The 2022 Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial election occurred on November 8, 2022, to elect the

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of the

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. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for

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. Primary elections were held on June 14. Nevada is one of 21 states that elects its

separately from its

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. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor

Lisa Cano Burkhead Lisa Cano Burkhead (born 1970/1971) is an American educator and politician who served as the 36th lieutenant governor of Nevada from 2021 to 2023. She was nominated by Governor Steve Sisolak to replace Kate Marshall in December 2021. Prior to ser ...

was appointed by Governor

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on December 16, 2021, to succeed

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, who resigned to join the

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. She lost in her bid for a full term to Republican candidate

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Background

was first elected as lieutenant governor in 2018 with 50.4% of the vote against Michael Roberson, who was minority leader of the

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at the time. On September 17, 2021, she resigned from the position to work in the

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. After roughly three months of the seat being vacant, school teacher, principal, and former candidate for the

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was appointed in December 2021.

Democratic primary

Background

Kimi Cole, the Chair of the Nevada Rural Democratic Caucus, was the first Democratic candidate to announce their candidacy on November 12, 2021. She gained attention by some due to the fact that she is

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, and, if elected, would be the first statewide elected transgender official in the United States.

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mayor Debra March would announce her candidacy a few weeks later, on November 24, 2021, being the only one to have been elected to public office.

, the appointed

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, announced her candidacy on December 16, 2021. By the end of the year, March led with a sizable lead in terms of fundraising, raising over $380,000 by the end of 2021, with Burkhead in second at nearly $78,000, and Cole in a distant third at just under $34,000.

Candidates

Nominee

, incumbent lieutenant governor

Eliminated in primary

* Eva Chase,

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employee * Kimi Cole, chair of Nevada Rural Democratic Caucus * Debra March, mayor of

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

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city councilor

Eliminated in primary

* Tony Grady Jr.,

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pilot * M. Kameron Hawkins, founder of Hawkins for Nevada Foundation and activist * John Miller * Mack Miller, business consultant and candidate for

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* Peter Pavone, businessman and entertainer *

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, former

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(2015–2019); candidate for

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and in

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Independents and third-party candidates

Candidates

Nominees

* John "Trey" Delap (Independent), nonprofit group consultant * William Hoge (Independent American), former Republican California state assemblyman (1992–1996) and Independent candidate for

* Javi "Trujillo" Tachiquin (Libertarian), MMA fighter

General election

Post-primary endorsements

Polling

Results

By congressional district

Despite losing the state, Cano Burkhead won three of four congressional districts.https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::eb89e40d-595f-485f-9a43-d1bbdd6d0cb4

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links

Official campaign websites
Stavros Anthony (R) for Lieutenant Governor

Lisa Cano Burkhead (D) for Lieutenant Governor

Trey Delap (Nonpartisan) for Lieutenant Governor
{{2022 United States elections Lieutenant gubernatorial

Nevada lieutenant gubernatorial elections