United States Senate election in Nevada, 2016

United States Senate election in Nevada, 2016

November 8, 2016

Nominee Catherine Cortez Masto Joe Heck Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 520,658 494,427 Percentage 47.1% 44.7%

U.S. Senator before election Harry Reid Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto Democratic

The 2016 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 8, 2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Nevada, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The state primary election was held on June 14, 2016.^[1]

Incumbent Democratic Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Minority Leader, initially said he would seek re-election to a sixth term, but announced on March 26, 2015 that he would retire instead. ^[2][3]

Catherine Cortez Masto (D) defeated Joe Heck (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Democratic Party primary

Candidates

Declared

• Catherine Cortez Masto, former Nevada Attorney General^[4]
• Bobby Mahendra^[5]
• Liddo Susan O'Briant, instructional assistant^[5]
• Allen Rheinhart, Black Lives Matter activist and candidate for Governor in 2014^[5]

Declined

• Shelley Berkley, former U.S. Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012^[6][7][8]
• Lucy Flores, former State Assemblywoman and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2014 (lost primary for NV-04)^[9][10]
• Steven Horsford, former U.S. Representative^[7]
• John Lee, Mayor of North Las Vegas, former State Senator and candidate for NV-04 in 2012^[7]
• Kate Marshall, former Nevada State Treasurer, nominee for Nevada's 2nd congressional district in 2011 and nominee for Secretary of State of Nevada in 2014^[9][11]
• Ross Miller, former Secretary of State of Nevada and nominee for Nevada Attorney General in 2014^[12]
• Harry Reid, incumbent U.S. Senator^[2]
• Rory Reid, former Clark County Commissioner, nominee for Governor in 2010 and son of U.S. Senator Harry Reid^[7][8]
• Steve Sisolak, Chairman of the Clark County Commission^[8]
• Dina Titus, U.S. Representative and nominee for Governor of Nevada in 2006 (running for re-election)^[13][14]

Democratic endorsements

Catherine Cortez Masto

U.S. Presidents Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States[15] U.S. Vice Presidents Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States[16] U.S. Cabinet members and Cabinet-level officials Hillary Clinton, 67th United States Secretary of State, 2008 presidential candidate and 2016 presidential nominee[17] U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown, Ohio[18] Barbara Boxer, California[19] Richard Bryan, Nevada (former; also former Governor of Nevada)[11] Kirsten Gillibrand, New York[20] Gary Peters, Michigan[21] Harry Reid, Nevada[22] Bernie Sanders, Vermont and 2016 presidential candidate[23] Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts[24] Statewide Officials Frankie Sue Del Papa, former Nevada Attorney General and former Secretary of State of Nevada[11] Kate Marshall, former Nevada State Treasurer, nominee for Nevada's 2nd congressional district in 2011 and nominee for Secretary of State of Nevada in 2014[11] Ross Miller, former Secretary of State of Nevada and nominee for Nevada Attorney General in 2014[12] State Legislators Barbara Buckley, former Speaker of the Nevada Assembly[11] Organizations Bend the Arc Jewish Action PAC[25] Daily Kos[26] Democracy for America[27] Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee[28] EMILY's List[29] Human Rights Campaign [30] League of Conservation Voters[31] Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers, Peace Officers Research of Nevada, the Fraternal Order of Police and the Southern Nevada Conference of Police and Sheriffs[32] Planned Parenthood[33] NRDC Action Fund[34]

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Catherine Cortez Masto	81,944	81%
	Democratic	Allen Rheinhart	5,645	6%
	Democratic	None of these candidates	5,498	5%
	Democratic	Liddo Susan O'Briant	4,834	5%
	Democratic	Bobby Mahendra	3,760	3%
Total votes			101,681	100%

Republican Party primary

Candidates

Declared

• Sharron Angle, former State Assemblywoman, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and candidate for NV-02 in 2006^[35]
• D'Nese Davis, artist and teacher^[5]
• Eddie Hamilton, retired auto executive and perennial candidate^[5][36]
• Joe Heck, U.S. Representative^[37]
• Thomas "Sad Tom" Heck, retired Air Force officer^[5][38]
• Robert Leeds, author, retired Merchant Marine and perennial candidate^[5]
• Carlo "Mazunga" Poliak, retired sanitation worker and perennial candidate^[5]
• Juston Preble, sales consultant^[5]
• Bill Tarbell, retired minister and candidate for Governor in 2014^[5]

Withdrawn

• Bob Beers, Las Vegas City Councilman, former State Senator and candidate for Governor in 2006^[39][40]

