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:
- State Senate
- State Assembly
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes as well as whether the nominees won the election.
1861–1982
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature[1] | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||
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| Governor | Lt. 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)[a] | Orion Clemens (R)[b] | Benjamin B. Bunker[c] | John Henry Kinkead (R)[d] | Perry G. Childs[e] | John Cradlebaugh (I)[f] | ||||||
| 1862 | Theodore D. Edwards[c] | |||||||||||
| 1863 | Gordon Newell Mott (R)[f] | |||||||||||
| 1864 | William W. Ross[e][g] | |||||||||||
| Nevada admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864 | ||||||||||||
| Henry G. Blasdel (R) | John S. Crosman (R) | Chauncey N. Noteware (R) | George A. Nourse (R) | Eben Rhoades (R)[h] | Alanson W. Nightingill (R) | Henry G. Worthington (R) | Lincoln/ Johnson (NU) 
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| 1865 | 17R, 1D | 34R, 1D | William Morris Stewart (R) | James W. Nye (R) | Delos R. Ashley (R) | |||||||
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| 1867 | James S. Slingerland (R) | Robert M. Clarke (R) | William K. Parkinson (R)[h] | 18R, 1D | 37R, 1D | |||||||
| 1868 | Grant/ Colfax (R)
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| 1869 | Lewis Doran (R)[g] | 15R, 5D | 34R, 5D | Thomas Fitch (R) | ||||||||
| 1870 | Christopher C. Batterman (R)[g] | |||||||||||
| 1871 | Lewis R. Bradley (D) | Frank Denver (D) | James D. Minor (R) | Luther A. Buckner (D) | Jerry Schooling (D) | William W. Hobart (R) | 14R, 9D | 24R, 20D, 2IR | Charles West Kendall (D) | |||
| 1872 | Grant/ Wilson (R)
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| 1873 | 17R, 7D | 36R, 11D, 1I | John P. Jones (R) | |||||||||
| 1874 | ||||||||||||
| 1875 | Jewett W. Adams (D) | John R. Kittrell (D) | 17R, 8D | 32R, 18D | William Sharon (R) | William Woodburn (R) | ||||||
| 1876 | Hayes/ Wheeler (R)
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| 1877 | 13D, 12R | 35R, 15D | Thomas Wren (R) | |||||||||
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| 1879 | John Henry Kinkead (R) | Jasper Babcock (R) | Michael A. Murphy (R) | Lyman L. Crockett (R) | James F. Hallock (R) | 17R, 7D, 1Cit | 39R, 8D, 3Cit | Rollin M. Daggett (R) | ||||
| 1880 | Hancock/ English (D) 
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| 1881 | 14R, 10D, 1Cit | 44D, 6R | James Graham Fair (D) | George Williams Cassidy (D) | ||||||||
| 1882 | ||||||||||||
| 1883 | Jewett W. Adams (D) | Charles E. Laughton (R) | John M. Dormer (R) | William H. Davenport (R) | George Tufly (R)[h] | 12D, 8R | 29R, 11D | |||||
| 1884 | Blaine/ Logan (R)
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| 1885 | 14R, 6D | 33R, 7D | William Woodburn (R) | |||||||||
| 1886 | ||||||||||||
| 1887 | Charles C. Stevenson (R)[h] | Henry C. Davis (R)[h] | John F. Alexander (R) | 32R, 8D | William Morris Stewart (R) | |||||||
| 1888 | Harrison/ Morton (R)
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| 1889 | Frank Bell (R)[g] | 16R, 4D | 26R, 14D | Horace F. Bartine (R) | ||||||||
| 1890 | Frank Bell (R)[i] | vacant | George W. Richards (R)[g] | |||||||||
| 1891 | Roswell K. Colcord (R) | Joseph Poujade (R) | Oscar H. Grey (R) | James D. Torreyson (R) | John F. Egan (R)[h] | Robert L. Horton (R) | 18R, 2D | 35R, 5D | ||||
| 1892 | Weaver/ Field (Pop)
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| 1893 | 9R, 5Sv, 1Pop | 15Sv, 7Pop, 5D, 2R, 1I[j] | William Morris Stewart (Sv) | Francis G. Newlands (Sv) | ||||||||
| 1894 | George W. Richards (R)[g] | |||||||||||
