2022 Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election

2022 Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee Stavros Anthony Lisa Cano Burkhead
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 500,994 463,871
Percentage 49.41% 45.75%
Anthony:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Burkhead:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes
Lieutenant Governor before election

Lisa Cano Burkhead
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Stavros Anthony
Republican

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The 2022 Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election occurred on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Nevada. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for Governor of Nevada. Primary elections were held on June 14. Nevada is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.

Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lisa Cano Burkhead was appointed by Governor Steve Sisolak on December 16, 2021, to succeed Kate Marshall, who resigned to join the Biden administration.[1] She lost in her bid for a full term to Republican candidate Stavros Anthony.

Background

Kate Marshall was first elected as lieutenant governor in 2018 with 50.4% of the vote against Michael Roberson, who was minority leader of the Nevada State Senate at the time.[2] On September 17, 2021, she resigned from the position to work in the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.[3] After roughly three months of the seat being vacant, school teacher, principal, and former candidate for the Nevada Assembly Lisa Cano Burkhead was appointed in December 2021.[4]

Democratic primary

Background

Kimi Cole, the Chair of the Nevada Rural Democratic Caucus, was the first Democratic candidate to announce their candidacy on November 12, 2021.[5] She gained attention by some due to the fact that she is transgender, and, if elected, would be the first statewide elected transgender official in the United States. Henderson mayor Debra March would announce her candidacy a few weeks later, on November 24, 2021, being the only one to have been elected to public office.[6] Lisa Cano Burkhead, the appointed Lieutenant Governor, announced her candidacy on December 16, 2021.[7] By the end of the year, March led with a sizable lead in terms of fundraising, raising over $380,000 by the end of 2021, with Burkhead in second at nearly $78,000, and Cole in a distant third at just under $34,000.[8]

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Debra March

U.S. Senators

Local officials

Newspapers

Lisa Cano Burkhead

U.S. Senators

Statewide officials

Newspapers

Labor unions

Results

Results by county
  Burkhead
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  March
  •   30–40%
  •   30–40%
Democratic primary results[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lisa Cano Burkhead (incumbent) 98,746 57.67%
Democratic Debra March 40,344 23.56%
Democratic Kimi Cole 14,065 8.21%
None of These Candidates 10,853 6.34%
Democratic Eva Chase 7,212 4.21%
Total votes 171,220 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Stavros Anthony

Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Stavros
Anthony 		Tom
Grady Jr. 		John
Miller 		Mack
Miller 		Dan
Schwartz 		None of these
candidates 		Other Undecided
OH Predictive Insights[22] June 6–7, 2022 525 (LV) ± 4.4% 19% 8% 9% 4% 9% 8% 2%[b] 42%

Results

Results by county
  Anthony
  •   30–40%
  Grady
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Miller
  •   30–40%
  •   20–30%
Republican primary results[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Stavros Anthony 68,232 30.70%
Republican Tony Grady Jr. 55,246 24.86%
Republican John Miller 35,805 16.11%
Republican Dan Schwartz 27,331 12.30%
None of These Candidates 18,374 8.27%
Republican Mack Miller 8,588 3.86%
Republican M. Kameron Hawkins 4,971 2.24%
Republican Peter Pavone 3,692 1.66%
Total votes 222,239 100.0%

Independents and third-party candidates

Candidates

Nominees

General election

Endorsements

Lisa Cano Burkhead (D)

U.S. Senators

Statewide officials

Newspapers

Organizations

Labor unions

Starvos Anthony (R)

Newspapers

Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Lisa Cano
Burkhead (D) 		Stavros
Anthony (R) 		None of these
candidates 		Other Undecided
OH Predictive Insights[25] September 20–29, 2022 741 (LV) ± 3.6% 29% 40% 4% 3%[c] 23%

Results

2022 Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Stavros Anthony 500,994 49.41% +5.75%
Democratic Lisa Cano Burkhead (incumbent) 463,871 45.75% −4.60%
None of These Candidates 21,241 2.09% -0.35%
Libertarian Javi Tachiquin 11,471 1.13% N/A
Independent American William Hoge 8,397 0.83% −1.64%
Independent John Delap 7,931 0.78% N/A
Total votes 1,013,905 100.0%
Republican gain from Democratic

By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Cano Burkhead won 3 of 4 congressional districts.[27]

District Cano Burkhead Anthony Representative
1st 49.2% 45.9% Dina Titus
2nd 39.3% 55.2% Mark Amodei
3rd 48.6% 47.5% Susie Lee
4th 47.9% 47.1% Steven Horsford

Notes

  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Hawkins and Pavone with 1%
  3. ^ Hoge (IA) with 2%; Tachiquin (L) with 1%; Delap (I) with <1%

Partisan clients

References

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  2. ^ "Silver State 2018 General Election Results - Statewide". Nevada Secretary of State.
  3. ^ Metz, Sam (August 19, 2021). "Nevada Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall to resign for White House job". Associated Press. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Sisolak picks Clark County educator for lieutenant governor". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Nevada Democrat aims to be 1st trans politician to win a statewide race". nbcnews.com. November 12, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Henderson Mayor Debra March announces 2022 run for lieutenant governor". 8newsnow.com. November 24, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "Sisolak to appoint former principal, political newcomer as lieutenant governor". thenevadaindependent.com. December 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "2022 hopefuls raised big sums in year before election". thenevadaindependent.com. January 19, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d "Candidate filing live blog: Lee makes re-election bid official, Fumo challenges Wolfson". thenevadaindependent.com/. March 14, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "SUPPORTERS". march4nevada.com. Debra March. June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
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  12. ^ a b c "Democratic incumbents have earned our trust". lasvegassun.com. Las Vegas Sun. June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "2022 Primary Endorsements". Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  14. ^ a b c d "2022 Statewide and Multi-County Candidate Filing - By Office". Secretary of State of Nevada. March 18, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Statewide - 2022 Primary Election Results". Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  16. ^ a b "Las Vegas Councilman to Run for Nevada Lieutenant Governor". usnews.com. November 4, 2021. Archived from the original on December 18, 2021.
  17. ^ "M. Kameron Hawkins for Lieutenant Governor". leadersandcandidates.com. February 2, 2022. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022.
  18. ^ "Mack Miller, Nevada Lt. Governor Candidate, Forcibly Thrown Out of Meeting". newsweek.com. September 22, 2021. Archived from the original on September 22, 2021.
  19. ^ "Bank executive announces campaign for lieutenant governor in Nevada". lasvegassun.com. November 4, 2021. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021.
  20. ^ Price, Michelle (July 9, 2019). "Former Nevada state Treasurer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Schwartz to run for Congress". The Nevada Appeal. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  21. ^ a b "Race for lieutenant governor features primaries on both sides". nevadacurrent.com. Nevada current. May 16, 2022. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  22. ^ OH Predictive Insights
  23. ^ "EMILY's List Endorses 14 Candidates for Election in Nevada". EMILY's List. August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
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  25. ^ OH Predictive Insights
  26. ^ "Silver State 2022 - General Election Results - Statewide". Nevada Secretary of State.
  27. ^ Savicki, Drew [@DrewSav] (February 4, 2023). "Democrats lost the Nevada Governor and Lieutenant Governor races last year but still carried 3/4 CDs in both races. The gerrymander was a big risk but it held up impressively well. https://t.co/W2qU3Kf7GU" (Tweet). Retrieved March 25, 2023 – via Twitter.

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