Political party strength in Nevada
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Nevada:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Treasurer
- State Controller
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.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Republican (R), Silver (S), Silver/Democratic (S/D), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant 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)[1] | Orion Clemens[2] | ||||||||||
| 1862 | ||||||||||||
| 1863 | Henry G. Worthington (R) | |||||||||||
| 1864 | Henry G. Blasdel (R) | Chauncey Noteware (R) | Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (National Union)  | |||||||||
| 1865 | William M. Stewart (R) | James W. Nye (R) | Delos R. Ashley (R) | |||||||||
| 1866 | ||||||||||||
| 1867 | ||||||||||||
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (R) | |||||||||||
| 1869 | Thomas Fitch (R) | |||||||||||
| 1870 | ||||||||||||
| 1871 | Lewis R. Bradley (D) | James Minor (R) | Charles West Kendall (D) | |||||||||
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) | |||||||||||
| 1873 | John P. Jones(R) | |||||||||||
| 1874 | ||||||||||||
| 1875 | William Sharon (R) | William Woodburn (R) | ||||||||||
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler (R) | |||||||||||
| 1877 | Thomas Wren (R) | |||||||||||
| 1878 | ||||||||||||
| 1879 | John H. Kinkead (R) | Jasper Babcock (R) | Rollin M. Daggett (R) | |||||||||
| 1880 | Winfield S. Hancock and William H. English (D)  | |||||||||||
| 1881 | James Graham Fair (D) | George Williams Cassidy (D) | ||||||||||
| 1882 | ||||||||||||
| 1883 | Jewett W. Adams (D) | John Dormer (R) | ||||||||||
| 1884 | James G. Blaine and John A. Logan (R) | |||||||||||
| 1885 | William Woodburn (R) | |||||||||||
| 1886 | ||||||||||||
| 1887 | Charles C. Stevenson (R)[3] | William M. Stewart (R) | ||||||||||
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton (R) | |||||||||||
| 1889 | Frank Bell (R)[4] | Horace F. Bartine (R) | ||||||||||
| 1890 | Frank Bell (R)[5] | |||||||||||
| 1891 | Roswell K. Colcord (R) | Oscar Grey (R) | ||||||||||
| 1892 | James B. Weaver and James G. Field (P) | |||||||||||
| 1893 | Francis G. Newlands (D) | |||||||||||
| 1894 | ||||||||||||
| 1895 | John E. Jones (S)[3] | Reinhold Sadler (S) | Eugene Howell (S) | |||||||||
| 1896 | Reinhold Sadler (S)[6] | William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D) | ||||||||||
| 1897 | ||||||||||||
| 1898 | ||||||||||||
| 1899 | ||||||||||||
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson (D) | |||||||||||
| 1901 | ||||||||||||
| 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 1903 | John Sparks (S/D)[3] | William "Gib" Douglass (R) | Francis G. Newlands (D) [3] | Clarence D. Van Duzer (D) | ||||||||
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||
| 1905 | George S. Nixon (R)[3] | |||||||||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | Denver S. Dickerson (S/D) | George A. Bartlett (D) | ||||||||||
| 1908 | Denver S. Dickerson (S/D)[5] | William Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern (D) | ||||||||||
| 1909 | ||||||||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||||||
| 1911 | Tasker L. Oddie (R) | George Brodigan (D) | Edwin E. Roberts (R) | |||||||||
| 1912 | William A. Massey (R) | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | ||||||||||
| 1913 | Key Pittman (D)[3] | |||||||||||
| 1914 | ||||||||||||
| 1915 | Emmet D. Boyle (D) | Maurice J. Sullivan (D) | ||||||||||
| 1916 | ||||||||||||
| 1917 | ||||||||||||
| 1918 | Charles B. Henderson (D) | |||||||||||
| 1919 | Charles R. Evans (D) | |||||||||||
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) | |||||||||||
| 1921 | Tasker Oddie (R) | Samuel S. Arentz (R) | ||||||||||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | James G. Scrugham (D) | William G. Greathouse (D) | Charles L. Richards (D) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) | |||||||||||
| 1925 | Samuel S. Arentz (R) | |||||||||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Fred B. Balzar (R)[3] | Morley Griswold (R) | ||||||||||
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
| 1929 | ||||||||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | ||||||||||||
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) | |||||||||||
| 1933 | Pat McCarran (D)[3] | James G. Scrugham (D) | ||||||||||
| 1934 | Morley Griswold (R)[5] | |||||||||||
| 1935 | Richard Kirman, Sr. (D) | |||||||||||
| 1936 | ||||||||||||
| 1937 | Malcolm McEachin (D) | |||||||||||
| 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | Edward P. Carville (D)[7] | Maurice J. Sullivan (D) | ||||||||||
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) | |||||||||||
| 1941 | Berkeley L. Bunker (D) | |||||||||||
| 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | Vail M. Pittman (D) | Alan Bible (D) | James G. Scrugham (D)[3] | Maurice J. Sullivan (D) | ||||||||