| 1895 | John Edward Jones (Sv)[h] | Reinhold Sadler (Sv) | Eugene Howell (Sv) | Robert M. Beatty (Sv)[h] | William J. Westerfield (Sv) | C. A. LaGrave (Sv) | 5Sv, 5R, 2D, 2I, 1Pop[k] | 14Sv, 11R, 3Pop, 2D[l] | John P. Jones (Sv) | |||
| 1896 | Reinhold Sadler (Sv)[m] | vacant | Bryan/ Sewall (D/Pop)
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| 1897 | James R. Judge (Sv)[g] | 7Sv, 5R, 1D, 1I, 1Pop[n] | 20Sv, 4D, 3Pop, 2R, 1I | |||||||||
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| 1899 | James R. Judge (Sv) | William D. Jones (Sv)[o] | David M. Ryan (Sv/D) | Sam P. Davis (Sv/D) | 8Sv, 5R, 1D, 1I | 18Sv, 10R, 1D, 1I | ||||||
| 1900 | Bryan/ Stevenson (D)
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| 1901 | William Woodburn (Sv)[g] | 9Sv, 3R, 2I, 1D | 13D, 12Sv, 5R, 1I[p] | William Morris Stewart (R) | John P. Jones (R) | |||||||
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| 1903 | John Sparks (Sv/D)[h] | Lemuel Allen (Sv/D) | William "Gib" Douglass (R) | James G. Sweeney (Sv/D) | 7Sv, 5R, 3D, 2I[q] | 13D, 12Sv, 5R, 2Fus, 2I-Sv[r] | Francis G. Newlands (D)[h] | Clarence D. Van Duzer (D) | ||||
| 1904 | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R)
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| 1905 | 7R, 6Sv, 3D, 1I[s] | 23R, 14D, 2Sv | George S. Nixon (R)[h] | |||||||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | Denver S. Dickerson (Sv/D) | Richard C. Stoddard (Sv/D) | Jacob Eggers (R) | 7R, 7D, 2Sv, 1I[t] | 18D, 17R, 5Sv[u] | George A. Bartlett (D) | ||||||
| 1908 | Denver S. Dickerson (Sv/D)[i] | vacant | Bryan/ Kern (D)
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| 1909 | 12D, 6R, 1I | 34D, 14R | ||||||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||||||
| 1911 | Tasker Oddie (R) | Gilbert C. Ross (D) | George Brodigan (D) | Cleveland H. Baker (D)[h] | William McMillan (R) | 14D, 6R | 25R, 24D | Edwin E. Roberts (R) | ||||
| 1912 | William A. Massey (R) | Wilson/ Marshall (D)
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| 1913 | George B. Thatcher (D)[g] | 14D, 6R, 1IR, 1Sv | 30D, 18R, 2I, 1IR, 1Prog, 1Sv | Key Pittman (D)[h] | ||||||||
| 1914 | ||||||||||||
| 1915 | Emmet D. Boyle (D) | Maurice J. Sullivan (D) | Edward C. Malley (D) | George A. Cole (D) | 9R, 9D, 2I, 1IR, 1Sv[v] | 26R, 23D, 3I, 1Sv[w] | ||||||
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| 1917 | 9R, 5D, 3I | 20D, 14R, 3I | ||||||||||
| 1918 | Charles Henderson (D) | |||||||||||
| 1919 | Leonard B. Fowler (D) | 8R, 6D, 2I[x] | 16D, 15R, 6I[y] | Charles R. Evans (D) | ||||||||
| 1920 | Harding/ Coolidge (R)
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| 1921 | 7D, 6R, 4I[z] | 28R, 7D, 2I | Tasker Oddie (R) | Samuel S. Arentz (R) | ||||||||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | James G. Scrugham (D) | William G. Greathouse (D)[h] | Michael A. Diskin (D) | 10R, 5D, 2I | 26R, 9D, 2I | Charles L. Richards (D) | ||||||
| 1924 | Coolidge/ Dawes (R)
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| 1925 | 9R, 8D | 23R, 13D, 1I | Samuel S. Arentz (R) | |||||||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Fred B. Balzar (R)[h] | Morley Griswold (R) | George B. Russell (R)[g] | Edward C. Peterson (R) | 8R, 8D, 1I[aa] | 17R, 17D, 3I[ab] | ||||||
| 1928 | Hoover/ Curtis (R)
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| 1929 | 12R, 4D, 1I | 21R, 14D, 2I | ||||||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | Gray Mashburn (D) | 13R, 4D | 19D, 16R, 2I[ac] | |||||||||
| 1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D)
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| 1933 | 9R, 7D, 1I | 25D, 12R, 3I | Pat McCarran (D)[h] | James G. Scrugham (D) | ||||||||
| 1934 | Morley Griswold (R)[i] | vacant | ||||||||||
