Taylor defeats Duerr in Senate District 15 Democratic primary – 8:30 p.m.
In Northern Nevada’s Senate District 15, Assemblywoman Angie Taylor (D-Reno) defeated Reno City Councilwoman Naomi Duerr.
The two Democrats, both with deep experience in local government, competed to run for the seat occupied by Sen. Heidi Seevers Gansert (R-Reno), who announced in August that she would not run for re-election.
Taylor will face whoever emerges as the winner of the district’s Republican primary in the general election. Following redistricting in 2021, the swing district became more favorable to Democrats.
Ellison wins Senate District 19 primary – 8:29 p.m.
Former Assemblyman John Ellison defeated his two other competitors to represent the ruby-red Senate District 19. He is all but guaranteed to represent the district in the 2025 legislative session because no Democrat filed.
Endorsed by Gov. Joe Lombardo, Ellison defeated William Hockstedler, an Army and Air Force veteran who unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2022, and Chelsy Fischer, a Nye County School Board trustee.
The district covers a vast swath of rural Nevada, including Lincoln and White Pine counties and parts of Clark, Elko, Eureka and Nye counties.
Steinbeck wins Senate District 18 Republican primary – 8:27 p.m.
In swingy Senate District 18, Gov. Joe Lombardo-endorsed Clark County Fire Chief John Steinbeck emerged as the winner of the three-way Republican primary that included Assemblyman Richard McArthur (R-Las Vegas) and businessman Josh Leavitt.
The northwest Las Vegas Senate seat, which leans slightly in favor of Republicans, is open after Sen. Scott Hammond (R-Las Vegas) resigned last year because he accepted a job as executive director of the Nevada Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation.
He will face Democrat Ron Bilodeau, who emerged as the winner in the Senate District 18 Democratic primary, in the general election.
Neal defeats challenger in Senate District 4 primary – 8:23 p.m.
Sen. Dina Neal (D-North Las Vegas) successfully defended her seat against Nevada System of Higher Education Regent Laura Perkins.
Neal was an assemblywoman from 2010 to 2020 and has since represented Senate District 4, the same seat that her father, the late Sen. Joe Neal, held for nearly 30 years. Neal won despite top North Las Vegas officials backing Perkins following feuds between Neal and the city council.
Neal accused officials of committing perjury during a committee hearing on since-abandoned plans to buy land that housed the now-demolished Texas Station casino. She also sparred with city officials over a bill regarding a city charter committee.
With no challengers from another party, Neal is virtually guaranteed to return to the 2025 legislative session.
Atlas defeats Bishop in Senate District 5 – 8:23 p.m.
In swingy Senate District 5, which covers parts of Henderson and Paradise, establishment-backed former lobbyist Jennifer Atlas defeated challenger Christian Bishop.
Atlas will face Sen. Carrie Buck (R-Henderson) in the November general election.
The swing district has a fairly even split of registered Democratic (about 29 percent) and Republican voters (almost 30 percent), with the highest percentage of voters registered as nonpartisans (nearly 34 percent). It’s one of the few districts Democrats hope to flip blue this election cycle.
Congressional District 2 – 8:17 p.m.
Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) easily survived a primary challenge to secure the Republican nomination for Congressional District 2.
Amodei, who has represented Northern Nevada for seven terms, defeated trauma surgeon Fred Simon in the primary. Simon had previously run in the GOP primary for governor in 2022, receiving 3 percent of the vote.
The longtime congressman will not face a Democratic opponent in the general election in the safe Republican district. Instead, he will take on businessman Greg Kidd, who is running as a nonpartisan. Kidd has loaned over $500,000 to his campaign thus far.
Amodei won the general election in 2022 by 22 percentage points.
Brown wins Republican U.S. Senate race – 8:12 p.m.
Republicans got the candidate they wanted to take on Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV).
Army veteran Sam Brown, the preferred choice of the GOP establishment in both D.C. and Nevada, will win Tuesday’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate, according to a race call made by The Nevada Independent. He will now take on Rosen in the general election in a race that political analysts have marked a “toss-up” and that, if he wins, will all but guarantee Republican control of the Senate.
Brown, who previously ran in the 2022 primary but lost to eventual nominee Adam Laxalt, overcame a field of challengers, including former Trump Ambassador to Iceland Jeff Gunter and former Assemblyman Jim Marchant (R-Las Vegas).
Brown was boosted by a late-game endorsement from former President Donald Trump, who had held off on weighing in until Sunday night but then urged supporters to back him.
In an interview Monday, Brown said he does not plan to change his message now that he’s in the general election and competing for votes from nonpartisans and Democrats in addition to Republicans.
“It’s not a partisan message,” Brown said. “It’s a message for all Nevadans and people who have become concerned or disenfranchised with what our representation looks like in D.C. from Jacky Rosen and Joe Biden.”
Democratic incumbents easily win – 8:12 p.m.
Democratic congressional incumbents easily won their primaries Tuesday night. None faced serious challenges.
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) will be the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, defeating a perennial candidate who lived in California.
In the House, Reps. Susie Lee (D-NV) and Steven Horsford (D-NV) also cruised to victory.
Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), in Congressional District 1, did not face a primary challenger.
