The Nevada general election, 2014 was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, throughout Nevada.
The active political parties participated in the 2014 election were the two major political parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party as well as the minor political parties of the Independent American Party of Nevada, the Nevada Green Party, and the Libertarian Party of Nevada. There are also unaffiliated, non-partisan candidates.
Incumbent Republican governor Brian Sandoval ran for re-election to a second term in office and won.[1] He was challenged by Democratic nominee Bob Goodman, a former State Economic Development Commissioner and Independent American nominee David Lory VanDerBeek, a family therapist.
Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Brian Krolicki was prevented from running for re-election to a third term in office due to constitutional lifetime term limits.[1]
Until the 2022 Nevada gubernatorial election, this was the most recent time a Republican won a Nevada statewide election while carrying neither Clark nor Washoe Counties.
Map showing the results of the 2014 Nevada Secretary of State General Election by County.
Incumbent Democratic secretary of state Ross Miller was prevented from running for re-election to a third term in office due to constitutional lifetime term limits.[1] As of 2023, this is the most recent statewide election in which Mineral County was won by the Democratic candidate for public office.
Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Kate Marshall was prevented from running for re-election to a third term in office due to constitutional lifetime term limits.[1]
Incumbent Democratic Controller Kim Wallin was prevented from running for re-election to a third term in office due to constitutional lifetime term limits.[1]
Michael Schaefer, perennial candidate and former San Diego, CaliforniaCity Councilman (disqualified by the Nevada Supreme Court because he did not meet the residency requirements)[16]
Republican primary
Candidates
Cort Arlint, licensed tax attorney, CPA and university accounting professor[17][18]
Eleven out of twenty-one seats in the Nevada Senate were up for election in 2014. Six of the seats were currently held by Republicans and five were held by Democrats. Democrats held a one-seat majority in the state senate. Names appearing in bold were on the November general election ballot either through winning the June 10th primary or having no primary election.
Term limited Ran for Nevada Secretary of State and won
Garrett Leduff (Democrat) Marilyn Dondero Loop (Democrat) Jon Kamerath (Independent American Party of Nevada) Patricia Farley (Republican) Clayton Kelly Hurst (Republican) Lisa Myers (Republican)
Alice Jean "A.J." Maimbourg (Independent American Party of Nevada)' Mark Slotta (Republican)
Republican hold
District 3
D +28.35%
Vacant
Vacant
2014
2024
Incumbent Peggy Pierce died of cancer on October 10, 2013, at the age of 59
Danny Alires (Democrat) Nelson Araujo Jr. (Democrat) Chris Barry (Democrat) Felipe Ignacio Rodriguez (Democrat) Matthew Tramp (Democrat) Nakia Woodson (Democrat) Jesus Marquez (Republican)
Jerri Strasser (Democrat) Troy W. Archer (Republican) Barry Keller (Republican) Max Miller-Hooks (Republican) Erv Nelson (Republican) Stuart Blake Tener (Republican)
Howard Scheff (Independent American Party of Nevada)
Democratic hold
State Judicial Branch
Supreme Court Seat B
Incumbent justice Kristina Pickering has filed to run for re-election without any opposition.[22][23]
Supreme Court Seat D
Incumbent justice Mark Gibbons has filed to run for re-election without any opposition.[22][24]
Ballot Initiatives
Intermediate Appellate Court
Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 of the 76th Session creates an intermediate appellate court between the District Court level and the Nevada Supreme Court. After passing through the 76th Session in 2011 with a vote of 48 in favor, 13 against and two excused,[25][26] and the 77th Session in 2013 with a vote of 61 in favor, none against and two excused,[27][28] Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 will be placed on the 2014 general election ballot for popular vote to amend the Constitution of Nevada.
The Education Initiative
The Education Initiative was on the 2014 ballot in the state of Nevada as an indirect initiated state statute. The measure seeks to implement a 2 percent margins tax on businesses in the state and requires that the proceeds of the tax be used to fund the operation of public schools in Nevada for kindergarten through grade 12. Initiative Petition No. 1 was forwarded to the Nevada Legislature from the Secretary of State's office after qualifying for the ballot for legislative action. The Legislature did not act on IP No. 1 within the framework pursuant to Article 19, section 2 of the Nevada Constitution and automatically went on the ballot in 2014.[29]
Mining Tax
Senate Joint Resolution No. 15 of the 76th Session proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to remove the separate tax rate and manner of assessing and distributing the tax on mines and the proceeds of mines. After passing through the 76th Session in 2011 with a vote of 40 in favor and 23 against,[30][31] and the 77th Session in 2013 with a vote of 43 in favor, 19 against and one excused,[32][33] Senate Joint Resolution No. 15 will be placed on the 2014 general election ballot for popular vote to amend the Constitution of Nevada.
^Myers, Laura (July 22, 2013). "Insiders regaining influence in GOP". Las Vegas Review Journal. Las Vegas: Stephens Media, LLC. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
^Krolicki, Brian; David Byerman (April 14, 2011). "THE SIXTY-SEVENTH DAY"(PDF). Journal of the Senate. 2011. Carson City, NV: Nevada Senate: 720–721. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^Oceguera, John; Susan Furlong (May 13, 2011). "THE NINETY-SIXTH DAY"(PDF). Journal of the Assembly. 2011. Carson City, NV: Nevada Assembly: 3347. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^Krolicki, Brian; David Byerman (May 20, 2013). "THE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH DAY"(PDF). Journal of the Senate. 2013. Carson City, NV: Nevada Senate: 14–16. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^Kirkpatrick, Marilyn; Susan Furlong (May 28, 2013). "THE ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH DAY"(PDF). Journal of the Assembly. 2013. Carson City, NV: Nevada Assembly: 26–27. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^Krolicki, Brian; David Byerman (May 28, 2011). "THE ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH DAY"(PDF). Journal of the Senate. 2011. Carson City, NV: Nevada Senate: 3736. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^Oceguera, John; Susan Furlong (June 6, 2011). "THE ONE HUNDRED TWENTIETH DAY"(PDF). Journal of the Assembly. 2011. Carson City, NV: Nevada Assembly: 6774. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^Krolicki, Brian; David Byerman (April 1, 2013). "THE FIFTY-SEVENTH DAY"(PDF). Journal of the Senate. 2013. Carson City, NV: Nevada Senate: 4–6. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
^Kirkpatrick, Marilyn; Susan Furlong (May 23, 2013). "THE ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH DAY"(PDF). Journal of the Assembly. 2013. Carson City, NV: Nevada Assembly: 9–11. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
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