The 2010 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor of Nevada, who would serve a four-year term to begin on January 3, 2011. Despite speculation that incumbent Republican Governor Jim Gibbons would not run for a second term due to low approval ratings, he ran for re-election and was subsequently defeated in the Republican primary by former

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and federal judge

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. Sandoval defeated the Democratic nominee, Rory Reid, son of then-current U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who won his fifth term in the Senate on the same ballot.

Republican primary

Candidates

A total of five Republican candidates filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada and qualified for the ballot.

Declared

* Tony Atwood * Jim Gibbons, incumbent Governor * Stan Lusak, perennial candidate *

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, Mayor of North Las Vegas *

, former judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada and former Nevada Attorney General

Withdrew

* Joe Heck, former State Senator ( ran for NV-03 and won)

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Two Democratic candidates filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada and qualified for the ballot.

Declared

* Frederick Conquest, anthropology professor * Rory Reid, Clark County Commissioner and son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Declined

* Barbara Buckley, Speaker of the Nevada Assembly

Polling

Results

Other candidates

Independents

Declared

* Eugene "Gino" DiSimone * Aaron Y. Honig

Declined

* Oscar Goodman,

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Green

* David Scott Curtis

Independent American

* Floyd Fitzgibbons

Libertarian

* Arthur Forest Lampitt

General election

Predictions

Polling

;With Gibbons ;With Montandon

Results

References

External links

Nevada Secretary of State – Election CenterNevada Governor Candidates
at Project Vote Smart
Campaign contributions for 2010 Nevada Governor
from ''Follow the Money''

from OurCampaigns.com

graph of multiple polls from ''Pollster.com''
Election 2010: Nevada Governor
from '' Rasmussen Reports''
2010 Nevada Governor Race
from '' Real Clear Politics''
2010 Nevada Governor's Race
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