The 2018 Nevada Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the
attorney general
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general.
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of
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
.
Incumbent
Republican Attorney General
Adam Laxalt
Adam Paul Laxalt (; born August 31, 1978) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 33rd Nevada Attorney General from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Nevada in 2018 ...
did not run for re-election to a second term and
instead ran unsuccessfully for
governor
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.
Nevada Senate
The Nevada Senate is the upper house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature of U.S. state of Nevada, the lower house being the Nevada Assembly. It currently (2012–2021) consists of 21 members from single-member districts. In the previ ...
Majority Leader
Aaron Ford won the
Democratic nomination and defeated
Republican nominee and former
Nevada Assembly member
Wesley Duncan
Wesley Karl Duncan (born December 26, 1980) is a Nevada attorney, member of the Air Force reserve, and prosecutor. He served as First Assistant Attorney General of Nevada from 2014 to September 2017 and as a Republican member of the Nevada Ass ...
in the general election. With a margin of 0.4%, this was the closest attorney general race of the 2018 election cycle.
Republican primary
Duncan won the
Republican primary, defeating attorney Craig Mueller.
Democratic primary
Ford won the
Democratic primary, defeating attorney Stuart MacKie.
General election
Ford won the election by a 0.47% margin.
See also
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2018 United States attorney general elections
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2018 Nevada elections
The Nevada general election, 2018 was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 throughout Nevada.
United States Senate
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Dean Heller ran for re-election to a second term but lost to Democratic U.S. Representative Jac ...
References
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Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general or attorney-general (sometimes abbreviated AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. The plural is attorneys general.
In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...
Nevada Attorney General elections