The district is entirely located within Nevada's 4th congressional district, and overlaps with the 1st and 17th districts of the Nevada Assembly.[5] It has a surface area of 48.5 square miles (126 km2) and a perimeter of 33 miles (53 km).[6]
According to the 2010 Census, the district had a population of 128,861[7] – 0.2% below the ideal – which has since increased.[1] Compared to other districts in the Senate, District 1 has the third smallest solely white population and the largest population of African Americans.[7] The district has a younger population than average with nearly 65% of the population below the age of 40. The median household income in the district is almost $10,000 above the Nevada average, while the poverty rate is 10.5%.
Recent election results
Nevada Senators are elected to staggered four-year terms; since 2012 redistricting, the 1st district has held elections in presidential years.
In 2016, Spearman faced entrepreneur and political newcomer Arsen Ter-Petrosyan.[10][11] Neither faced opponents in their respective primaries.[12] Spearman won the election with over 65% of the vote.[13]
In the 2012 Democratic primary, two-term incumbent John Jay Lee was challenged by veteran and former evangelical minister Pat Spearman.[15] Spearman, who is LGBT, had never previously held political office and argued that the district needed a "real Democrat."[16] Lee, a Mormon who opposed gay marriage, said he wasn't worried by Spearman, as he thought Spearman had been "encouraged to run by supporters of single issues like gay rights."[17] Spearman won the primary with 63% of the vote.
No Republican filed for the seat, and Spearman's lone opponent was Gregory Hughes, a member of the Independent American Party,[18] whom she defeated easily.[19]
District 1 was created when the senatorial districts were redrawn in 2011 as a result of the 2010 Census.[23] The new districts went into effect on January 1, 2012 for filing for office, and for nominating and electing senators. They became effective for all other purposes on November 7 of the same year – the day after Election Day, when the new terms began. The law defines the borders District 1 using census tracts, block groups, and blocks.[24] Since its creation, two elections have been held in the district. Most of the district was previously in the districts Clark County 1 and Clark County 12.
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