The Nevada State Democratic Party is the affiliate of the
Democratic Party in the
U.S. state
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of
Nevada
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. It has been chaired by
Daniele Monroe-Moreno since March 2023.
It is currently the state's favored party, controlling all but one of Nevada's four
U.S. House
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seats, both
U.S. Senate
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seats, three out of six statewide offices, and both houses of the
state legislature
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Two federations literally use the term "state legislature":
* The legislative branches of ...
. However, the party does not control the statewide offices of the
governorship,
lieutenant governorship, and
controllership, which are currently held by
Republicans Joe Lombardo,
Stavros Anthony, and
Andy Matthews, respectively.
History
The state of Nevada has had 22 political parties over the years.
[Hal K. Rothman. ''The Making of Modern Nevada''. Fall 2010. September 8, 2011.] Only six of these parties lasted up until the 2004 elections. The Democratic Party and the Republican Party remain as the top two in the state.
With the help of
Abraham Lincoln
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in 1864, Nevada became the 36th state in America. Lincoln's Republican influence was considerable among the Nevada state citizens during his presidency. The first two general elections in Nevada, held in 1864 and 1867, were dominated by the Republican Party. In 1871, the Democratic Party started to gain momentum and won four of the six constitutional offices: governor, lieutenant governor, state treasurer and attorney general.
Towards the beginning of the 1900s, the
Silver Party
The Silver Party was a political party in the United States active from 1892 until 1911 and most successful in Nevada which supported a platform of bimetallism and free silver.
In 1892, several Silver Party candidates were elected to Nevada pu ...
was formed, bringing many Republicans and Democrats together from the western states. The party was so-named because of the federal government's shortage of silver coins in 1873. The Silver Party played a prominent role in Nevada's politics in the 1894 and 1898 elections. The Silver Party later formed the Silver Democratic Party. The Silver Democratic Party was prominent in Nevada until the election of 1906. After the election of 1906, the Democratic and Republican parties became the two primary parties in Nevada.
During the
Great Depression
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of 1929, the two primary parties split many constitutional and federal offices. After the Great Depression, the citizens of Nevada preferred the Democratic Party over the Republican Party. Democrats were well received by Nevada and won most of the statewide and federal races from 1932 until 1995.
March 2021 DSA Takeover
In March 2021, ''
The Intercept
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'' reported on a five-year intra-party conflict in the Nevada Democratic Party, waged between supporters of former Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid
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and members of the party's progressive wing since the
2016 Democratic presidential primaries. Following sweeping gains of leadership positions by progressive candidates backed by the local
Democratic Socialists of America
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chapter on March 6, the entire Nevada Democratic Party staff resigned, taking severance for themselves and diverting the rest of the party's coffers to the reelection of Senator
Catherine Cortez Masto
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. On March 4, 2023, a "unity" slate of candidates were elected, ending the DSA takeover.
Platform and structure
The current platform for the party was ratified in 2020. The topics that are covered include the military, veterans, healthcare, civil rights, education, elections and government, voting rights, environment and energy, foreign policy, jobs and the economy, and working Nevadans.
A priority for Nevada Democrats in the 2010s and 2020s has been increasing the
minimum wage
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. In 2019, Democratic governor
Steve Sisolak signed a bill passed by a Democratic legislature to raise Nevada's minimum wage to $12 an hour.
The party has a formal set of by-laws that form the party structure. These by-laws contain nine articles with many sections in each article.
Executive Board
*Chair:
Daniele Monroe-Moreno
*1st Vice-Chair: Daniel Corena
*2nd Vice-Chair: Francisco Morales
*Secretary: Travis Brock
*Treasurer: Leilani Hinyard
National Committee Representatives
* National Committeeman: Alex Goff
* National Committeewoman: Allison Stephens
Current Democratic officeholders
The Nevada Democratic Party controls three of the state's six statewide offices, a majority in the
Nevada Senate
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, and a majority in the
Nevada Assembly
The Nevada Assembly is the lower house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada, the upper house being the Nevada Senate. The body consists of 42 members, elected to two-year terms from single-member distri ...
. Democrats also hold both of the state's
U.S. Senate
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seats and three of the state's four
U.S. House of Representatives
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seats.
Members of Congress
U.S. Senate
Democrats have controlled both of Nevada's seats in the
U.S. Senate
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since
2018
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:
File:Catherine Cortez Masto official portrait.jpg, Senior U.S. Senator
File:Jacky Rosen, official portrait, 116th congress.jpg, Junior U.S. Senator
U.S. House of Representatives
Out of the four seats Nevada is apportioned in the
U.S. House of Representatives
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, three are held by Democrats:
Statewide offices
Democrats control three of the six elected statewide offices:
File:Aaron D. Ford.jpg, Attorney General
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File:Zach Conine, Nevada State Treasurer, USA - cropped (cropped).jpg, State Treasurer
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Secretary of State:
Cisco Aguilar
State legislature
* Senate Majority Leader:
Nicole Cannizzaro
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* Senate President Pro Tempore:
Mo Denis
* Assistant Senate Majority Leader:
Joyce Woodhouse
* Senate Chief Majority Whip:
Pat Spearman
* Senate Co-Majority Whips:
Chris Brooks and
Marilyn Dondero Loop
* Speaker of Nevada Assembly:
Jason Frierson
* Speaker Pro Tempore of Nevada Assembly:
Steve Yeager
* Assembly Majority Floor Leader:
Teresa Benitez-Thompson
* Assembly Assistant Majority Floor Leader:
Daniele Monroe-Moreno
* Assembly Majority Whip:
Edgar Flores
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* Assembly Assistant Majority Whip:
Sandra Jauregui
Local groups
The party has affiliate groups in localities throughout the state:
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County chairs
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Carson City
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: Lewis Hardy
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Churchill County: Larry Jackson
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Clark County: Chris Roberts
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Douglas County: Donna Weidner
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Elko County, Nevada
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: Steve Anderson
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Esmeralda County: Vacant
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Eureka County: Vacant
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Lander County: Claudio Cardoza
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Humboldt County: Vacant
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Lincoln County: Vacant
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Lyon County: Tony Stephenson
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Mineral County: Béa Whitney
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Nye County: Kelly Fitzpatrick
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Pershing County: Vacant
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Storey County: Vacant
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Washoe County: Sarah Mahler
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White Pine County: Vacant
Election results
Presidential
Gubernatorial
References
External links
Nevada State Democratic Party
{{U.S. Democratic Party state parties
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