Declined

• Mark Amodei, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)^[41][42]
• Greg Brower, State Senator and former United States Attorney for the District of Nevada^[43]
• Barbara Cegavske, Secretary of State of Nevada, former State Senator and candidate for NV-04 in 2012^[43]
• Heidi Gansert, former State Assemblywoman and former chief-of-staff to Governor Brian Sandoval^[44][45]
• Cresent Hardy, U.S. Representative (lost re-election to NV-04)^[46]
• Steve Hill, Executive Director of the Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development^[6]
• Mark Hutchison, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada and former State Senator^[41][47][48]
• Ron Knecht, Nevada State Controller, former Regent of the University of Nevada, Reno and former State Assemblyman^[43]
• Brian Krolicki, former Lieutenant Governor of Nevada^[49]
• Adam Laxalt, Nevada Attorney General^[43]
• Michael Roberson, Majority Leader of the Nevada Senate (running for NV-03)^[47][50]
• Wayne Allyn Root, former member of the Libertarian National Committee and Libertarian Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in 2008^[51][52]
• Brian Sandoval, Governor of Nevada^[53][54]
• Dan Schwartz, State Treasurer and candidate for NV-04 in 2012^[43]

Endorsements

Joe Heck

U.S. Presidents George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States[55] U.S. Senators Dean Heller, Nevada[56] Mitch McConnell, Kentucky and Senate Majority Leader[57] U.S. Representatives Mark Amodei, Nevada[56] Cresent Hardy, Nevada[56] Mayors Carolyn Goodman, Las Vegas[58] Individuals John R. Bolton, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations[59] Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, 2010 nominee for Senate in California and 2016 presidential candidate[60]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Heck	Sharron Angle	Other	Undecided
Public Opinion Strategies	March 28–30, 2016	500	± 4.38%	67%	11%	3%	17%

Results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Heck	74,517	65%
	Republican	Sharron Angle	26,142	23%
	Republican	None of these candidates	3,902	3%
	Republican	Thomas Heck	3,570	3%
	Republican	Eddie Hamilton	2,507	2%
	Republican	D'Nese Davis	1,937	2%
	Republican	Bill Tarbell	1,179	1%
	Republican	Robert Leeds	662	0.6%
	Republican	Juston Preble	582	0.5%
	Republican	Carlo Poliak	279	0.2%
Total votes			114,827	100.00

Independent American Party primary

Candidates

Declared

• Tom Jones, retired businessman and perennial candidate^[61]

Libertarian Party primary

Candidates

Declined

• Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch (running for the State Senate)^[62][63]

Independents

Candidates

Declared

• Tony Gumina, physician and businessman^[5]
• Tom Sawyer, retired railroad worker^[5]
• G.A. Villa^[5] (not on final ballot)^[64]
• Jarrod M. Williams, veteran^[5][65]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[66]	Tossup	September 30, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[67]	Lean D	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report[68]	Tossup	September 30, 2016
Daily Kos[69]	Lean D	November 7, 2016
Real Clear Politics[70]	Tossup	October 1, 2016