| 1935 | Richard Kirman Sr. (D) | Fred S. Alward (D) | Dan W. Franks (D) | Henry C. Schmidt (D) | 10D, 5R, 2I | 29D, 9R, 2I | ||||||
| 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 1937 | Malcolm McEachin (D)[g] | 11D, 3R, 3I | 30D, 10R | |||||||||
| 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | Edward P. Carville (D)[ad] | Maurice J. Sullivan (D) | 7D, 7R, 3I[ae] | 27D, 11R, 2I | ||||||||
| 1940 | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D)
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| 1941 | 10R, 6D, 1I | 26D, 13R, 1I | Berkeley L. Bunker (D) | |||||||||
| 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | Vail M. Pittman (D) | Alan Bible (D) | 10R, 7D | 23D, 17R | James G. Scrugham (D)[h] | Maurice J. Sullivan (D) | ||||||
| 1944 | Roosevelt/ Truman (D)
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| 1945 | Vail M. Pittman (D)[m] | Clifford A. Jones (D) | 9R, 8D | 27D, 13R | Edward P. Carville (D) | Berkeley L. Bunker (D) | ||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||||||
| 1947 | John Koontz (D) | Jerome P. Donovan (D) | 10R, 7D | 22D, 18R, 1I | George W. Malone (R) | Charles H. Russell (R) | ||||||
| 1948 | Truman/ Barkley (D)
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| 1949 | 11R, 6D | 25D, 18R | Walter S. Baring Jr. (D) | |||||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | Charles H. Russell (R) | William T. Mathews (D) | Peter Merialdo (R) | 23D, 20R | ||||||||
| 1952 | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R)
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| 1953 | 12R, 5D | 29D, 18R | Clarence Clifton Young (R) | |||||||||
| 1954 | Ernest S. Brown (R) | |||||||||||
| 1955 | Rex Bell (R) | Harvey Dickerson (D) | 13R, 4D | 30D, 17R | Alan Bible (D) | |||||||
| 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | 12R, 5D | 31D, 16R | Walter S. Baring Jr. (D) | |||||||||
| 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | Grant Sawyer (D) | Roger D. Foley (D)[af] | Keith L. Lee (D) | 10R, 7D | 33D, 14R | Howard Cannon (D) | ||||||
| 1960 | Kennedy/ Johnson (D)
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| 1961 | ||||||||||||
| 1962 | Maude Frazier (D) | Charles E. Springer (D)[g] | ||||||||||
| 1963 | Paul Laxalt (R) | Harvey Dickerson (D) | Michael Mirabelli (D) | 32D, 15R | ||||||||
| 1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey (D)
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| 1965 | 9R, 7D, 1I | 25D, 12R | ||||||||||
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| 1967 | Paul Laxalt (R) | Edward Fike (R) | Wilson McGowan (R) | 11D, 9R | 21D, 19R | |||||||
| 1968 | Nixon/ Agnew (R)
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| 1969 | 22R, 18D | |||||||||||
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| 1971 | Mike O'Callaghan (D) | Harry Reid (D) | Robert List (R) | 13D, 7R | 21R, 19D | |||||||
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| 1973 | William D. Swackhamer (D) | 14D, 6R | 25D, 15R | David Towell (R) | ||||||||
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| 1975 | Robert E. Rose (D) | 17D, 3R | 31D, 9R | Paul Laxalt (R) | James David Santini (D) | |||||||
| 1976 | Ford/ Dole (R)
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| 1977 | 35D, 5R | |||||||||||
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| 1979 | Robert List (R) | Myron E. Leavitt (D) | Richard Bryan (D) | Stanton Colton (D) | 15D, 5R | 26D, 14R | ||||||
| 1980 | Reagan/ Bush (R)
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| 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lt. 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 votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | ||||||||||
1983–present
- ^ Governor of Nevada Territory.