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) | |||||||||||
| 1945 | Vail M. Pittman (D)[6] | Clifford A. Jones (D) | Edward P. Carville (D) | Berkeley L. Bunker (D) | ||||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||||||
| 1947 | John Koontz (D) | George W. Malone (R) | Charles H. Russell (R) | |||||||||
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) | |||||||||||
| 1949 | Walter S. Baring, Jr. (D) | |||||||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | Charles H. Russell (R) | |||||||||||
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) | |||||||||||
| 1953 | Clarence Clifton Young (R) | |||||||||||
| 1954 | Ernest S. Brown (R) | |||||||||||
| 1955 | Rex Bell (R) | Alan Bible (D) | ||||||||||
| 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | Walter S. Baring, Jr. (D) | |||||||||||
| 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | Grant Sawyer (D) | Howard Cannon (D) | ||||||||||
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | |||||||||||
| 1961 | ||||||||||||
| 1962 | Maude Frazier | |||||||||||
| 1963 | Paul Laxalt (R) | Harvey Dickerson (D) | Michael Mirabelli (D) | Keith L. Lee (D) | ||||||||
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) | |||||||||||
| 1965 | ||||||||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | Paul Laxalt (R) | Edward Fike (R) | Wilson McGowan (R) | |||||||||
| 1968 | Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | |||||||||||
| 1969 | ||||||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | Mike O'Callaghan (D) | Harry Reid (D) | Robert List (R) | James M. McGroarty | ||||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | William D. Swackhamer (D) | David Towell (R) | ||||||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | Robert E. Rose (D) | Wilson McGowan (R) | Paul Laxalt(R) | James David Santini (D) | ||||||||
| 1976 | Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) | |||||||||||
| 1977 | ||||||||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | Robert List (R) | Myron E. Leavitt (D) | Richard Bryan (D) | Stanton Colton (D) | ||||||||
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R) | |||||||||||
| 1981 | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | Richard Bryan (D) | Bob Cashell (R) | Brian McKay (R) | Patricia Dillon Cafferata (R) | Darrel Daines (R) | Chic Hecht (R) | 1D, 1R | |||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | ||||||||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | Bob Miller (D) | Frankie Sue Del Papa (D) | Ken Santor (R) | Harry Reid (D) | ||||||||
| 1988 | George H.W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | |||||||||||
| 1989 | Bob Miller (D) | vacant | Richard Bryan (D) | |||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | Sue Wagner (R) | Cheryl Lau (R) | Frankie Sue Del Papa (D) | Bob Seale (R) | ||||||||
| 1992 | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | Lonnie Hammargren (R) | Dean Heller (R) | 21R, 21D | 2R | ||||||||
| 1996 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | Kenny Guinn (R) | Lorraine Hunt (R) | Brian Krolicki (R) | Kathy Augustine (R) | 1R, 1D | |||||||
| 2000 | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | 12R, 9D | 27D, 15R | John Ensign (R) | |||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Brian Sandoval (R)[8] | 13R, 8D | 23D, 19R | 2R, 1D | ||||||||
| 2004 | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 12R, 9D | 26D, 16R | ||||||||||
| George Chanos (R) | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | Steve Martin (R) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Jim Gibbons (R) | Brian Krolicki (R) | Ross Miller (D) | Catherine Cortez Masto (D) | Kate Marshall (D) | Kim Wallin (D) | 11R, 10D | 27D, 15R | ||||
| 2008 | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | 12D, 9R | 28D, 14R | 2D, 1R | |||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Brian Sandoval (R) | 11D, 10R | 26D, 16R | Dean Heller (R) | 2R, 1D | |||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | 27D, 15R | 2R, 2D | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 26D, 15R, 1VC | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Mark Hutchison (R) | Barbara Cegavske (R) | Adam Laxalt (R) | Dan Schwartz (R) | Ron Knecht (R) | 11 (R) 10 (D) |
25 (R) 17 (D) |
3 (R), 1 (D) | ||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant 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 College votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | ||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ Governor of Nevada Territory.
- ↑ Secretary of Nevada Territory.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Died in office.
- ↑ Appointed by governor.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
- ↑ Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.
- ↑ Resigned in 2005.