The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 and elected the four U.S. Representatives from

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the 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. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...

, one from each of the state's four

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, an increase of one seat in

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following the 2010 United States Census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the

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from January 2013 until January 2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial

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, and an election to the U.S. Senate.

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s were held on June 12, 2012.

Overview

District 1

Democrat

Shelley Berkley Rochelle "Shelley" Berkley (née Levine; born January 20, 1951) is an American businesswoman, politician and attorney who served as U.S. Representative for from 1999 to 2013. In 2012, she was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate. She is ...

, who had represented

Nevada's 1st congressional district Nevada's 1st congressional district occupies most of Nevada's largest city, Las Vegas, as well as parts of North Las Vegas and parts of unincorporated Clark County. Before the 1980 census, Nevada was represented by a single at-large congres ...

since 1999, ran for the U.S. Senate.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

Dina Titus Alice Costandina Titus (born May 23, 1950) is an American political scientist and politician who has been the United States representative for since 2013. She served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011, when she was defeated by Joe ...

, former U.S. Representative for the 3rd district

=Withdrawn

= *

Ruben Kihuen Rubén Jesús Kihuen Bernal (; born April 25, 1980) is an American politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives for , serving from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was a member of the N ...

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=Declined

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Chris Edwards, security strategic planner and

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officer

=Eliminated in primary

= *Charmaine Guss, former real estate broker and anti-abortion activist *Brian Landsberger, retired mechanical engineer and former

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fighter pilot *Herb Peters, retired aerospace engineer and seven-time

Libertarian Libertarianism (from french: libertaire, "libertarian"; from la, libertas, "freedom") is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state's e ...

candidate for Congress in California *Miguel "Mike" Rodrigues, elementary school principal

Primary results

Libertarian primary

Bill Pojunis ran as the nominee of the Libertarian Party of Nevada.

Independent American primary

Stan Vaughan ran as the nominee of the

Independent American Party of Nevada The Independent American Party of Nevada (IAPN) is a far-right American political party and the Nevada affiliate of the Constitution Party. The party was founded in 1967 and affiliated with the Constitution Party after its forming in 1999. It was ...

General election

Endorsements

Results

District 2

Republican

Mark Amodei Mark Eugene Amodei ( ; born June 12, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Nevada's 2nd congressional district since 2011. The only Republican in Nevada's congressional delegation since 2019, Amodei ...

, who has represented

Nevada's 2nd congressional district Nevada's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district that includes the northern third of the state. It includes most of Lyon County, all of Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Pershing, Storey, and Washoe counties ...

since being elected in a

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in September 2011, is running for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Declined

= *

Sharron Angle Sharron Elaine Angle (née Ott; born July 26, 1949) is an American far-right politician who served as a Republican member of the Nevada Assembly from 1999 to 2007. She ran unsuccessfully as the 2010 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat i ...

, former state assemblywoman and nominee for Senate in

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Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Samuel Koepnick, information technology employee for the state

=Eliminated in primary

= *Sam Dehne, retired pilot *Xiomara Rodriguez, retired businesswoman

Primary results

Independent American primary

Russell Best, a real estate broker and Navy veteran, ran as the nominee of the

General election

Endorsements

Results

District 3

Republican

Joe Heck Joseph John Heck (born October 30, 1961) is an American physician and politician who served as the United States representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2017. Heck is a United States Army major general and a board-cer ...

, who has represented

Nevada's 3rd congressional district Nevada's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district occupying the area south of Las Vegas, including Henderson, Boulder City and much of unincorporated Clark County. The district was initially created after the 2000 census. It w ...

since January 2011, is running for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *Chris Dyer, food service employee and

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

and Navy veteran

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * John Oceguera, Speaker of 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 distr ...

=Eliminated in primary

= *Stephen Frye, psychiatrist *James F. Haning II, businessman *Jesse "Jake" Holder, former Navy officer and Political Science student at

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*Barry Michaels, businessman *Gerald "Jerry" Sakura, retired business executive.

=Declined

= *

, former U.S. Representative

Primary results

Independent American primary

Tom Jones, a retired businessman, is running as the nominee of the

Independents

James Murphy, a retired airline captain, is running as an

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General election

Endorsements

Debates

Complete video of debate

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, October 11, 2012

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 4

Nevada's 4th congressional district Nevada's 4th congressional district is a congressional district that was created as a result of the 2010 United States Census. Located in the central portion of the state, it includes most of northern Clark County, southern Lyon County and al ...

was created for the 2012 elections as a result of

following the 2010 United States Census. It consists of most of Central Nevada and Northern Clark County, the latter of which contains the bulk of the district's population.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

Steven Horsford Steven Alexzander Horsford (born April 29, 1973) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Nevada's 4th congressional district since 2019, previously holding the position from 2013 to 2015. A member of the ...

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of the

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=Withdrawn

= * John Lee, state senator

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Danny Tarkanian, businessman and candidate for Senate in

=Eliminated in primary

= *Diana Anderson, retired clerical worker *

Barbara Cegavske Barbara Katherine Cegavske (née Jewson; born August 27, 1951) is an American businesswoman and politician, who is the former Secretary of State of Nevada from 2015 to 2023. She was a Republican member of the Nevada Senate, representing Clark ...

, state senator *Mike Delarosa, detention officer *Kiran Hill, translator for the

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*Robert Leeds, author and former Merchant Marine *

Dan Schwartz Daniel Mark Schwartz (born July 28, 1950) is an American businessman who served as Nevada State Treasurer from January 2015 to January 2019. An international businessman, attorney and Republican, Schwartz defeated his Democratic opponent, form ...

, businessman *Kenneth Wegner, retired

veteran and nominee for the 1st district in 2006,

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and

*Sid Zeller, retired

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intelligence officer

Primary results

Libertarian primary

Joseph Silvestri, a teacher and chairman of the Libertarian Party of Nevada, also ran.

Independent American primary

Floyd Fitzgibbons, an insurance agent, ran as the nominee of the

General election

Endorsements

Debates

Complete video of debate

, October 11, 2012

Polling

Predictions

Results

References

External links

Election Center
at the Nevada Secretary of State
United States House of Representatives elections in Nevada, 2012
at

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Outside spending
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