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Catherine Cortez Masto (D)	Joe Heck (R)	Other	None of these candidates	Undecided
SurveyMonkey	November 1–7, 2016	1,207	± 4.6%	50%	45%	—	—	5%
Gravis Marketing	November 3–6, 2016	1,158	± 2.9%	49%	43%	—	—	8%
SurveyMonkey	October 31–November 6, 2016	1,124	± 4.6%	49%	46%	—	—	5%
Emerson College	November 4–5, 2016	600	± 3.9%	48%	47%	3%	—	1%
SurveyMonkey	October 28–November 3, 2016	1,016	± 4.6%	49%	46%	—	—	5%
SurveyMonkey	October 27–November 2, 2016	937	± 4.6%	48%	47%	—	—	5%
Public Policy Polling	October 31–November 1, 2016	688	± 3.7%	47%	44%	—	—	9%
JMC Analytics & Polling (R)/8 News NOW	October 28–November 1, 2016	600	± 4.0%	45%	43%	1%	3%	7%
				45%	43%	1%	4%	6%
The Times Picayune/Lucid	October 28–November 1, 2016	892	± 3.0%	47%	41%	—	—	13%
CNN/ORC	October 27–November 1, 2016	790 LV	± 3.5%	47%	49%	—	3%	1%
		860 RV		47%	48%	—	4%	1%
SurveyMonkey	October 26–November 1, 2016	994	± 4.6%	47%	47%	—	—	6%
SurveyMonkey	October 25–31, 2016	1,010	± 4.6%	47%	47%	—	—	6%
Emerson College	October 26–27, 2016	550	± 4.1%	44%	48%	3%	—	6%
Breitbart/Gravis Marketing	October 25, 2016	875	± 3.3%	50%	44%	—	—	6%
NBC/WSJ/Marist	October 20–24, 2016	707 LV	± 3.7%	42%	49%	4%	—	5%
		985 RV	± 3.1%	42%	47%	4%	—	6%
Bendixen & Amandi International/Las Vegas Review-Journal	October 20–23, 2016	800	± 3.5%	45%	44%	2%	—	9%
KTNV/Rasmussen	October 20–22, 2016	826	± 3.5%	43%	41%	7%	—	8%
Monmouth University	October 14–17, 2016	413	± 4.8%	42%	45%	4%	5%	4%
Washington Post/SurveyMonkey	October 8–16, 2016	884	± 0.5%	47%	48%	—	—	5%
CNN/ORC	October 10–15, 2016	698 LV	± 3.5%	52%	45%	—	2%	1%
		862 RV		50%	44%	—	4%	2%
CBS News/YouGov	October 12–14, 2016	996	± 4.5%	39%	39%	4%	—	18%
JMC Analytics & Polling (R)/8 News NOW	October 10–13, 2016	600	± 4.0%	41%	36%	6%	5%	14%
				40%	35%	6%	4%	16%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)	October 11–12, 2016	600	± 4.0%	44%	47%	—	2%	5%
Clarity Campaign Labs - End Citizens United	October 10–11, 2016	1,010	± 3.1%	44%	41%	8%	—	7%
Public Policy Polling	October 10–11, 2016	986	± 3.1%	43%	39%	—	—	18%
Emerson College	October 2–4, 2016	700	± 3.6%	41%	45%	7%	—	7%
Hart Research Associates	September 27–October 2, 2016	700	± 3.2%	46%	47%	—	—	7%
Bendixen & Amandi International/Las Vegas Review-Journal	September 27–29, 2016	800	± 3.5%	45%	47%	—	—	8%
Suffolk University	September 27–29, 2016	500	± 4.4%	35%	38%	2%	4%	18%
FOX News	September 18–20, 2016	704 LV	± 3.5%	36%	43%	7%	5%	8%
		805 RV		34%	41%	7%	8%	10%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner - Democracy Corps	September 10–19, 2016	400	± 4.0%	41%	47%	1%	—	11%
KTNV/Rasmussen	September 16–18, 2016	800	± 4.0%	40%	44%	6%	—	11%
Insights West	September 12–14, 2016	398	± 4.9%	39%	43%	4%	—	14%
Monmouth University	September 11–13, 2016	406	± 4.9%	43%	46%	4%	3%	4%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner - End Citizens United	September 6–8, 2016	600	± 4.0%	49%	47%	—	—	4%
NBC/WSJ/Marist	September 6–8, 2016	627 LV	± 3.9%	45%	47%	1%	—	7%
		915 RV	± 3.2%	46%	45%	1%	—	8%
Public Policy Polling	September 6–7, 2016	815	± 3.4%	42%	41%	—	—	16%
Suffolk University	August 15–17, 2016	500	± 4.4%	37%	37%	3%	6%	14%
CBS News/YouGov	August 2–5, 2016	993	± 4.6%	35%	38%	4%	—	23%
KTNV/Rasmussen	July 29–31, 2016	750	± 4.0%	41%	42%	6%	—	11%
KTNV/Rasmussen	July 22–24, 2016	750	± 4.0%	37%	46%	5%	—	12%
Monmouth University	July 7–10, 2016	408	± 4.9%	40%	42%	5%	6%	7%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner - Democracy Corps	June 11–20, 2016	300	± 5.7%	41%	46%	—	—	13%
Gravis Marketing	May 24–25, 2016	1,637	± 2.0%	45%	43%	—	—	12%
Gravis Marketing	February 14–15, 2016	1,366	± 3.0%	41%	44%	—	—	15%
Gravis Marketing	December 23–27, 2015	909	± 3.0%	37%	47%	—	—	16%
Gravis Marketing	July 16, 2015	1,276	± 3.0%	35%	49%	—	—	16%
Public Policy Polling	July 15, 2015	677	± 3.8%	42%	41%	—	—	17%

Results

Despite Republican victories elsewhere nationwide, Cortez Masto won her bid to succeed Harry Reid 47.07-44.70, or by 2.37%, running 0.01% better than Hillary Clinton. ^[71]

United States Senate election in Nevada, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Catherine Cortez Masto	520,658	47.07%	-3.22%
	Republican	Joe Heck	494,427	44.55%	+0.25%
	None of These Candidates	–	42,085	3.81%	+1.56%
	Independent American Party of Nevada	Tom Jones	17,104	1.55%	+1.11%
	No Party Preference	Tony Guinta	10,719	0.97%	N/A
	No Party Preference	Jarrod Williams	6,864	0.62%	N/A
Majority			26,231	2.37%
Total votes			1,106,020	100	+52.62%
	Democratic hold		Swing

See also

• Freedom Partners Action Fund
• United States Senate elections, 2016

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External links

Official campaign websites

• Catherine Cortez Masto (D) for Senate
• Joe Heck (R) for Senate
• Tom Jones (IA) for Senate