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2018 Nevada Attorney General election

The 2018 Nevada Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the attorney general of Nevada.

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Adam Laxalt did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor. 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. With a margin of 0.47%, this was the closest attorney general race of the 2018 election cycle.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Wesley Duncan, assistant Nevada Attorney General
  • Craig Mueller, lawyer and former U.S. Naval officer

Declined

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Aaron Ford, majority leader of the Nevada Senate
  • Stuart MacKie

Declined

  • Steve Wolfson, Clark County District Attorney (ran for re-election and won)

Results

General election

Polling

Results

Ford won the election by a 0.47% margin.

By congressional district

Ford won two of four congressional districts, with the remaining two going to Duncan, including one that elected a Democrat.

See also

Notes

Partisan clients

References