Political party strength in Nevada

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Nevada:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows:       Democratic (D),       Republican (R),       Silver (S),       Silver/Democratic (S/D), and       a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.

Year Executive offices State Legislature United States Congress Electoral College votes
Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Attorney General Treasurer Controller State Senate State Assembly U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class III) U.S. House
1861 James W. Nye (R)[1] Orion Clemens[2]
1862
1863
1864 Henry G. Blasdel (R)
1865 William M. Stewart (R) James W. Nye (R)
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871 Lewis R. Bradley (D)
1872
1873 John P. Jones(R)
1874
1875 William Sharon (R)
1876
1877
1878
1879 John H. Kinkead (R)
1880
1881 James Graham Fair (D)
1882
1883 Jewett W. Adams (D)
1884
1885
1886
1887 Charles C. Stevenson (R)[3] William M. Stewart (R)
1888
1889 Frank Bell (R)[4]
1890 Frank Bell (R)[5]
1891 Roswell K. Colcord (R)
1892
1893
1894
1895 John E. Jones (S)[3] Reinhold Sadler (S)
1896 Reinhold Sadler (S)[6]
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903 John Sparks (S/D)[3] Francis G. Newlands (D) [3]
1904
1905 George S. Nixon (R)[3]
1906
1907 Denver S. Dickerson (S/D)
1908 Denver S. Dickerson (S/D)[5]
1909
1910
1911 Tasker L. Oddie (R)
1912 William A. Massey (R)
1913 Key Pittman (D)[3]
1914
1915 Emmet D. Boyle (D) Maurice J. Sullivan (D)
1916
1917
1918 Charles B. Henderson (D)
1919
1920
1921 Tasker Oddie (R)
1922
1923 James G. Scrugham (D)
1924
1925
1926
1927 Fred B. Balzar (R)[3] Morley Griswold (R)
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933 Pat McCarran (D)[3]
1934 Morley Griswold (R)[5]
1935 Richard Kirman, Sr. (D)
1936
1937
1938
1939 Edward P. Carville (D)[7] Maurice J. Sullivan (D)
1940
1941 Berkeley L. Bunker (D)
1942
1943 Vail M. Pittman (D) James G. Scrugham (D)[3]
1944
1945 Vail M. Pittman (D)[6] Clifford A. Jones Edward P. Carville (D)
1946
1947 George W. Malone (R)
1948
1949
1950
1951 Charles H. Russell (R)
1952
1953
1954 Ernest S. Brown (R)
1955 Rex Bell (R) Alan Bible (D)
1956
1957
1958
1959 Grant Sawyer (D) Howard Cannon (D)
1960
1961
1962 Maude Frazier
1963 Paul Laxalt (R)
1964
1965
1966
1967 Paul Laxalt (R) Edward Fike (R)
1968
1969
1970
1971 Mike O'Callaghan (D) Harry Reid (D) Robert List (R)
1972
1973
1974
1975 Robert E. Rose Paul Laxalt(R) James David Santini (D)
1976
1977
1978
1979 Robert List (R) Myron E. Leavitt (D) Richard Bryan (D)
1980
1981
1982
1983 Richard Bryan (D) Bob Cashell (R) Chic Hecht (R) 1D, 1R
1984
1985
1986
1987 Bob Miller (D) Harry Reid (D)
1988
1989 Bob Miller (D) vacant Richard Bryan (D)
1990
1991 Sue Wagner (D)
1992 Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D)
1993
1994
1995 Lonnie Hammargren (R) Dean Heller (R) 2R
1996
1997
1998
1999 Kenny Guinn (R) Lorraine Hunt (R) Brian Krolicki (R) Kathy Augustine (R) 1R, 1D
2000 George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R)
2001 John Ensign (R)
2002
2003 Brian Sandoval (R)[8] 2R, 1D
2004
2005
George Chanos (R)
2006 Steve Martin (R)
2007 Jim Gibbons (R) Brian Krolicki (R) Ross Miller (D) Catherine Cortez Masto (D) Kate Marshall (D) Kim Wallin (D)
2008 11R, 10D 27D, 15R Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D)
2009 12D, 9R 28D, 14R 2D, 1R
2010
2011 Brian Sandoval (R) 11D, 10R 26D, 16R Dean Heller 2R, 1D
Year Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Attorney General Treasurer Controller State Senate State Assembly U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class III) U.S. House Electoral College votes
Executive offices State Legislature United States Congress

Notes

  1. ^ Governor of Nevada Territory.
  2. ^ Secretary of Nevada Territory.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Died in office.
  4. ^ Appointed by governor.
  5. ^ a b c As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
  6. ^ a b As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
  7. ^ Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.
  8. ^ Resigned in 2005.

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