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2026 results · Nevada

Aaron Ford, the Democrat, wins Nevada’s governorship from the Republicans

Aaron Ford won by 7.6 points, 10.7 points more Democratic than the state voted for president in 2024.

In the House, every one of the four contested seats moved toward Democrats, the median one 20.1 points (the third-largest median move of the 44 states with two or more).

Who won each county, and how far it moved

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Nevada’s four House seats

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Before3–1
20264–0

Solid: won. The tick marks a majority (3 of 4). 1 seat changes party: NV-02.

Republicans lost 1 seat by under 6 points: NV-02 D+5.9.

The seat that decided the majority: NV-01, D+21.5, a district that voted D+2.2 for president in 2024.

Every seat, 2024 to 2026. Open circle: the 2024 presidential margin in the district. Filled: the 2026 House margin. Ordered from the most Democratic result to the most Republican; the rule marks the 3 seats needed for a majority.
  1. NV-04Steven HorsfordD+22.7← 20.4
  2. NV-01Dina TitusD+21.5← 19.3
  3. NV-03Susie LeeD+21.5← 22.2
  4. NV-02Teresa Benitez-ThompsonFlipD+5.9← 19.8

← moved toward Democrats, → toward Republicans, in points from the 2024 presidential vote in the district. * still counting: the expected finish.

Close up: the four counties that moved most

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Each county’s move from the 2024 presidential vote in the governor's race; the maps above show the result beside it.

In the governor's race, these moved furthest toward Democrats, among counties with 2,000 or more votes in 2024 and at least half a percent of the state’s.

  1. Clark County

    Moved 12.9 points toward Democrats: D+2.6 for president in 2024; Aaron Ford, the Democrat, carried it at D+15.5.

    741,044 votes counted, 1,031,223 cast in 2024.

  2. Elko County

    Moved 10.5 points toward Democrats: R+56.6 for president in 2024; Joe Lombardo, the Republican, carried it at R+46.1.

    15,022 votes counted, 22,465 cast in 2024.

  3. Humboldt County

    Moved 7.7 points toward Democrats: R+55.2 for president in 2024; Joe Lombardo, the Republican, carried it at R+47.5.

    5,533 votes counted, 8,030 cast in 2024.

  4. Washoe County

    Moved 7.6 points toward Democrats: D+1.0 for president in 2024; Aaron Ford, the Democrat, carried it at D+8.6.

    205,200 votes counted, 263,734 cast in 2024.

Only Douglas County and Eureka County moved the other way, toward Republicans.

Who lives where it moved

Barely related across counties. On average, ten more points of adults with a degree went with a county about 0.6 points more Republican (r = −0.07).

R+50D+5D+10D+150%10%20%30%40%% with a bachelor's degree →↑ moved toward Democrats from 2024

By place

Suburban2 counties, 765,981 votes12.6 pts → D
Rural15 counties, 323,271 votes7.0 pts → D

By race and ethnicity

Hispanic residents 30% or more1 county, 741,044 votes12.9 pts → D
Every other county16 counties, 348,208 votes6.9 pts → D

Each group’s counties added together: its 2026 margin against its 2024 presidential margin. Census Bureau American Community Survey, 2019–2023. Counties, not voters: there are no exit polls here.

Every race in Nevada

Senate and governor

GovernorFlipAaron Ford Dover Joe Lombardo (R)D+7.6R+3.110.7 pts → Dwon

House

District 2FlipTeresa Benitez-Thompson Dover Dave Flippo (R)D+5.9R+13.919.8 pts → DwonDistrict 3Susie Lee Dover Martin O'Donnell (R)D+21.5R+0.722.2 pts → DwonDistrict 1Dina Titus Dover Carrie Buck (R)D+21.5D+2.219.3 pts → DwonDistrict 4Steven Horsford Dover Cody Whipple (R)D+22.7D+2.320.4 pts → Dwon

Other statewide offices

ControllerMichael MacDougall Dover Andy Matthews (R)D+10.9R+3.114.0 pts → DwonTreasurerTya Mathis-Coleman Dover Drew Johnson (R)D+12.2R+3.115.3 pts → DwonLieutenant GovernorSandra Jauregui Dover Stavros Anthony (R)D+13.4R+3.116.5 pts → DwonAttorney GeneralNicole Cannizzaro Dover Adriana Guzmán Fralick (R)D+15.0R+3.118.1 pts → DwonSecretary of StateCisco Aguilar Dover Jim Marchant (R)D+17.7R+3.120.8 pts → Dwon

Ballot measures

Question 762.2% yespassing
Question 663.5% yespassing

Margins are the winner’s or leader’s lead in points of all votes cast. * Still counting: where we expect the count to finish. The move is the 2026 margin against the 2024 presidential margin on the same ground, for races between a Democrat and a Republican.

Ticket splitting

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Across the 15 counties that lie wholly in one district, the governor's race went R+7.1 and the House races D+5.1: the governor's margin ran 12.2 points more Republican than the House margin. One county was carried by different parties in the two.

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Points of difference between the Governor margin and the House margin in each county.

Gov. D, House RGov. R, House DR+80R+40R+4000D+40D+40D+80D+80same margin in both ↗House marginGovernor margin
Each circle is a county, its area the votes cast. Above the line the Governor Democrat did better than the House Democrat; below it, worse.

32510carried by different parties

Governor
R+6.5Ford against Lombardo
House
D+8.2the district's race
Difference
R+14.7Lombardo ran ahead
Votes
about 24,841
Most votes firstGov.HouseDiff.
  • 32031D+8.6D+21.5R+12.9
  • 32005R+35.5R+21.0R+14.5
  • 32510R+6.5D+8.2R+14.7
  • 32023R+36.8R+33.0R+3.8
  • 32007R+46.1R+36.6R+9.5
  • 32001R+46.4R+34.8R+11.7
  • 32013R+47.5R+36.6R+10.9
  • 32033R+51.2R+41.4R+9.8
  • 32029R+36.3R+25.0R+11.2
  • 32015R+55.0R+45.3R+9.6
  • 32017R+72.2R+68.1R+4.0
  • 32027R+52.5R+41.5R+10.9
  • 32021R+27.1R+25.3R+1.9
  • 32011R+78.4R+65.1R+13.3
  • 32009R+55.8R+58.1D+2.4

Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican in points of all votes cast in that race, from the counts the state’s election office has published so far; a county still counting is compared on what it has counted in both. The House is compared only in counties that lie wholly inside one congressional district, so the county's House margin is one race's margin; a county divided between districts, or in a district without a Democrat against a Republican, is left out. 2 counties are left out. A difference is not a count of split tickets: a voter who skipped one race moves it too.

Nevada’s legislature

Senate11 of 21 seats on the ballotBefore13–8Leaders13–8Democrats keep control.Every district, mapped →Assembly42 of 42 seats on the ballotBefore27–15Leaders32–105 seats are led by another party than held them. Democrats keep control.Every district, mapped →

Counts are Nevada’s official state and county counts. Where a race is still being counted, its margin is where we expect the count to finish, marked *. A move from 2024 is the 2026 margin against Kamala Harris’s margin over Donald Trump in the same place. A race is won when we call it or the state certifies it.