History
Nevada was founded as a state on October 31, 1864. When the state was first formed it was a Republican state.Heller, Dean. "Political History of Nevada." : 129. nsla.nevadaculture.org/dmdocuments/NVPoliticalHistory2006.pdf (accessed October 12, 2011). Some speculate that this was because of Nevadans' loyalty to the president who brought them into the Union,2020 election and aftermath
In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, the Nevada GOP supported Donald Trump's false claims of fraud and attempts to overturn the election results in the state after Joe Biden was declared the victor. On November 3, 2020, the state GOP and the Trump campaign attempted to slow down the processing of mail-in ballots in Clark County, claiming that the county wasn't abiding by state law in allowing people to observe the processing of ballots. Soon after, Nevada Republicans made false claims surrounding the results in the county. On November 5, the Nevada Republican Party alleged "at least 3,062 instances of voter fraud". Republican lawyers released a list of over 3,000 people who allegedly did not live in Clark County, Nevada, when they voted. However, these were not proven to be illegal votes, because Nevada (a) allows for people who moved states 30 days before the election to vote in Nevada's election, and (b) allows people studying in colleges in another state to vote in Nevada's election. Additionally, the list featured military members who were overseas and voted by mail. On November 17, 2020, Nevada Republican representatives of the Trump campaign asked a judge to nullify Biden's 33,596-vote margin, and simply declare Trump the winner and his electors elected, citing unsubstantiated claims of fraud. However, on November 24, the Nevada Supreme Court certified Biden as the winner of the state. On December 4, 2020, the Nevada GOP vowed to appeal the certification of Biden's victory and overturn his win in the state. On December 14, hours after Nevada's six electors cast the state's electoral votes for Biden, Nevada Republican electors unofficially cast their symbolic votes for Trump. The Nevada GOP expressed support for the unofficial electors and alleged that there was fraud in the Nevada election. In April 2021, the Nevada GOP censured Republican secretary of state Barbara Cegavske, accusing her of failing to investigate allegations of fraud in the 2020 election. Cegavske responded by saying that members of her party were attacking her for refusing to "put my thumb on the scale of democracy" and said that there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the election. In June 2021, the Nevada GOP expressed approval of the controversial Arizona audit and have considered whether they can enact a similar audit for the 2020 Nevada election.By-laws
The By-laws of the Nevada Republicans were amended on December 13, 2008. Article one says the name of the organization. Article two describes its purpose. The purpose of this political organization is to provide leadership, recruit, develop, and elect officials. It wants to provide a responsible representative government. It also wants to keep the rights and freedom for all citizens. Article three discusses the duties and the headquarters of this organization. This article goes into details about how conventions should be held. Article four provides the rules and regulations for the meetings. These rules describe everything from when meetings should be held, how voting works, where these meetings are held, and everything in between. Article five discusses membership in this organization. The first is that the members must be part of the Republican Party. They then go into the elected officials for the party. Article six goes into details about the officers for the organization and their specific duties that those positions have. Article seven discusses elections while section eight talks about the standing committees and their responsibilities. Article nine talks about the Republican organization and how it associates with it. Article ten goes into the voting and proxies in the Nevada State Republican party by-laws. Article eleven discusses the executive committee, its membership and its duties. Article twelve goes into detail about the requirements for the committees and the conventions. Article thirteen talks about amendments to the by-laws, particularly how to make amendments to the by-laws. Article fourteen discusses parliamentary authority while article fifteen talks about election laws. Finally article sixteen goes into details about how the organization should support candidates. It will not recognize any candidate who has been convicted of a felony or, while serving in a public office was impeached ''and'' convicted or removed from office for any reason, unless the Nevada Republican Central Committee or a Convention of the Nevada Republican Party shall waive this rule by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members or delegates present.Current elected officials
The Nevada Republican Party controls three of the state's six statewide offices and the Republicans are the minority in both the Nevada Senate and the Nevada Assembly. Republicans hold none of the state's U.S. Senate seats and one of its four U.S. House of Representatives seats.Members of Congress
U.S. Senate
* None Both of Nevada's U.S. Senate seats have been held by Democrats sinceU.S. House of Representatives
Out of the four seats Nevada is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, one is held by a Republican:Statewide offices
Republicans control three of the six elected statewide offices: *State legislative leaders
* Senate Minority Leader: James Settelmeyer * Assembly Minority Leader: Robin L. TitusState Senate
Republican members of theState Assembly
Republican members of the Nevada State Assembly: * John Hambrick, 2nd District * Richard McArthur, 4th District * Paul Anderson, 13th District * Chris Edwards, 19th District * Keith Pickard, 22nd District * Melissa Woodbury, 23rd District * Jill Tolles, 25th District * Lisa Krasner, 26th District * Ira Hansen, 32nd District * John Ellison, 33rd District * James Oscarson, 36th District * Jim Marchant, 37th District * Robin L. Titus, 38th District * Jim Wheeler, 39th District * Al Kramer, 40th DistrictExecutive Board
Chairman: Michael J. McDonald Vice Chairman: Jim Hendal Secretary: Barbara Hawn Treasurer: Kathy Njus National Committeeman: Jim DeGraffenreid III National Committeewoman: Sigal ChattahElection results
Presidential
Gubernatorial
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