Nye County 2018 General Election Results
Active Registered Voters: 29,063
Election Day Turnout:
5,051 (17.37%)
Early Voting Turnout:
9,728 (33.47%)
Absentee Ballots: 2,530 (8.70%)
Mail-in Ballots: 248 (0.85%)
Total Turnout: 17,557 (60.41%)
Winners shown in bold
Nye County Commission District 4
Leo Blundo/Republican: 2,492 (68.22%)
Richard Goldstein/Democrat: 1,161 (31.78%)
Nye County District Attorney
Chris Arabia/Republican: 12,353 (71.73%)
Nicholas Del Vecchio/Democrat: 4,868 (28.27%)
Nye County Treasurer
Pam Webster/Republican: 11,896 (47.18%)
Lance Roy Schaus/IAP: 4,902 (19.44%)
Nye County Clerk
Sandra “Sam” Merlino/Republican: 12,796 (75.49%)
Sheila Winn/IAP: 4,155 (24.51%)
Nye County Recorder
Deborah Beatty/Republican: 12,986 (77.11%)
Michael Noyes/IAP: 3,855 (22.89%)
Nye County Assessor
Sheree Stringer/Republican: 12,796 (75.51%)
Andy Alberti/IAP: 4,150 (24.49%)
Nye County Sheriff - Nonpartisan
Sharon Wehrly: 8,767 (51.88%)
Tony DeMeo: 8,130 (48.12%)
Nye County School Board Area III - Nonpartisan
Mark Owens: 1,331 (67.46%)
Donald Rust: 642 (32.54%)
Nye County School Board Area V – Nonpartisan
Sean Hastings: 1,913 (68.89%)
Tawnia Yazzie: 864 (31.11%)
Pahrump Justice of the Peace – Nonpartisan
Lisa Chamlee: 8,783 (61.0%)
Frank Carbone: 5,615 (39.0%)
Northern Nye County Hospital District – Nonpartisan (two seats)
Don Kaminski: 740 (32.41%)
Justin Zimmerman: 712 (31.19%)
Timaree Koscik: 569 (24.92%)
Horace Carlyle: 262 (11.48%)
The overall statewide 2018 Primary Election
Nevada Assembly District 36
Dennis Hof/Republican: 17,124 (63.12%)
Lesia Romanov/Democrat: 10,007 (36.88%)
Nevada Assembly District 32
Alexis Hansen/Republican: 17,924 (70.64%)
Paula Povilaitis/Democrat: 7,451 (29.36%)
State Senate District 14
Ira Hansen/Republican: 32,913 (60.53%)
Wendy Boszak/Democrat: 21,460 (39.47%)
Governor
Steve Sisolak/Democrat: 476,973 (49.39%)
Adam Laxalt/Republican: 437,690 (45.32%)
Ryan Bundy/No party: 13,803 (1.43%)
Russell Best/IAP: 10,000 (1.04%)
Jared Lord/Libertarian: 8,565 (.089%)
None of these candidates: 18,704 (1.94%)
U.S. Senate
Jacky Rosen/Democrat: 486,794 (50.40%)
Dean Heller/Republican: 438,516 (45.40%)
Barry Michaels/IAP: 9,208 (0.95%)
Tim Hagan/Libertarian: 9,130 (0.95%)
Kamau Bakari/IAP: 7,044 (0.73%)
None of these candidates: 15,197 (1.57%)
U.S. Congressional District 4
Steven Horsford/Democrat: 120,888 (51.95%)
Cresent Hardy/Republican: 101,748 (43.73%)
Warren Ross Markowitz/IAP: 3,156 (1.36%)
Rodney Smith/No party: 2,704 (1.16%)
Gregg Luckner/Libertarian: 2,185 (0.94%)
Dean McGonigle/No Party: 2,011 (0.86%)
Nevada Attorney General
Aaron Ford/Democrat: 453,290 (47.23%)
Wes Duncan/Republican: 449,030 (46.78%)
Joel Hansen/IAP: 32,085 (3.34%)
None of these candidates: 25,426 (2.65%)
State Treasurer
Zach Conine/Democrat: 456,943 (47.59%)
Bob Beers/Republican: 451,081 (46.98%)
Bill Hoge/IAP: 23,014 (2.40%)
None of these candidates: 27,264 (2.84%)
Secretary of State
Barbara Cegavske/Republican: 465,096 (48.92%)
Nelson Araujo/Democrat: 458,632 (48.24%)
None of these candidates: 27,014 (2.84%)
Lieutenant Governor
Kate Marshall/Democrat: 483,244 (50.34%)
Michael Roberson/Republican: 419,155 (43.67%)
Janine Hansen/IAP: 23,769 (2.48%)
Ed Uehling/No party: 10,377 (1.08%)
None of these candidates: 23,384 (2.44%)
State Controller
Catherine Byrne/Democrat: 483,989 (50.58%)
Ron Knecht/Republican: 442,476 (46.25%)
None of these candidates: 30,323 (3.17%)
Ballot questions:
Question 1: Marsy’s Law (victims rights)
Yes: 576,097 (61.18%)
No: 365,609 (38.82%)
Question 2: ‘Pink Tax’ sales exemption (exempt tampons and sanitary napkins from state and local sales tax)
Yes: 533,646 (56.46%)
No: 411,443 (43.54%)
Question 3: Energy Choice Initiative
Yes: 314,444 (32.89%)
No: 641,490 (67.11%)
Question 4: Medical Patient Tax Relief Act
Yes: 633,024 (67.35%)
No: 306,896 (32.65%)
Question 5: Automatic Voter Registration
Yes: 564,126 (59.55%)
No: 383,202 (40.45%)
Question 6: Renewable Energy Promotion
Yes: 559,186 (59.26%)
No: 384,394 (40.74%)
Note: All results are considered unofficial until they have been canvassed. The results come from the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office.