- ^ Secretary of Nevada Territory.
- ^ a b Attorney General of Nevada Territory.
- ^ Treasurer of Nevada Territory.
- ^ a b Auditor of Nevada Territory.
- ^ a b Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada Territory.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Appointed by governor.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Died in office.
- ^ a b c As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- ^ A Democrat, Thomas J. Bell, was elected Speaker, and the Silverites worked with the Democrats and Populists to organize the chamber.[2][3]
- ^ A Democrat, J.E. Gignoux, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Senate was organized on a multipartisan basis.[4]
- ^ A Silverite, Lemuel Allen, was elected Speaker, and the Democrats and Populists sided with the Silverites to organize the chamber.[5]
- ^ a b As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
- ^ A Republican, A.J. McCone, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Senate was organized on a multi-partisan basis.[6]
- ^ Resigned.
- ^ A Democrat, Clarence D. Van Duzer, was elected Speaker, and the Silverites sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber.[7]
- ^ A Silverite, Charles Green, was elected President Pro Tempore with Democratic support, and they both organized the chamber.[7]
- ^ A Democrat, Marion S. Wilson, was elected Speaker, and the Silverites and Fusionists sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber.[7]
- ^ A Silverite, Joseph A. Miller, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Silverites and Democrats organized the chamber.[8]
- ^ The Independent, J.D. Campbell, was elected President Pro Tempore with Republican and renegade Democratic support, and the Republicans organized the chamber.[9][10]
- ^ A Democrat, Robert E. Skaggs, was elected Speaker, and the Silverites sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber.[11]
- ^ A Republican, Fred B. Balzar, was elected President Pro Tempore.[12]
- ^ A Republican, Allen G. McBride, was elected Speaker, and the Independents sided with the Republicans to organize the chamber.[13]
- ^ A Republican, Nealy H. Chapin, was elected President Pro Tempore.[14]
- ^ A Democrat, D. J. Fitzgerald, was elected Speaker, and the Independents sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber.[14]
- ^ An Independent, E.W. Griffith, was elected President Pro Tempore.
- ^ A Republican, Noble H. Getchell, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Independent sided with the Republicans to organize the chamber.
- ^ An Independent, Douglas H. Tandy, was elected Speaker.[15]
- ^ Elected a minority party speaker, Douglas H. Tandy, who was an Independent.[16]
- ^ Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ A Democrat, John E. Robbins, was elected President Pro Tempore, and the Independents sided with the Democrats to organize the chamber.
- ^ a b Resigned to accepted federal judgeship.
- ^ Due to a split chamber, the Democrats and Republicans negotiated a power-sharing agreement to split committees, and the House elected co-Speakers from both parties.[18]
- ^ A Republican Senator switched parties to Independent and caucused with the Democrats.
- ^ Resigned September 17, 2021 to join the United States Department of the Interior.
References
- ^ Political History of Nevada (PDF) (12th ed.). Research Division of the Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau. 2016.
- ^ Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 254
- ^ "The Journal of the Assembly 1893". HathiTrust. p. 12–13. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ^ "The Journal of the Senate 1897". HathiTrust. p. 8–9, 14–15. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ^ Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 255
- ^ "The Journal of the Senate 1897". HathiTrust. p. 8, 12. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ^ a b c Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 257
- ^ Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 258
- ^ Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 258
- ^ "The Journal of the Senate 1907". HathiTrust. p. 2. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
- ^ Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 259
- ^ Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 262
- ^ Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 263
- ^ a b Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 264
- ^ Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 268
- ^ Political History of Nevada (11th Ed.), p. 269
- ^ Political History of Nevada (PDF) (12th ed.). Research Division of the Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau. 2016.
- ^ Driggs, Don W. (1996-01-01). Nevada Politics & Government: Conservatism in an Open Society. University of Nebraska Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-8032-1703-4.