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2018 Nevada Attorney General election

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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2018 Nevada Attorney General election

| country = Nevada

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2014 Nevada Attorney General election

| previous_year = 2014

| election_date = {{Start date|2018|11|06}}

| next_election = 2022 Nevada Attorney General election

| next_year = 2022

| image_size = x150px

| image1 = File:Aaron D. Ford.jpg

| nominee1 = Aaron Ford

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 456,225

| percentage1 = 47.24%

| image2 = File:Wesley Duncan countryside crop (cropped).jpg

| nominee2 = Wesley Duncan

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 451,692

| percentage2 = 46.77%

| map_image = {{switcher

| 250px

| County results

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| Congressional district results

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| map_size = 250px

| map_caption = Ford: {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
Duncan: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}} {{legend0|#c21b18|80–90%}}

| title = Attorney General

| before_election = Adam Laxalt

| before_party = Republican Party (United States)

| after_election = Aaron Ford

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

}}

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The 2018 Nevada Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Nevada.{{Cite web|title=Nevada Attorney General election, 2018|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Attorney_General_election,_2018|url-status=live|access-date=June 22, 2021|website=Ballotpedia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523135924/https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_attorney_general_election,_2018 |archive-date=2017-05-23 }}

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor.{{cite web|last=Rindels|first=Michelle|date=November 1, 2017|title=Attorney General Adam Laxalt, a rising Republican favorite, officially enters 2018 gubernatorial race|url=https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/attorney-general-adam-laxalt-a-rising-republican-favorite-officially-enters-2018-gubernatorial-race|access-date=November 2, 2017|work=The Nevada Independent}} Nevada Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford won the Democratic nomination and defeated Republican nominee and former Nevada Assembly member Wesley Duncan in the general election.{{Cite web|date=May 15, 2019|title=Nevada Election Results|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-nevada-elections.html|url-status=live|access-date=June 22, 2021|website=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106173450/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-nevada-elections.html |archive-date=2018-11-06 }} With a margin of 0.47%, this was the closest attorney general race of the 2018 election cycle.

Republican primary

Duncan won the Republican primary, defeating attorney Craig Mueller.{{Cite web|date=July 3, 2018|title=NV Attorney General - R Primary|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=835409|url-status=live|access-date=June 22, 2021|website=Our Campaigns|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205238/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=835409 |archive-date=2021-06-24 }}

{{Election box begin no change|title=Republican primary results}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Wesley Duncan|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=82,427|percentage=59.78}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Craig Mueller|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=43,346|percentage=31.44}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=None of These Candidates|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=12,103|percentage=8.78}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=137,876|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box end}}

Democratic primary

Ford won the Democratic primary, defeating attorney Stuart MacKie.{{Cite web|date=July 3, 2018|title=NV Attorney General - D Primary|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=835408|url-status=live|access-date=June 22, 2021|website=Our Campaigns|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204642/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=835408 |archive-date=2021-06-24 }}

{{Election box begin no change|title=Democratic primary results}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Aaron Ford|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=94,664|percentage=68.01}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Stuart MacKie|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=26,610|percentage=19.12}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=None of These Candidates|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=17,922|percentage=12.88}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=139,196|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box end}}

General election

=Polling=

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! Poll source

! Date(s)
administered

! Sample
size{{efn|name="Key"|Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear}}

! Margin
of error

! style="width:100px;"| Wesley
Duncan (R)

! style="width:100px;"| Aaron
Ford (D)

! Other

! Undecided

style="text-align:left;"|Suffolk University/Reno Gazette Journal{{cite web|url=https://www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suffolk/documents/academics/research-at-suffolk/suprc/polls/other-states/2018/9_11_2018_marginals_pdftxt.pdf|title=SUPRC / Reno Gazette Nevada Statewide September 2018|website=Suffolk University|date=September 11, 2018}}

|September 5–10, 2018

|500 (LV)

|± 4.4%

|28%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|30%

|13%{{efn|Joel Hansen (IAPN) with 10%; None of these candidates with 2%; Refused with 1%}}

|29%

style="text-align:left;"|The Mellman Group (D){{cite web|url=https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/all-the-poll-information-fit-to-publish|title=All the poll information fit to publish|first=Jon|last=Ralston|website=The Nevada Independent|date=April 28, 2018}}{{efn-ua|Poll sponsored by The Nevada Independent}}

|April 12–19, 2018

|600 (V)

|± 4.0%

|27%

|{{party shading/Democratic}}|36%

|–

|{{party shading/Undecided}}|37%

=Results=

Ford won the election by a 0.47% margin.{{Cite web|date=November 27, 2018|title=NV Attorney General|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=835414|url-status=live|access-date=June 22, 2021|website=Our Campaigns|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810153239/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=835414 |archive-date=2020-08-10 }}{{Cite web|date=January 15, 2018|title=2018 Attorney General General Election Results|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=32&year=2018&f=0&off=9&elect=0|url-status=live|access-date=June 22, 2021|website=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625104526/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=32&year=2018&f=0&off=9&elect=0 |archive-date=2021-06-25 }}

{{Election box begin no change|title=General election results}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Aaron Ford|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=456,225|percentage=47.24}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Wesley Duncan|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=451,692|percentage=46.77}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Joel Hansen|party=Independent American Party of Nevada|votes=32,259|percentage=3.34}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=None of These Candidates|party=n/a|votes=25,577|percentage=2.65}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=965,753|percentage=100.0}}

{{Election box gain with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)|loser=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

==By congressional district==

Ford won 2 of 4 congressional districts, with the remaining 2 going to Duncan, including one that elected a Democrat.{{cite web | url=https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::43ac26c6-a829-4102-9d40-be3288998318 | title=Dra 2020 }}

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! District

! Duncan

! Ford

! Representative

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! {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Nevada|1|1st}}

| 33%

| 61%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Dina Titus

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! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Nevada|2|2nd}}

| 54%

| 38%

| {{party shading/Republican}}|Mark Amodei

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! {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|Nevada|3|3rd}}

| 48%

| 47%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Susie Lee

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! {{party shading/Democratic}}|{{ushr|Nevada|4|4th}}

| 45%

| 49%

| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Steven Horsford

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See also

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{{2018 United States elections}}

Nevada

Attorney General

Category:Nevada Attorney General elections