ "Democratic incumbents have earned our trust". lasvegassun.com. Las Vegas Sun. June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ashton-Cirillo, Sarah (2021). "Trump turncoat Mark Meadows endorses Nevada GOP jester Jim Marchant. Race to bottom is on". Political.tips.
^ Marchant, Jim [@VoteJimMarchant] (January 24, 2022). "BREAKING: Adam Laxalt has ENDORSED Jim Marchant in his bid to save the future of Nevada's elections. Adam Laxalt was Nevada's Attorney General from 2014–2018 and was Chair of the 2016 and 2020 Trump campaign for Nevada!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Candidates – America First Secretary of State Coalition". americafirstsos.com. November 26, 2018. Archived from the original on May 9, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
^ OH Predictive Insights
^ OH Predictive Insights
^ "Silver State Primary Election Results 2022".
^ Appleton, Rory (May 11, 2021). "Cisco Aguilar to seek Nevada secretary of state office in 2022". www.reviewjournal.com. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ Calderon, Jannelle (September 29, 2021). "Democratic former Assemblywoman Spiegel joins race for secretary of state". thenevadaindependent.com. Jon Ralston. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ Dentzer, Bill (February 16, 2022). "Former assemblywoman switches races, will run for state controller". www.reviewjournal.com. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
^ "Democratic Association of Secretaries of State Endorses Cisco Aguilar for Nevada Secretary of State". demsofstate.org. March 21, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "End Citizens United // Let America Vote Endorses Cisco Aguilar for Nevada Secretary of State". endcitizensunited.org. March 9, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
^ "2022 Primary Endorsements". Retrieved June 14, 2022.
^ "Nevada – UAW Endorsements". United Auto Workers.
^ "Janine Hanson". ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
^ "Secretary of State and Attorney General: What to Watch for Next Week in Key Statewide Contests". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
^ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
^ "Trump endorses Marchant for Nevada Secretary of State". October 13, 2022.
^ "Obama to campaign for group of vulnerable Nevada incumbents". Associated Press. October 19, 2022.
^ Montellaro, Zach. "Kinzinger endorses Dems in major governor, secretary of state races". POLITICO. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
^ "Oprah, John Legend and more celebs stump for midterm candidates". Newsweek. October 24, 2022.
^ "Review-Journal endorsements: Attorney general, other constitutional offices". Las Vegas Review-Journal. October 17, 2022. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
^ Emerson College
^ OH Predictive Insights
^ Siena Research/NYT
^ University of Nevada, Reno
^ CNN/SSRS
^ OH Predictive Insights
^ Suffolk University
^ "Silver State 2022 - General Election Results - Statewide". Nevada Secretary of State.
^ "Dra 2020".

External links

[Key-13] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[34] Hansen (IA) with 4%; Crane (L) with 2%

[36] Crane (L) with <1%; Hansen (IA) with <1%

[38] "Some other candidate" with 5%

[Other-40] "Other" with 4%

[42] Hansen with 4%; Crane with 2%

[44] Hansen (IA) with 7%; Crane (L) with 2%

[1] Appleton, Rory (April 23, 2021). "Jim Marchant running for secretary of state in Nevada". www.reviewjournal.com. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

[2] Appleton, Rory (April 29, 2021). "Sparks Councilman Kristopher Dahir running for Nevada secretary of state". www.reviewjournal.com. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[3] "John Cardiff Gerhardt".

[4] Snyder, Riley (January 21, 2022). "Reno developer, former state Sen. Jesse Haw to run for secretary of state". thenevadaindependent.com. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

[march10-5] "March 10 update: Carson city residents declare candidacy for elections". www.nevadaappeal.com. Nevada Appeal. March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

[candidates-6] "2022 Candidate Filings". Retrieved March 15, 2022.

[7] Charns, David (September 22, 2021). "Former Las Vegas news anchor announces run for Nevada secretary of state". www.8newsnow.com. KLAS-TV. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[8] Dentzer, Bill (August 25, 2021). "Scotti joins race for secretary of state in 2022". www.reviewjournal.com. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[9] "Democratic incumbents have earned our trust". lasvegassun.com. Las Vegas Sun. June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.

[political.tips-10] Ashton-Cirillo, Sarah (2021). "Trump turncoat Mark Meadows endorses Nevada GOP jester Jim Marchant. Race to bottom is on". Political.tips.

[laxalt_tweet-11] Marchant, Jim [@VoteJimMarchant] (January 24, 2022). "BREAKING: Adam Laxalt has ENDORSED Jim Marchant in his bid to save the future of Nevada's elections. Adam Laxalt was Nevada's Attorney General from 2014–2018 and was Chair of the 2016 and 2020 Trump campaign for Nevada!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[americafirstsos.com-12] "Candidates – America First Secretary of State Coalition". americafirstsos.com. November 26, 2018. Archived from the original on May 9, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

[14] OH Predictive Insights

[15] OH Predictive Insights

[16] "Silver State Primary Election Results 2022".

[:0-17] Appleton, Rory (May 11, 2021). "Cisco Aguilar to seek Nevada secretary of state office in 2022". www.reviewjournal.com. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[18] Calderon, Jannelle (September 29, 2021). "Democratic former Assemblywoman Spiegel joins race for secretary of state". thenevadaindependent.com. Jon Ralston. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[19] Dentzer, Bill (February 16, 2022). "Former assemblywoman switches races, will run for state controller". www.reviewjournal.com. Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved February 25, 2022.

[demsofstate.org-20] "Democratic Association of Secretaries of State Endorses Cisco Aguilar for Nevada Secretary of State". demsofstate.org. March 21, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.

[eculav-21] "End Citizens United // Let America Vote Endorses Cisco Aguilar for Nevada Secretary of State". endcitizensunited.org. March 9, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.

[afl1-22] "2022 Primary Endorsements". Retrieved June 14, 2022.

[Nevada_–_UAW_Endorsements-23] "Nevada – UAW Endorsements". United Auto Workers.

[24] "Janine Hanson". ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

[Sabato's_Crystal_Ball-25] "Secretary of State and Attorney General: What to Watch for Next Week in Key Statewide Contests". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

[Elections_Daily-26] Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.

[27] "Trump endorses Marchant for Nevada Secretary of State". October 13, 2022.

[28] "Obama to campaign for group of vulnerable Nevada incumbents". Associated Press. October 19, 2022.

[29] Montellaro, Zach. "Kinzinger endorses Dems in major governor, secretary of state races". POLITICO. Retrieved October 11, 2022.

[30] "Oprah, John Legend and more celebs stump for midterm candidates". Newsweek. October 24, 2022.

[31] "Review-Journal endorsements: Attorney general, other constitutional offices". Las Vegas Review-Journal. October 17, 2022. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

[32] Emerson College

[33] OH Predictive Insights

[35] Siena Research/NYT

[37] University of Nevada, Reno

[39] CNN/SSRS

[41] OH Predictive Insights

[43] Suffolk University

[45] "Silver State 2022 - General Election Results - Statewide". Nevada Secretary of State.

[46] "Dra 2020".

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